Economics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy.

Includes state fact sheets, food and nutrition assistance.

From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). TED provides a daily statistic or snippet from a current BLS report, along with a colorful graphic to make the data more understandable. Topics focus on areas that the BLS naturally covers, such as benefits, collective bargaining, OSHA, and unemployment, as well as less obvious ones such as statistics from specific industries, import/export prices, and consumer expenditures.

Contains more than 143,000 U.S., international, and regional data series from 59 sources. Coverage ranges from standard items such as the consumer price index (CPI), gross domestic product (GDP), and population and employment rates to interest and exchange rates, imports and exports, commodities production and prices, and many more.

Links to limited information about each state from the Federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) website.

From the Office of Family Assistance, part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.

Quality data about the nation's people and economy.

Includes state profiles and data tools. From the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is one of the nation’s premier policy organizations working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals.

An example of information available from the Center on Budget and Priorities.