Photo by Sarah Putnam - February 2021
Data Sources
Demographic Data
- Census Bureau
- National Center for Education Statistics
- National Opinion Research Center (NORC)
- Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Health Data
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Department of Health and Human Services
Economic Data
- Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
- Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
- Other
- Consumer Spending
The nation's primary measure of consumer spending, or personal consumption expenditures
- Corporate Profits
A key measure of the financial health of corporate America
- Disposable Personal Income
The income that's left after people pay their taxes
- Fixed Assets by Type
Buildings, trucks, software, and more used in production for at least a year
- Gross Domestic Income
Another way of measuring GDP, using incomes instead of spending
- Gross Domestic Purchases Price Index
BEA's featured measure of price changes in the U.S. economy overall
- Gross Domestic Product
GDP is a comprehensive measure of the U.S. economy and its growth
- GDP Price Deflator
A price measure very similar to the GDP price index
- GDP Price Index
Measures changes in prices paid for goods and services produced in the United States
- Government Fixed Assets
The lasting assets owned by national, state, and local government
- Government Receipts and Expenditures
Taxes, spending, and other transactions of national, state, and local government
- Industry Fixed Assets
The fixed assets owned by different industries
- Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index
Measures inflation in the prices paid by people living in the United States
- Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, Excluding Food and Energy
The core PCE price index excludes two volatile categories to reveal underlying inflation
- Personal Income
Wages, Social Security, interest, rents, and other income received by U.S. residents
- Personal Saving Rate
The percentage of people's disposable income that they save instead of spending
- Census Bureau
- Bureau of Labor Statistics