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Statistics & Demographics

American Factfinder
Easy search for census data.

Georgia 2000 Information System
Features reports of demographic, socio-economic, manufacturing, labor and education data. Developed for the Georgia Small Business Development Center Network as a tool to help clients locate their businesses and evaluate markets. Has household spending by 8 geographies including zip code. Data is provided by CACI Marketing Systems.

Infosource
Good source for Georgia economic development information, including:

• Manufacturing Directory: Search and browse through all manufacturers in the state by SIC Code, city, county, or company name.
  
• International Facilities Directory: View or download information on Georgia facilities partially or fully owned by foreign companies.
  
• Community Information: View or download a wealth of information about select cities and counties throughout Georgia.
  
• Georgia Manufacturing Wage Survey: View or download information about manufacturing wages in Georgia.
  
• Labor Market Data: Use statistics, data, and analysis direct from the Georgia Department of Labor to learn more about the labor climate for each county in the state.
  
• Fiber Atlases: Is fiber connectivity important to you when considering economic development? Learn where fiber optics lie throughtout 12 defined regions of Georgia. Easily locate by county and display a PDF for that region.
• Building Search: Search through a database of more than 700 buildings and facilities located throughout Georgia and find the right site for your company.

Georgia County Guide
This web site will customize the statistics, maps and graphs that you want from the latest data sources. In the first part that does county-by-county (or cross sectional) analysis, you can access data from the Georgia County Guide and the Farmgate Value Report. The second part lets you do year-by year (time series) analysis for each county, for up to 30 years, for 30 variables. In the third part you can analyze employment in one or more counties, for 10 major economic sectors.

Better Business Bureau - Metro Atlanta
Maintains a Business Database that is searchable by "type of business" in Metro Atlanta. Keeps records of complaints filed with the BBB on each company.

MoneyTree Survey
PricewaterhouseCoopers/Venture Economics/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Survey. The MoneyTree Survey is the definitive source of information on emerging companies that receive financing and the venture capital firms that provide it. Interactive query by state and/or industry for VC.

Hoover's Online
Hoover's Inc. delivers comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence . Hoover's provides sales, marketing, business development, and recruiting professionals with the global business intelligence they need to prospect and prepare for client meetings, sales presentations, vendor and partner negotiations, and other business opportunities. Has over 45,000 reports from more than 90 publishers including D&B, Datamonitor, Freedonia, Harris, Jupiter, and Reuters.

Survey of Small Business Finances
The Federal Reserve collects information on companies with 500 employees or less. To better understand the finances of small businesses and the credit conditions they face, the Federal Reserve regularly seeks information on the factors that affect prices and availability of credit to small businesses.

AJC Database of recent home sales
Search for recent home sales on any street in the 19-county metro Atlanta area. The information is provided by Market Data Center of Norcross, which collects home sales records from local courthouses. Data dates back to Jan. 1, 1998, and new listings are added weekly.

VentureReporter.net
Venture Reporter produces five highly targeted, opt-in e-mail newsletters dedicated to technology and venture capital. Our must-read e-mail newsletters are edited by seasoned journalists with domain expertise. Venture Reporter is dedicated to giving you every detail of every venture capital deal ever day. This new publication reaches a national, elite audience of finance, technology and service professionals. On the Web site search venture capital deals by state. Search for venture capital firms.

Dictionary of Small Business
Searchable dictionary of small business related terms.

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