1. Timothy F. Slaper Indiana Business Research Center Kelley School of Business Indiana University 52 nd Annual Conference, Oklahoma City, OK June, 2012 Serving Up Data: Integrated Economic and Demographic Profiles at Your Fingertips

2. STATS America The Regional Data Toolkit 2 Economic and Demographic Data Regional Profiles Custom Region Builder Measuring Innovation – Innovation Index Measuring Distress

3. Data tools have much in common Powered by the IBRC database with 1 billion plus records (and growing) Easy-to-use Free! Build you own region capability Graphing and mapping No service charge! Nationwide comparisons Accurate and timely At a price you can afford! 3

4. Why STATS America ? Develop data-driven regional development strategies Identify unique competitive advantages – Identify economic assets What are the economic and demographic trends? – Need data to track industry, employment and workforce changes What does the region specialize in? – Socio-economic benchmarking, location quotients 4

5. Why STATS America ? Define and compare against the region’s peers – Economy, population, resources, transportation linkages, education, natural amenities What can be learned from peer leaders/laggards? What are the region’s existing and emerging clusters? EDA funded the development of the website under the project “Crossing the Next Regional Frontier” 5

6. Mapping a Region’s Assets 6 What are the region’s distinct (hard) economic assets? What are the region’s (soft) assets—Social capital? Networks? Human Capital? Are there unexploited assets that can be tapped? What are the region’s greatest economic barriers?

7. USING STATSAMERICA Benchmarking and Peer Analysis: Counties in Profile 7

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10. 10 Click on the link for the county overview

12. Click on the rank to get data for all counties

13. You’ll have to use the “edit-select all” and “copy” commands to move data into a spreadsheet.

14. Find your peers based on socio-economic characteristics Find By Value

15. Find your peers based on socio- economic characteristics

16. Find By Value 16

17. Find By Value—Results 17 Click on a county to get that county’s profile, e.g., Chaves County, NM

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19. Region Profile by Radius 19

20. COMPARING PROFILES Benchmarking and Peer Analysis: County-Metro Side-by-Side 20

22. Compare up to four areas across the nation side-by-side

23. You’ll have to use the “edit-select all” and “copy” commands to move data into a spreadsheet. Four Counties Side-by-Side

24. 24 You’ll have to use the “edit-select all” and “copy” commands to move data into a spreadsheet.

25. STATE PROFILES Benchmarking and Peer Analysis: States in Profile 25

28. Complete State Profile 28 Click on the rank to get data for all counties

30. Data for all states conveniently packaged in one Excel file

31. MEASURING INNOVATION Benchmarking and Peer Analysis: Innovation Index 31

33. Select counties either by the state/county menu or the map selection

34. Predefined Regions Too!

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36. MS Three Rivers Planning and Development Commission

37. Click on graphic to drill down into the sub-components and data

38. Four sub-indexes plus state context

39. Each measure is also graphed Establishment churn and establishment sizes are two measures within economic dynamics

40. Drill down to the data by county

41. MEASURING DISTRESS Distress indicators for federal grants—EDA application criterion 41

43. Measuring Distress Distress indicators for federal grants ― EDA guidelines for distress Nationwide ― counties, districts, tracts Region builder Calculates thresholds automatically Current, accurate source data 43

44. Select County or Census Tract 44

45. LAUS bulk download filesLAUS bulk download files for counties are also available.

46. Measuring Distress—Custom Region 46

47. Regional Summary 47

48. County Details 48

49. Census Tracts Easy to select using map or drop downs 49

50. Neighborhood and Tract Details 50

51. LAUS bulk download filesLAUS bulk download files for counties are also available. Look for link at bottom of page.

53. Questions? For more information, contact: Timothy Slaper or Carol Rogers Indiana Business Research Center Kelley School of Business Indiana University tslaper@indiana.edu rogersc@iupui.edu