Regional Resource Links
Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce
www.daytonchamber.org/
Focuses on business retention and expansion and workforce development. In addition, the department provides research services to support regional development initiatives. The website site provides regional demographic and economic data, as well as a searchable database of area companies.
Dayton Development Coalition
www.daytonregion.com/
Focuses on business attraction and developing entrepreneurs in our community. It also works closely with the government and defense community to create competitive advantages in high-potential growth areas.
Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission
www.mvrpc.org/
Provides information on current transportation, land use and environmental planning projects for the region. The website features demographic data as well as traffic count information and updates on regional transportation initiatives.
University of Dayton Business Research Group
www.businessresearchgroup.udayton.edu/
Provides a wide variety of market research for both public and private sector customers. Also produce a quarterly economic forecast for the region.
US Census Bureau
www.census.gov/
Contains a wealth of information about local and US population and its characteristics.
Applied Policy Research Institute
www.wright.edu/cupa/
Provides an index of economic and community development studies conducted in the region.
Demographic Information (Federal)
American Fact Finder
www.factfinder.census.gov/
Excellent research tool provided by the US Census that generates tables, comparison tables, and maps down to block group levels.
2000 Census Profiles
www.censtats.census.gov/pub/Profiles.shtml
Provides a summary of demographic and socio-economic data for every state, county or place.
Local Business Information (Federal)
Bureau of Economic Analysis
www.bea.gov/
Provides a wide variety of data on the national, state and local levels.
County Business Patterns
www.census.gov/econ/cbp/index.html
Provides economic census info by county and or zip code.
Economic Census
www.census.gov/econ/census02/
Provides economic activity information by sector down to the place “(city) level.”
Local Business Information (State of Ohio)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
www.bls.gov/
Provides wage data and by sector and region.
ORAA (Ohio Dept. of Job & Family Service’s Office of Research, Assessment & Accountability)
http://lmi.state.oh.us/Data.htm
Provides extensive information on employment and wage by industrial sectors down to the county level.
OSHA – North American Industry Classification System Search
www.osha.gov/oshstats/sicser.html
Provides a keyword and alphabetical index of the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification manual.
Labor Market Information (Federal)
Secretary of State
www.sos.state.oh.us/
Offers a business query section that is great for locating and identifying companies registered in the State of Ohio.
Board of Education
www.ode.state.oh.us/
Provides school district report cards including benchmark with similarly sized districts.
Board of Regents
www.regents.state.oh.us/
Offers a wealth of data and information about higher education in Ohio including technical, two and four year universities and colleges.
Department of Taxation
http://tax.ohio.gov/
Provides a good resource on tax collection and property valuation in Ohio.