Data Sources
- Analyze Boston"Analyze Boston is the City of Boston's open data hub."
- New England Economic Indicators"New England Economic Indicators is a data resource assembled by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s New England Public Policy Center. It provides current and historical economic data for the six states in the First Federal Reserve District (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont), large metropolitan areas in the region, New England as a whole, and the United States."
- DemographicsNow This link opens in a new windowFind comparative demographic, consumer expenditure, and potential retail sales data, by location.
- First Research (Industries) This link opens in a new windowProvides industry profiles, grouped into 11 sectors (for example: Recreation; Retail; Food & Agriculture; Services; and Technology & Communications).
State Profiles: At the top banner select > North American Regional Info > Massachusetts > Find data on employment and local real estate.
- Mass Benchmarks - The State Data Center"The Massachusetts State Data Center is a program of the UMass Donahue Institute's Economic and Public Policy Research Unit and is housed at the Institute's offices in Hadley, MA. The State Data Center Program was established in 1978 by the U.S. Census Bureau to make statistical information more readily available to the public."
- Bureau of Labor Statistics > Economy at a Glance > MassachusettsStatistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Includes data from Massachusetts as a whole, and from several Massachusetts metropolitan areas.
Grantmakers & Foundations
- Foundation Directory Online This link opens in a new windowProvides information on 140,000 grantmakers and 3.9 million grants. Search for grantmakers based on location and funding interests. The guide posted below illustrates its use.
See also...
Resources Relating to Boston and Massachusetts
- Boston Business Journal This link opens in a new windowMajor source of business news for the Greater Boston area, with coverage from 1996 to present.
Suffolk University’s libraries have collaborated to provide free access to the Boston Business Journal for all Suffolk students, faculty, and staff. To create an account and log in to the BBJ site using Sawyer library's subscription:- Click on this link for Suffolk University users to create a BBJ account.
- You must use your Suffolk University email address.
- Create a password for your new BBJ account.
- Complete the sign-up form.
- Click "Start my membership".
- On the "Group Subscriptions" page, check the box next to "Suffolk University".
- Boston Business Journal Book of ListsView full text of the current issue via the BBJ Online, or use the print editions, 1994-2016.
- The Hub's Metropolis: Greater Boston's Development from Railroad Suburbs to Smart GrowthThis book covers the 200 year history of Boston's planning and development.
- Massachusetts Venture Capital and Private Equity, 2010.This is a print "guide to venture capital, private equity, incubator and angel investors."
- Profiles of Massachusetts"History, statistics, demographics for all 575 populated places in Massachusetts including comparative statistics & rankings." View the 2012 edition via Gale Virtual Reference Library.
