• Debt Finance and Venture Capital 
• Research and Advanced Technology 
• Education and Training 
• Physical Infrastructure and Land 

Debt Finance and Venture Capital

FDIC Statistics on Banking, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Data on insured commercial and savings banks, by state. Of particular interest:

• Statistics on Banking — Quarterly reports providing data on assets, liabilities, income, and expenses for commercial banks and savings institutions, by asset size, by state, 1991-latest quarter. (See sections D and F.) Reports provided in .html and worksheet formats. 
• State Banking Performance Summary — Quarterly financial and ratio data for commercial banks and savings institutions, by state, for latest 12 quarters.
• Historical Statistics on Banking — Annual financial data for commercial banks (1966-latest year) and savings institutions (1984-latest year), by state.
• Bank and Thrift Failures — Data on bank and thrift failures, by state, 1934-latest year.

Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Aggregate Reports, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council 
Originations and purchases of small business and small farm loans, by size of loan and income level of recipient, for counties and MSAs, 1996-latest year.

Small Business Finance, Small Business Administration
Reports and studies on small business lending activity. Of particular interest:

• Bank Lending to Small Businesses — Annual ranking of all commercial banks regarding lending to small businesses (defined as loans under $1 million), by state. (.pdf files)
• Bank Lending to Micro-Businesses — Annual listing of banks with significant activity in loans under $100,000, with in-state rankings. 

SBA Loan Activity, Small Business Administration
Data on recent SBA loan activity, by SBA district.

Credit Union Data, National Credit Union Administration
Semi-annual reports on federally insured credit union activity by state, a credit union directory, and detailed profiles of individual credit unions. 

Venture Capital Profiles, Venture Economics
Venture capital investment activity in multi-state regions, states, and metro areas, 1991-latest quarter. For investments in particular geographic area, data provided regarding sector, stage, county, IPOs, state of funding source, top company investments. For investments by VC funds in a geographic area, data provided on state of firms receiving investment.

MoneyTree Survey, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Quarterly survey of venture capital investments in the U.S., by state and industry. 

• Aggregate Regional Data — Aggregate dollars and deals for 18 regions, 1995Q1 to latest quarter. (.xls spreadsheets)
• Venture capital investments by region and state, latest quarter only, click on "Region".
• Venture capital funds by state, with latest quarter's investments, click on "VC Funds".

Venture Capital Investments Data Base, Mercury Center, San Jose Mercury News
Searchable database of U.S. firms that received venture capital financing between the third quarter of 1997 and the latest available quarter. Data available by state, city, and zip code.  Compiled from a Mercury News/PricewaterhouseCoopers survey of venture capitalists.

Recent Venture Industry Statistics, National Venture Capital Association
Quarterly venture capital investments by key states and regions.  Provided in conjunction with Venture Economics.

Venture Funding Reports, Growthink Research 
Quarterly profiles of venture investors and firms receiving venture funds, by state and select metro areas (Bay Area, Southern California, Boston). Executive summary free; full report for fee.

Venture Capital Disbursements by Metro Area, Center for Economic Development, Carnegie-Mellon University
Analysis of venture capital disbursements for 27 metro areas, 1995-99.

VentureXpert, Thomson Financial Securities Data 
Access to database of venture capital firms and activity, by geographic area.

National IPO Database, Hale and Dorr
Database of initial public offerings (IPOs) by state, 1998-present.  Data by state include total number of deals, total dollar value, and individual record of each IPO.
 

Research and Advanced Technology [ back to top ]

Division of Science Resources Studies, National Science Foundation
Detailed data on R&D expenditures (by type of research institution), science and engineering workforce (by sector), and science and engineering education, for states. Certain data also available for individual academic institutions and research centers. Of particular interest:

• State Science and Engineering Profiles and R&D Patterns — Data on science and engineering personnel, students and degrees; federal and industrial R&D obligations, academic R&D expenditures, and other technology indicators, by state.
• R&D Expenditures by State — By performing sector and source of funding, 1987-1998, see Table 6 (published December 2000). See also NSF Data Brief (March 2001).
• Federal R&D Obligations — By agency and performing sector, for states, 2000 (May 2002)
• Academic Institutional Profiles — R&D expenditures, federal science and engineering support, and graduate science and engineering student totals for each of 579 institutions, updated annually. For more detailed information, see WebCASPAR.

Useful Stats, State Science & Technology Institute
Data tables on state activity regarding science and technology, with rankings. Examples of topics include patents, R&D, science and engineering students and graduates, and SBIR awards.

State Profiles of Federal R&D, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Detailed state profiles of federal R&D obligations and expenditures, by agency, for the state as a whole, each class of R&D performer, and each research institution, 1970-latest year.

Federal R&D Activities, Science and Technology Policy Institute, RAND
Data and information regarding federal R&D activities by state, including federal R&D units, federal R&D grants, and other federal R&D activities. States ranked in summary tables (.pdf file). Published June 2000.

Funded Federal Research, Community of Science
Research projects funded by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Small Business Innovation Research Program — listings by state.

SBIR/STTR Awards, Small Business Administration
Total awards, by state, for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) programs (phases I and II), latest year; list of SBIR and STTR awards, by state, for previous five years. 

R&D Support in Health, National Institutes of Health
Research grants, R&D contracts, and training awards from NIH, for 100 cities, latest year.

Federal R&D Funding Projections, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Historic and five-year projected federal R&D funding levels, by state, under various scenarios. Updated annually.

American Research Universities, TheCenter, University of Florida
Annual data and rankings for over 600 U.S. research universities, including research expenditures, endowment assets, faculty awards, doctoral degrees awarded, and SAT scores.

Patent Statistics, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Patents statistics for states, metro areas, and institutions. Of particular interest:

• Geography — Patents awarded by state (1977-latest year) and metropolitan area and county (1990-latest year), with breakouts by organization. Historical counts by state (1963-1983) also available.
• Academic Institutions — Patents awarded annually to each U.S. college and university, 1969-latest year.
• Independent Inventors — Patents awarded to independent inventors, by state, 1977-latest year.

State Science and Technology Indicators, Office of Technology Competitiveness, Technology Administration
Indicators of science and technology activity, by state (.pdf file). (October 2001) Published biannually, prior edition available.

RaDiUS, Science and Technology Policy Institute, RAND
Comprehensive query-based access to information on federal R&D activities, by location. Data available down to individual award level. Purchase of license required.

Regional Techline, CHI Research, Inc. 
Patent-based technology indicators based on patents granted to inventors residing in the U.S. and issued in the last ten years. Data available by, county, MSA (city), state, and region. Indicators include patent counts, patent impacts, speed of innovation, and linkage to science.

AUTM Licensing Survey, Association of University Technology Managers 
Annual technology licensing data for universities, hospitals and research institutes, and patent management organizations. Topics include activity information such as invention disclosures, patents, and licenses; financial information such as license income, license income payments made to other institutions, and patent protection costs and reimbursements; and organizational information about licensing operations, such as staffing levels. Data provided for 132 U.S. universities, 26 U.S. hospitals and research institutes, 16 Canadian institutions, and 1 patent management firm.

Education and Training [ back to top ]

Educational Attainment, Bureau of the Census
From Current Population Survey, educational attainment data for states and metro areas, annual. 

Education Watch Online, The Education Trust
For states, data, charts, and comparisons on educational achievement, curricula, teacher qualifications, and expenditures. Data disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and income. Data available through query-based access and .pdf reports.

National Center for Education Statistics, Department of Education 
Wide range of data on educational programs, achievement, attainment, and spending, including post-secondary, for states and areas. Of particular interest:

• Encyclopedia of ED Stats — Data from several NCES compedia, including
  The Condition of Education, The Digest of Education Statistics, and Projections of Education Statistics.
• Common Core of Data (CCD) — Comprehensive, annual, national statistical
  database of information concerning all public elementary and secondary schools (approximately 91,000) and school districts (approximately 16,000). CCD contains three categories of information: general descriptive information on schools and school districts; data on students and staff; and fiscal data.
• The Nation's Report Card — Performance of fourth, eighth, and twelfth graders in National Assessment of Educational Progress subjects, by state.
• State Education Agencies — Links to the web sites of the 50 state education agencies, each of which offers data. Also of interest, School Performance Reports provides links to state and local school "report cards" found online in U.S. state and territorial departments of education, as of August 2000.
• Education Finance Statistics Center — Education finance information for elementary/secondary public or private education, for states and school districts.
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) —  Trends in postsecondary education at the institution and state levels. Data include enrollments by race/ethnicity and gender; institutional revenue and expenditure patterns by source of income and type of expense; salaries of full-time instructional faculty by academic rank and tenure status; completions (awards) by type of program, level of award, race/ethnicity, and gender; and characteristics of postsecondary institutions, including tuition, room and board charges, calendar systems, etc.
• Global Education Locator — Query-retrieved information on individual postsecondary institutions, public schools and districts, public libraries, and private schools in the United States.
• Library Statistics — Data on public, school, and academic libraries, and library cooperatives, by state.
• Publications by Subject — Wide variety of NCES publications available for download, with data for states and school districts. 

CyberEducation, American Electronics Association
Data-based assessment, by state (with rankings), of extent to which K-12 systems and universities are preparing students for technology-related jobs.  (January 2002)

Public Elementary-Secondary Education Finance Data, Bureau of the Census
Revenues, expenditures, debt, and assets (cash and security holdings) of individual  elementary and secondary public school systems, 1992-latest year.

School Statistics, Sperling's BestPlaces, Fast Forward, Inc.
Query-based access to profiles of 85,000 public schools in over 15,000 districts. Based primarily on Common Core of Data from National Center for Education Statistics. 

The School Report, Homefair.com
Comparisons of school district data.

State Report Cards, Education Week
Grades and rankings for public education systems, by state, in the areas of student achievement, standards and accountability, teacher quality, school climate, resources, and equity. 

State of Literacy in America, National Institute for Literacy
Estimates of adult literacy proficiency at the state and local levels, based on algorithms using data from 1990 Census and 1992 Survey of Adult Literacy. Local areas include counties, Congressional districts, and cities with more that 5,000 adults. 

School Segregation Patterns, Civil Rights Project, Harvard University
Report outlining patterns of segregation of African-American and Latino students in public schools, 1989-99, by state. Released July 2001.

International Archive of Education Data, National Center for Education Statistics and University of Michigan 
Research data collections from the National Center for Education Statistics.

Higher Education Facts and Figures, Chronicle of Higher Education
Access to variety of data on higher education, including institutions, faculty and staff, finances, students, and research.

Postsecondary Education OPPORTUNITY 
Extensive collection of data on postsecondary educational activity, by state. Data tables available by topic, state, spreadsheet, and newsletter archives. Many data tables are available free, others only to newsletter subscribers.

Measuring Up, National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
Biennial state report card for higher education.  Rankings in five categories, including preparation, participation, affordability, completion, and benefits. 

Carnegie Classification of Institutes of Higher Education, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Classification of all accredited colleges and universities in the U.S. based on their degree-granting activities (doctoral/research universities, master's colleges and universities, baccalaureate colleges, associate's colleges, specialized institutions), by state.

College and University Rankings, U.S. News and World Report
Rankings for undergraduate and graduate institutions of higher learning. Rankings of undergraduate institutions include universities, liberal arts colleges, schools of engineering, and business schools. Scores provided for factors such as reputation, retention rate, graduation rate, student/faculty ratio, and acceptance rate. Graduate school rankings include schools of business, law, education, engineering, medicine, health, library science, public affairs, and the arts. Scores provided for factors such as reputation, student undergraduate grades, standardized test scores, and median starting compensation.

Data Reports, National Education Association
Data reports on various education-related topics, by state. For example:

• Education Statistics — Data reports on various aspects of public education.
• Rankings & Estimates  — Annual rankings of various educational statistics, by state, including average teacher salary, per pupil expenditures, change in enrollments, state share of education funding.
• School Modernization — State fact sheets on school facility conditions and modernization. 

SAT Program Data, College Entrance Examination Board

• College-Bound Seniors Profile Reports by State — Profiles of academic experience and SAT scores of college-bound seniors, by state, 1998-latest year. Data cover academic record, course-taking patterns, college plans, high school information, and SAT mean scores and distributions.
• SAT Averages by State — Average SAT scores by state for 1990 and 1997-2000. Published 2001.

High School Student Academic and Career Preferences, National Research Center for College and University Admissions
Annual survey of high school juniors regarding academic and career plans, by state, 2000-latest year.

College Access and Affordability, Lumina Foundation for Education
Reports on the accessibility and affordability of colleges, by state. Of particular interest:

• Disparities in College Access — State-specific summaries of the accessibility of individual 2- and 4-year colleges, with focus on low-income students. (January 2002)
• College Affordability — State differences in college affordability and graduation rates. (.pdf, November 2000)

Data on Science and Engineering Education, National Science Foundation
Access to a variety of data regarding science and engineering education, by state and institution.

• Statistical Reports on the Education of Scientists and Engineers — Science and engineering students and degree awards, by state and institution.
• WebCASPAR -- Data focusing on science and engineering resources at individual U.S. universities and colleges.

Business School Rankings, Business Week
Rankings and data for 212 U.S. business schools.

Historical Census Data, Geospatial and Statistical Data Center, University of Virginia
Education and literacy data for states and counties from the Decennial Census, 1870-1950.

Adult Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education
Data on enrollment, grants, and personnel regarding state-administered adult education programs.

Standardized Program Information Reports for JTPA, Employment and Training Administration
Annual reports, by state, of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program efforts, fiscal years 1993-97.

Physical Infrastructure and Land [ back to top ]

National Transportation Atlas, Bureau of Transportation Statistics 
Collection of geo-spatial databases depicting transportation facilities, networks, and services. (On CD-ROM, available free).

Airport Capacity Benchmark Report, Federal Aviation Administration
Capacity benchmarks for 31 of the nation's busiest airports. Published April 2001. 

Airport Traffic, Airports Council International
Year-to-date and annual reports on traffic at individual U.S. and foreign airports, measured in terms of passengers, cargo, and aircraft movements.

Highway Statistics Series, Federal Highway Administration
Data on highway infrastructure, by state, in annual highway statistics report.

Infrastructure by State, American Society of Civil Engineers
Data on the quality of roads and bridges, airports, schools, drinking water and waste water systems, dams, and solid waste systems, by state. Annual report.

Urban Mobility Study, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University
Annual review of highway traffic mobility in 68 urban areas, with rankings, 1982-latest year.  Data include capacity of freeways and principal arterial streets, peak period travel speeds, level of congestion, and extent and costs of delay.

The Road Information Program
Analysis of federal data regarding highway infrastructure, traffic safety, and congestion, by state.

U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Interior 
Access to a variety of natural resource information, including:

State Environmental Atlas, Environmental Protection Agency
Base maps of environmental resources, by state.

MetroScan, Transamerica Intellitech 
Database of residential, commercial, industrial and vacant property obtained from county assessors and other agencies. Data include property ownership and characteristics, current and past sales figures, telephone numbers, parcel and street maps, and census tract data.

Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER), Bureau of the Census
Digital database of geographic features, such as roads, railroads, rivers, lakes, political boundaries, census statistical boundaries, etc. covering the entire United States. Contains information about these features such as their location in latitude and longitude, the name, the type of feature, address ranges for most streets, the geographic relationship to other features, and other related information.

Public Land Statistics, Bureau of Land Management
Profile of public land characteristics, 1998.

Water Systems and Supply Information in Reclamation Areas, Bureau of Reclamation
Water systems and supply data in areas of the western U.S.

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