DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17783602
title: Replication Data for: DOC - BEA Data by Place: United States
title: Replication Data for: DOC - BEA National

description: Data are from the Department of Commerce - Bureau of Economic Analysis (DOC - BEA).  The BEA website lists the following items available [quoted from the landing page (https://www.bea.gov/data/by-place-us); accessed 12/01/2025]:

"United States

Gross Domestic Product





Gross Domestic Product GDP is a comprehensive measure of the U.S. economy and its growth




GDP by Industry Measures industries' performance and their contributions to GDP



Consumer Spending





Consumer Spending The nation's primary measure of consumer spending, or personal consumption expenditures




Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index Measures inflation in the prices paid by people living in the United States




Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, Excluding Food and Energy The core PCE price index excludes two volatile categories to reveal underlying inflation



Income & Saving





Personal Income Wages, Social Security, interest, rents, and other income received by U.S. residents




Disposable Personal Income The income that's left after people pay their taxes




Personal Saving Rate The percentage of people's disposable income that they save instead of spending




Corporate Profits A key measure of the financial health of corporate America




Gross Domestic Income Another way of measuring GDP, using incomes instead of spending



Industries





GDP by Industry Measures industries' performance and their contributions to GDP




Gross Output by Industry A measure of an industry's sales or receipts




Input-Output Accounts A data set showing how industries interact with each other and with the rest of the economy




Employment by Industry Measures the nation's number of full- and part-time workers by industry




Integrated Industry-Level Production Account (KLEMS) Shows the industry-level sources of economic growth



Prices & Inflation





GDP Price Index Measures changes in prices paid for goods and services produced in the United States




GDP Price Deflator A price measure very similar to the GDP price index




Gross Domestic Purchases Price Index BEA's featured measure of price changes in the U.S. economy overall




Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index Measures inflation in the prices paid by people living in the United States




Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, Excluding Food and Energy The core PCE price index excludes two volatile categories to reveal underlying inflation




Regional Price Parities by State and Metro Area Measure price levels that can be compared across states or metro areas




Health Care Measures spending to treat diseases and provides price indexes of treatments



Investment in Fixed Assets





Fixed Assets by Type Buildings, trucks, software, and more used in production for at least a year




Industry Fixed Assets The fixed assets owned by different industries




Government Fixed Assets The lasting assets owned by national, state, and local government



Government





Government Receipts and Expenditures Taxes, spending, and other transactions of national, state, and local government




Government Fixed Assets The lasting assets owned by national, state, and local government



Special Topics





Arts and Culture Showcases arts-related economic activity for the nation, all 50 states and D.C.




Digital Economy Measures the digital economy's contribution to U.S. GDP




Distribution of Personal Income Measures how households are sharing in the U.S. economy's growth




Economic Well-Being and Growth Measures trends in economic well-being and long-term growth




Global Value Chains Shows detail about the roles of U.S. exports and imports in complex global production chains




Government Finance Statistics-IMF Framework Adjusts BEA's government statistics to the International Monetary Fund's accounting framework




Health Care Measures spending to treat diseases and provides price indexes of treatments




Household Production Measures the value of unpaid work in the home, including cooking, cleaning, and child care




Intellectual Property Measures research and development, software, and other intellectual property




Marine Economy Measures the marine economy's contribution to U.S. GDP




Near Real-Time Spending Estimates spending from payment card transactions




Outdoor Recreation Measures the outdoor recreation economy




Research and Development Measures the contribution of research and development to the U.S. and state economies




Small Business Measures the economic health and contributions of small business




Space Economy Measures the economic contributions of private and government space endeavors




Travel and Tourism Measures the travel and tourism economy




Ultimate Host Economy Measures U.S. direct investment abroad by where the investments are ultimately located"



There are multiple geographic levels available, plus multiple metrics for each category as well.  These data are for the National listings.  BEA publishes data at a Local and State scale as well.  For all three geographic levels (Local, State, National), there are 519 table types available, listed in the file BEA_All_Tables_Comprehensive.csv.  However, for each table, there are often multiple time periods (Annual, Quarterly) as well. The full listing of all tables contained in the entire 3 datasets is in BEA_Inventory_Report.xslx.  The latter can also be examined for files only occurring in the National dataset where the “Directory” column is “BEA_National”.

Most of the data for this National geography are in zip files.  Each of the categories of download have been zipped together, as well as the Python code for downloading.

Code for downloads and indexing and cataloging is available in both the BEA_Python_Scripts.zip and the GitHub repository at https://github.com/Public-Environmental-Data-Partners/scripts/tree/main/oneTimeHacks/BEA