To find federal agencies use The Villanova Center for Information Law and Policy's Federal Web Locator . This includes links to assistance on starting and expanding businesses, financing, governmental contracting, export development, permits and regulations, environmental regulations, proposed regulations and legislation and links to additional small business information and resources. Small Business Development Centers State of Illinois economic facts and figures Economic and demographic statistics for the state and sub-state areas such as economic indicators and population projections. Also includes a link to the Business and Industry Data Centers Network that is designed to assist small businesses with the use of economic and demographic statistics. Statistical Abstract of the United States .
Data given is primarily on the national level, but some tables include state and local data.
Use also as an indexing tool to locate more detailed data. County and City Data Book . This is a supplement to the Statistical Abstract of the United States . It gives a wide variety of demographic, social and economic statistics for regions, divisions, states, counties and cities. The information is the same, though slightly enhanced and published annually.