Links to Socioeconomic Web Sites

• Hillsborough Community Atlas - A site that is funded by Hillsborough County and the Children's Board of Hillsborough County to inform citizens about their community. It provides maps, socioeconomic data, and explanatory information about same.
• National Association of Realtors - NAR produces national, state and metropolitan housing data. Data compiled include median housing prices, existing home sales and a housing affordability index.
• National Association of Home Builders - NAHB produces a variety of housing and construction data including home ownership estimates, new home sales and prices and the Housing Opportunity Index. Data are generally at national or metropolitan levels.
• The Conference Board - a private research organization producing the Consumer Confidence Index and the Composite Index of Leading Economic Indicators (as well as indices for Lagging and Coincident Indicators). The economic indicators indices are contracted to the Conference Board by the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.
• National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. - a private research organization whose Business Cycle Dating Committee determines the official peak and trough of the economic or business cycle.
• The Dismal Scientist - a private economic indicator and analysis web site owned by Economy.com, Inc., an economic research consultancy located in West Chester, PA. Dismal Scientist provides national, state, metropolitan, and international economic data and analysis in one web site. Its coverage is extensive both topically and geographically.