Vermont Department of Economic Development

North American Industry Classification System (formerly SIC)
1997 North American Industry Classification System (U.S. Census Bureau)

To find out how familiar old SIC codes translate into the new NAICS categories, visit the Census website Here you'll find a concordance linking the SIC and NAICS classification systems. To help ease the transition between the two systems, Census published a "bridge" report showing the Economic Census data tabulated according to both systems.

Education
Attainment data from the Census Bureau

Rankings and data for U.S. business schools, from U.S. News and World Report.

Venture Capital
Quarterly venture capital investments for states and metro areas, from the National Venture Capital Association

Charitable Giving by State
The National Center for Charitable Statistics works closely with the IRS and other government agencies, private sector service organizations, and the scholarly community, to build compatible national, state, and regional databases and develops uniform standards for reporting on the activities of charitable organizations. Find state level data on charitable giving at their website.

U.S. Census Bureau
The Census Bureau aims to be the preeminent collector and provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. Their goal is to provide the best mix of timeliness, relevancy, quality, and cost for the data they collect and provide.

Econdata.net
Econdata.net has more than 400 links to socioeconomic data sources, arranged by subject and provider, pointers to the Web's premiere data collections, and their own list of the ten best sites for finding regional economic data.

Center for Rural Studies
The Center for Rural Studies (CRS) is a nonprofit, fee-for-service research organization which addresses social, economic, and resource-based problems of rural people and communities. Based in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Vermont (UVM), the Center provides consulting and research services in Vermont, the United States, and abroad.

Northeast Midwest Institute
The Northeast-Midwest Institute, a nonprofit policy center, engages in research and education to promote the region's economic development and enhance the quality of its environmental and human resources.