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Economy: Other Economic Data

Employment and Business

American Community Survey

Census 2000

Construction (updated monthly)

Consumer Expenditure Survey (28k, updated 11/9/06)

Annual surveys of consumers in the Kansas City MSA yield data on households' income and spending patterns on food, shelter, transportation, apparel and other necessities.

Consumer Price Index/Cost of Living (updated monthly)

Cost of Living Indicators for Kansas City and Select Peer Metro Areas (512k, updated 09/26/08)

The ACCRA Cost of Living Index measures the cost, relative to a national average, of achieving a particular standard of living at a particular point in time, not whether the cost of achieving that standard of living is going up or down over time.

Demographic Highlights (185k, updated 8/16/06)

2006 total population, households, families, population by race, population by age, median age, median household income, and median age of householder for all counties, census tracts and zip codes in the Kansas City MSA. Also available: 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005.

Also see Market Profile, and Small Area Highlights by Census Tract (or ZIP Code), under Purchase Reports for more recent and/or more extensive reports derived from the same data sources.

Earned Income Credit (EITC), Child and Dependent Care (CDCC) Credit, and other credits in Federal Individual Income Tax Returns by State, County, City and ZIP Codes (750k, updated 09/02/08)

Individual federal income tax returns with claims and eligibility for the EITC, the CDCC, other credits and Refund Anticipation Loans from 2000 through 2005 for states, counties, cities and ZIP codes in the Kansas City MSA and CSA, and Douglas County, KS.

Earned Income (EITC) and Child and Dependent Care (CDCC) Credits in Federal Individual Income Tax Returns for Kansas City and its Peer Metros (168k, updated 09/03/08)

Similar to the data set for Kansas City's counties, cities and ZIP codes, but applies only to the MSA and Peer Metros.

Federal Individual Income Tax Returns by ZIP Code (741k, updated 6/28/06)

Individual federal income tax returns data by ZIP code showing selected income and tax items classified by size of adjusted gross income.

Greater Kansas City Economic Forecast (12/17/07)

Annual short-term review and forecast of the region's economy. Semi-annual update is provided at no additional cost with the current annual forecast..

Home Mortgage Disclosure Act

Home mortgage and home improvement lending activity in the Kansas City MSA from 1996 through 2004.

Long Range Forecast for the Kansas City Metropolitan Area

Market Absorption of Apartments (Survey) (60k, updated 12/24/07)

Measures how soon privately financed, non-subsidized, unfurnished units in buildings with five or more units are rented or sold (absorbed) after completion. In addition to the Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area, this database includes peer and other metros.

Metro Area Exports (26k, updated 8/15/02)

This database is the US Census Bureau's Exporter Location (EL) series, and runs from 1993 to 1999. It allocates exports based on the location of the exporter of record, not necessarily the entity that produced the merchandise. (Note: The Office of Trade and Economic Analysis, International Trade Administration, US Department of Commerce, has discontinued this series. No new source for these data has been identified.)

Metro Outlook

Poverty Estimates (107k, updated 12/26/06)

US Census Bureau estimates of people in poverty and median household income from the decennial censuses and theannual Current Population Surveys. Estimates include the states of Kansas and Missouri, the counties in the Kansas City MSA and the Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City CSA and Douglas County, Kand., from 1989 through 2004.

Poverty Estimates by School District (110kb, updated 12/26/06)

US Census Bureau estimates of children in poverty since 1995 through 2004 by school district.

Economic Impact Studies

Specialty Reports