Business
Marketing and Advertising
Demographic and Survey Data

• American Demographics -- access to archives of articles from American Demographics Magazine
• Bi-State Regional Commission: Demographics for the Quad-cities
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Community Information by Zip Code -- statistical data about population, education, health, environment, and business arranged by zip code.
• CyberAtlas Market Research
• Gallup Organization -- information on opinion polls and trends going back to 1997.  Includes history of and techniques used by the Gallup Poll.
• Harvard Business School Marketing Page
• Illinios Quick Stats -- from the U.S. Census Bureau; compares IL to US.
• Iowa Census Data Sets--The figures for the (latest) 2000 census presented by the State Library of Iowa. Next Census is in 2010.
• Iowa Economic Trends
• Iowa Department of Economic Development: International Resources  --Export statistics, product directories and other marketing information
• Iowa--Smart State for Business -- information about doing business in Iowa.
• NorthEast-MidWest Institute -- statistical profiles for over twelve Northeast and Midwestern states.  Includes policy studies.
• Quad Cities Business Journal -- lots of different articles
• Quad City Development Group -- includes a labor survey, wage & benefits survey, quality of life information, etc.
• The Small Business Knowledge Base--The Small Business Knowledge Base is a comprehensive free resource of small business information. Packed with hundreds of guides and worksheets, it includes marketing, financial management and more.
• Statistical Resources on the Web for Business & Industry
• U.S. Census Bureau -- using "American Fact Finder" (on the left menu bar) you can get demographics on a area as small as a city block.