SUNY Adirondack Library: Entrepreneurship: Small Business Start-up Research: Business Statistics

For Start-Up ADK and Other Community Members

Access to websites on this page:
- Government websites below are freely accessible from on or off-campus.
- Subscription library databases, such as Statista, require a college network account to be used from off campus.
- Start-Up ADK students can get a community borrower card at the library in the Scoville Learning Center, and use the computers on the top floor to search subscription library databases and borrow books.

SUNY Adirondack Library Business Resources For the Start-Up Adk Program
A two-page handout summarizing the Start-Up ADK library research session by librarian Joyce Miller.

Demographics

Who are your customers? For basic demographics (people, income, ages, home ownership, etc.), start with these U.S. government websites:

Census Business Builder: Small Business Edition
From U.S. Census Bureau; create a report with statistics and maps.
Quick Facts (U.S. Census Bureau)
Fast statistics on topics, limited to specific areas. Use to compare Warren and Saratoga counties, for instance.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Career, income and industry trends.

Explore these sites for more demographic data:

Data.census.gov (U.S. Census Data)
Detailed U.S. statistics on people and economy. Try clicking View Tables > Maps tab > Geographies: County or New York Profile.
Small Business Pulse Survey
Measures the effect of pandemic on U.S. small businesses. Visualization Guide has search ideas.
Household Pulse Survey
How people’s lives have been impacted by the pandemic.
My Congressional District
Statistics by congressional district; here, linked to northern NYS's 21st Congressional District.

More United States Statistics

New York State Statistics Websites

World Statistics

Business Librarian

Joyce A. Miller

Contact:

Above: Joyce on college's 2017 trip to Ecuador, with live volcano Cotopaxi.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Library Science; Part-time Reference Librarian (two days a week during Spring & Fall semesters). Liaison to Business and Science Divisions.
SUNY Adirondack, 640 Bay Road Queensbury NY 12804
(Please call me Joyce, or Professor Miller.)

Email millerja@sunyacc.edu or librarian@sunyacc.edu.