As a focus of the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU, the CRI provides national and local data through partnerships with nonprofit and neighborhood groups.

Demographic information on the student population of GVSU.

"A regional nonprofit economic development organization."

National economic indicator of customer satisfaction with the quality of goods and services available to household consumers in the United States.

This Bureau of Labor Statistics program provides information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit characteristics (families, singles, etc.).

"An independent nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion."

Census of population and housing is available here. "Subjects A - Z" is an easy way to search the site.

"Your source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data." Provides specific fact sheets for communities.

You can locate personal income for specific geographic regions from this site.

"Manufacturing, mining, and construction statistics."

Profile of American business that is published every 5 years.

Federal government site for export market information. Look at Trade Data & Analysis.

"An independent federal agency determining import injury to U. S. industries..." Look for research reports under Research & Analysis: Industry & Trade Summaries.

Enter a NAICS code and receive a brief summary of the current state of the industry.

Canadian business site.

Image database of over 7,000 U.S. and Canadian advertisements between 1911 - 1955.

Major trade publication for advertising.

Provides marketing tutorials.

"Discover what really works."

Articles on marketing how-to and more.

The Census Business Builder is a suite of services that provides selected demographic and economic data from the Census Bureau tailored to specific types of users in a simple to access and use format.