I need to find economic data for my township, especially daytime employment by industry, number of businesses, etc.
I have found income, employment by industry for residents, etc. at the Census’s American Fact Finder; however, I also need to locate data on businesses and what they do. E.g., only 19% of workers living in the township work in the township, and this translates into 27% of those working in the township being described by the data that I do have. So my data only describe just over a fourth of those working in the township, and thse data may be a poor sampling of township workers since my data include all those commuting to other jobs. (So, X% of those living in the township may be managerial types, but X-Y% jobs in the township may be managerial types.)
I have found data on ZIP Code Business Patterns for the zip code of the post office in the township; but, this post office doesn’t deliver! I have the result that there are just over sixty business in the township, though I stopped by the post office and, after a computer search, I was informed that there were just over 120 business P.O. Boxes there (presumably the mis-match may be from businsesses w/ employees vs. those without). The data I’m trying to update report over 160 businesses in the township in 1990.
I would also, if possible, like to find info on how township businesses per se are doing.
My searching led me to discover the term “Minor Civil Division,” which seems to mean “township” for quite a number of states, including Michingan. I have been trolling through all the stats databases I can find, e.g. Census, FedStats, U of M Stats resources, BLS, DOL, yadda, yadda, yadda. I have also tried the reference librarians at the local community college and the local library. I have also submitted questions to the Census question thingie and I am not having any luck. This is not to say that these sources don’t have the info I’m looking for, and I really hope I’m overlooking something that will save the day when I am directed to it.
So, does anybody know where I can find the sort of info I am looking for? Please!
p.s. The report w/ the 1990 data has no references! Aarrrg!