⸻ Regional economic intelligence
Read America’s
economic DNA.
EconBase turns eight federal datasets into one coherent profile for every U.S. county, metro area, state, and ZIP code — with named analytical methods from the regional-economic-development practice.
3,144 COUNTIES·384 METROS·50 STATES·33,788 ZIP CODES
National map
Jump to any state
SHADED BY TOP-INDUSTRY LQ · HOVER FOR DETAIL50 STATES + DC
Start with a region
Explore
Pick a county, metro, state, or ZIP — get a full profile across nine analytical lenses.
Browse regions →
Start with an industry
Industry
Flip the lens. Pick a NAICS code — see a national choropleth and the top 20 concentrated counties.
Browse industries →
Compose your own
Custom Region
Bundle 2–10 counties into a planning district, MPO, or regional partnership. URL is shareable.
Build a region →
Featured profiles
Four Americas, four economic structures
Curated starting points that illustrate how different regional economies look in EconBase. Click to drill in.
What you get
Nine analytical lenses per region
§01ACS
Demographics
Who lives here. Population pyramid, education, household income distribution.
§02CBP
Economic Base (LQ)
Which industries are more concentrated here than the national average — the region's export base.
§03BEA Regional
GDP
Economic output in dollars by industry — the productivity counterpart to employment.
§04BLS QCEW
Wages
Average annual pay by industry and the wage premium vs. the national equivalent.
§05BLS OES
Occupations
SOC-coded worker-side view: what people here actually do, and what it pays.
§06CBP
Industry Trends
Longitudinal employment, payroll, and establishment counts. Compare up to 3 industries.
§07CBP
Shift-Share
Decompose employment change into national growth, industry mix, and local competitive components.
§08BLS EP
Projections
10-year forward outlook. Growth-vs-specialization quadrants, exposure scores.
§09BEA I-O
Economic Impact
Ripple-effect modeling. Type I multipliers, custom simulator, methodology panel.