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| Hoover's | Hoover’s delivers comprehensive company, industry, and marketing intelligence. You can view industry directories and search for information on specific companies. The site has information on key decision makers in companies. It also provides information on your best prospects and allows you to build lists based on geography. |
| Thomas Global Register | The Thomas Global is a directory of 700,000 manufacturers and distributors from 28 countries, classified by 11,000 products and services categories. Its mission is to bring industrial buyers and sellers together on the web to facilitate the purchasing process. For the buyer, Thomas Global fulfills the need for detailed product and company information in the major industrialized countries. For the supplier, Thomas Global can open up foreign markets that are hard to access due to language barriers. |
| DEX Online | The site provides yellow pages information for the Qwest service area. You can enter a business category and location and receive all of the listings for the search criteria. The information would be helpful in identifying your local competitors. |
| Retail Statistical Information | This site is a handy reference guide for finding retail statistics, sales and research data quickly. |
| City of Portland Public Data | Portland Maps.com - Portland Public Data is an easy to use database for obtaining City of Portland public information. Census information, zoning maps and building permits are just a few of data bases accessable. |
This site provides access to recent workforce news, labor trends and statistics, economic and demographic data. You can quickly determine whether your business location meets geographic requirements for several PDC business incentive programs by entering an address into the PDC’s GIS Mapping tool. In the “Additional Data” section, the PDC has pulled together information from FedStats on the six counties that comprise the Portland metropolitan area. Under the “Transportation” heading you can find Detailed Traffic Counts by Location. |
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This site, run by the U. S. Census Bureau, is a source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data. You can start searches at www.census.gov. |
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The site includes the Oregon State Data Center, the Oregon Population Estimates Program and various population research projects. The goal of the Center is to provide ready access to census and other information on the population of Oregon. |
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Select Most Popular Databases and you will be presented with a plethora of selections that can be explored for finding demographic information. |
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| Federal Statistical Data | The site provides access to statistical data on topics of your choice. Statistical profiles are available for States, counties, cities, Congressional Districts and Federal judicial districts. |
| Oregon Employment Department | This site gives users access to the Oregon Employment Department information resources. |