Useful Datasets for Prospect Research

FREE DATASETS

FEC Data

http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/ftp_download.shtml

SIC Codes

http://www.naics.com/referencefiles.htm

Zip codes and Avg AGI with *some* metro areas included, available through my google docs:

http://tinyurl.com/y7lqx7y

Zip code data that includes lattitude and longitude for each

http://www.micahcarrick.com/files/zip_codes_postgresql.zip

http://www.populardata.com/downloads.html

Most expensive zip codes, according to Forbes.  From my google docs.

http://tinyurl.com/3mvlea6

Various demographic data by zip 

(The source of this data is MS MapPoint.  It was exported to csv from the application.  Also from my google docs.)

http://tinyurl.com/3zfyzjy

Census population data

http://www.census.gov/popest/data/index.html

Various stuff here:

http://www.fedstats.gov/

http://pewresearch.org/databank/datasets/

FREE DATA IN UNFRIENDLY FORMATS

The poorest and wealthiest places in the United States

(and other links possibly of interest at top right of page)

http://wealth.mongabay.com/

Regional employment data

http://books.mongabay.com/employment/

Zip codes

http://www.zip-codes.com/