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State and Local Government Information

Help on seeking government information at the state, county and city level.

Population and Housing Statistics

Statistics on businesses, health and community services

Using ReferenceUSA to Find Local Businesses and Social Services

ReferenceUSA can provide counts of businesses (like Grocery Stores) in a particular city, zip code, census tract or a radius of your choice. ReferenceUSA has counts for other establishments related to health care, legal services, educational institutions and religious organizations.  

First, go to ReferenceUSA and click on the "U.S. Businesses" dataset

 

Then select "Custom Search"

Then start choose the Geography, you can search for establishments by neighborhood (e.g. Delray, Detroit).

 

Then choose the Business Type.  Be sure to expand Retail Trade for businesses like grocery stores and Services for social, legal, educational and religous establishments

After you've selected establishments click on "Update Count" and then "View Results"