Topics and Subtopics

About Topics and Subtopics

Topics are broad and will allow you to see the most survey options across these high-level categories and the many subtopics within them. Subtopics are very specific and allow you to see which primary topics a subtopic can be found in.

Example A: Selecting a Topic First:

Selecting the “economic” topic reveals all surveys that collect any type of economic data. Economic data is available across multiple subtopics such as business or household. Using the subtopic dropdown next, will allow you to pick what kind of economic data you want.

Example B, Selecting a Subtopic First

Selecting the subtopic first will reveal all surveys across all primary topics that have your subtopic. If you selected the household subtopic, you will see that data can be found in economic, social, housing, and demographic surveys. Using the topic filter next will allow you to see the type of survey you want.

These two options should yield the same choices when both topic and subtopic are selected, but depending on the research needs and interests, it may be helpful to select one method or the other.

Helpful Tips:

• Some surveys contain more than one primary topic.
• Some subtopics can be found under multiple topics.
• You may select or search for multiple subtopics at once.
• You may search by topic, subtopic, or both to expand or narrow your search parameters.
• If you can not find the subtopic you are looking for, use the list below to look for comparable terminology.

Demographic

• Age
• Ancestry
• Ethnicity
• Foreign Born
• Hispanic Origin
• International
• Marital Status
• Population
• Race (use/select this subtopic for data on White alone,/Black or African American alone,/American Indian and Alaska Native alone, Asian alone, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, Some Other Race alone, or Two or More Races)
• Relationship
• Sex

Economic

• Agricultural Services
• Business
• Business Opening/Closing
• Class of Worker
• Commissions
• Commute/Commuting
• Construction
• E-Commerce
• Earnings
• Emergency
• Employer
• Employment Status
• Energy
• Expenditures
• Expenses
• Experimental Data
• Firms
• Firm Age
• Firm Size
• Food Services
• Food Stamps (SNAP)
• Forestry
• Grants
• Gross Margins
• Health Insurance
• Hours/Week, Weeks/Year
• Income
• Industry
• Inventory
• International
• Labor Force
• Manufacturing
• Mining
• NAICS
• Nurses
• Occupation
• Payroll
• Permits
• Production
• Profits
• Purchases
• Receipts
• Recreation
• Research and Development
• Residential
• Retail
• Revenue
• Sales
• Selected Service Industries
• Self-employed
• Shipments
• Spending
• Teacher
• Technology
• Tenure
• Trade
• Unemployment
• Vehicle
• Veteran-Owned
• Wholesale

Housing

• Construction
• Costs (Mortgage, Taxes, Insurance)
• Expenditures
• Expenses
• Heating Fuel
• Homeowner
• Homeownership
• Home Value
• Housing
• Housing Costs
• Occupancy
• Permits
• Plumbing/Kitchen Facilities
• Rental
• Residential
• Structure
• Tenure (Own/Rent)
• Utilities
• Vacancy/Vacancies
• Vehicles
• Year Built
• Year Moved In

Social

• Ancestry
• Child Care
• Children
• Child Support
• Citizenship
• Computer & Internet Use
• COVID-19 Data
• Crime
• Disability
• Education
• Expenditures
• Expenses
• Fertility
• Field of Degree
• Grandparents
• HIV/AIDS
• Household
• Inmates
• International
• Jails
• Language
• Life Expectancy
• Marital Status
• Medical Care
• Migration
• Mortality
• Moving
• Nurses
• Parole
• Parolees
• Police
• Occupation
• Parole
• Post-Secondary Education
• Prisoners
• Probationers
• Schools
• School Enrollment
• Total Correctional Population
• Vehicles
• Veterans
• Voting
• Wildlife

Government

• Expenditures
• Expenses
• Federal Government
• Fishing
• Geography
• Hunting
• International
• Jurisdiction
• Local Government
• Pension
• Police
• Public Employment
• Recreation
• Redistricting
• Research and Development
• Revenue
• School Districts
• State Government
• Tax
• Tribal Areas
• Wildlife