TEXAS

The State of Texas : State of Texas, online government services to serve the residents and businesses better. http://www.state.tx.us/

Texas Legislature Online: Website for the Texas Legislature. Provides information on legislation, committees,house, and senate.http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/

Texas State Data Center: The Texas State Data Center and Office of the State Demographer, in cooperation with a network of affiliates , functions as a focal point for the distribution of Census information for Texas. http://txsdc.utsa.edu/

Office of Rural Community Affairs : Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA) is the state agency dedicated solely to serving rural Texas. http://www.orca.state.tx.us/

Texas Department of Economic Development: Department of Economic Development markets Texas and promotes the opportunities that anyone can find within our borders.http://www.tded.state.tx.us/

Texas Comptroller: The Comptroller's Office is Texas' tax collector, revenue estimator, accountant and treasurer for the state.http://www.cpa.state.tx.us/

Texas Business and Industry Data Center: The Business and Industry Data Center (BIDC) program is an initiative of the U.S. Census Bureau to provide timely access to a wide range of economic and demographic data, statistics, and research. http://www.bidc.state.tx.us/

BearFacts : BEA Regional Facts—consists of computer-generated narratives for states, counties, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), and BEA Economic Areas. The narratives describe an area's personal income using current estimates, growth rates, and a breakdown of the sources of personal income. http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/regional/bearfacts/countybf.cfm

The Handbook of Texas Online The Handbook of Texas is a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture. It comprises articles on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions, and a host of other topic categories.http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/

DATA

United States Census Bureau: The Census Bureau is a leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy http://www.census.gov/

Bureau of Economic Analysis: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) promotes a better understanding of the U.S. economy by providing the most timely, relevant, and accurate economic accounts data in an objective and cost-effective manner. http://www.bea.doc.gov/

United States Department of Agriculture: Provides leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, and related issues based on sound public policy, the best available science, and efficient management. http://www.usda.gov/

ECONOMICS & RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Southern Regional Science Association: Southern Regional Science Association provides intellectual leadership in the study of those social, economic, political and behavioral phenomena, which have a spatial dimension The main objectives of the Association are the fostering and exchange of ideas and the promotion of studies focusing on the region including the utilization of tools, methods and theoretical frameworks specifically designed for regional analysis as well as concepts, procedures and analytical techniques of the various social and other sciences.http://www.srsa.org

American Agricultural Economics: The American Agricultural Economics Association is a professional society for those interested in agricultural economics. AAEA keeps you abreast of the latest agricultural economics research developments and policy issues. AAEA keeps you in touch with peers from industry, government, academic, professional and trade associations, foundations and international organizations.http://www.aaea.org/

Community Economics Network: The Community Economics Network is a source of information for people with interests in community economics, regional economics, rural development, and domestic economic development. http://ag.arizona.edu/AREC/cen/cen.html

Community Development Society: The Community Development Society integrates knowledge from many disciplines with theory, research, teaching, and practice as important and interdependent functions that are vital in the public and private sectors.http://comm-dev.org/

Other

Shift Share Analysis by The Georgia Statistics System: http://www.georgiastats.uga.edu/sshare1.html/