About econHQ
econHQ is an independent website that makes official economic statistics easier to find, read and understand. We collect data published by U.S. and international statistical agencies, chart it consistently, put each new number in historical context and explain in plain English what it measures and why it matters.
What we cover
- The U.S. economy — about twenty in-depth indicator pages covering inflation, jobs, GDP, housing, consumer spending, interest rates, energy, industry and government finances.
- Local economies — economic profiles for all 159 Georgia counties and the state’s 15 metropolitan areas, plus an unemployment map of every U.S. county.
- World economies — side-by-side comparisons of the U.S. with nine other major economies.
- Plain-English explainers — every indicator page explains how the statistic is produced, how to interpret it and how it relates to other data, and our glossary defines the terms economists use.
Our editorial principles
- Official sources only. Every number traces to a named government statistical agency or international organization. We do not run surveys or publish proprietary estimates.
- No hand-typed data. Figures are loaded by an automated pipeline directly from the agencies’ public data services, so what you see matches what the agency published.
- Calculations are labeled. When econHQ derives a figure — a year-over-year percent change, a statewide total built from county data, a ranking — we say so on the page.
- Neutral presentation. We describe what the data show and how economists typically read them. We do not make political arguments or give investment advice.
Data sources
| Source | Used for |
|---|---|
| CoinGecko | Free public crypto price API. |
| Frankfurter / European Central Bank | Free ECB reference exchange rates. |
| FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) | Aggregates and republishes series from BLS, BEA, Census, Treasury, EIA and others; used here via the public fredgraph.csv endpoint. |
| U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis | GDP, personal income, PCE. |
| U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | CPI, PPI, employment, LAUS, QCEW. |
| U.S. Census Bureau | Population estimates (PEP), American Community Survey (ACS), Building Permits Survey (BPS). |
| U.S. Energy Information Administration | Oil, gas, and electricity data. |
| Yahoo Finance | Unofficial quote endpoint, not a documented public API -- used for near-real-time market snapshots only. |
| OECD, IMF and Bank for International Settlements | International unemployment, inflation, GDP, interest rates and house prices, accessed through FRED. |
How the data pipeline works
A scheduled pipeline retrieves each series from its source — most national series through the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’s FRED service, which republishes data from BLS, BEA, the Census Bureau, the Treasury, EIA and others; county unemployment from BLS’s Local Area Unemployment Statistics files; county jobs and wages from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; and county population, income and housing from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. The data are stored in our database, and every page is built from that database when you load it. In total the site tracks 67 distinct data series.
Calculations
- Year-over-year changes. Price indexes and other level series are converted to percent changes by comparing each observation with the same period a year earlier.
- Georgia and metro-area unemployment rates. Calculated by summing employment and labor force across the relevant counties and dividing, the same building-block method BLS uses. These are not seasonally adjusted and may differ slightly from BLS’s published state and metro estimates.
- Rankings and medians. County rankings compare all counties with available data for the same period. “Median Georgia county” is the middle value across counties, not a statewide figure.
- Revisions. Agencies regularly revise past data. Each pipeline run reloads recent history, so revised figures replace earlier estimates automatically.
Data freshness
- Georgia county population, income and housing (ACS) — last refreshed September 18, 2026
- Georgia county unemployment — last refreshed September 18, 2026
- Georgia county jobs and wages by industry (QCEW) — last refreshed September 18, 2026
- Market snapshot — last refreshed September 18, 2026
- National indicators (inflation, jobs, GDP, rates, housing, energy) — last refreshed September 18, 2026
- U.S. county unemployment (all counties) — last refreshed September 18, 2026
- International indicators — last refreshed September 18, 2026
Contact and corrections
If you spot an error or have a question about a figure, please contact us. We review every correction request and update the site when a mistake is confirmed.
Disclaimer
Information on econHQ is provided for general informational and educational purposes only and is not investment, financial, legal or tax advice. Although we take care to reproduce official data accurately, we cannot guarantee that it is complete or error-free; for decisions that depend on precision, consult the original source agency. See our terms of use and privacy policy.