| Agency | Indicator | Why track this? | Unit Available |
| U.S. Bureau of Economics |
| Consumer Price Index | Labor and Wage | Most widely used measure of inflation. It is an indicator of the effectiveness of government policy. Used to adjust income payments (Social Security, food stamps, and others). Affects cost of school lunches. | Select MSAs. |
| Per Capita Income | Labor and Wage | Used as a measure of wealth of a population | Select MSAs |
| Unemployment Rates | Labor and Wage | Key indicator of local economic conditions. Used to determine federal and state allocations. | County, Select MSAs |
| U.S. Census Bureau |
| Housing Survey (National, state, and metropolitan data) | Housing | Collects data on housing, income, neighborhood and housing quality, etc. Collected every 6 years for MSAs. Used also to analyze the flow of households through housing. | Select MSAs |
| The County Information Project |
| Per Capita Income | Labor and Wage | Used as a measure of wealth of a population | County |
| Population for County and select Cities | Demographics | Used for programming planning | County |
| Demographics | Demographics | Used to ensure cultural competency and to ensure surveys represent the target community. | County |
| Average Wage and Unemployment | Labor and Wage | Indicators of economic conditions | County |
| Texas Workforce Commission |
| Employment Projections by Industry | Labor and Wage | Estimates of the number of people in different fields (i.e. number of people working in places that serve alcoholic beverages) | Workforce development area (WDA) |
| Compensation Summaries | Labor and Wage | Provides employment by industry and details about compensation. Enter in the area you want to search in the search bar. | MSAs, County |
| Unemployment statistics | Labor and Wage | Indicators of economic conditions | MSAs. County, and select cities |
| Real Estate Center at A&M |
| Number/Dollar amount of home sales from MLS listing | Housing | Indicator of the housing marking and economic conditions of a city | Select Cities |
| Texas Housing Affordability Index | Housing | The affordability index measures whether a typical family could qualify for a mortgage loan on a typical home. | Select Cities |
| Texas Department of Health and Human Services |
| Texas Medicaid enrollment | Public Assistance | Indicator of economic and health conditions | County |
| Chip enrollment | Public Assistance | Indicator of childrens economic and health conditions | County |