Guide to Finding Information
about Alabama
Business | Economic Data | Financial Information
Labor Information | General Information | Information about Tuscaloosa
Web: Alabama Public Companies
http://brunolib.cba.ua.edu/search/alapubco.html
List of public companies with headquarters in Alabama, with links to their home pages.
Web: Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama
http://www.tuscaloosachamber.com
Information for and about businesses in this area. Check for reports on local business conditions.
Web: County Business Patterns
http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html
Number of establishments by employee size, for individual industries at the county level.
Web: Data and Maps
http://cber.cba.ua.edu/edata/data.html
Census data, business and economic indicators, maps, and other data for the state of Alabama, provided by the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama.
Web: AlabamaFactFinder
http://census.cba.ua.edu/
Numerous data tables from the 2000 Census of Population, some unpublished.
Web: Blackbelt Factbook
http://irhr.ua.edu/blackbelt
Population and income information for the counties in Alabama's Black Belt.
Print: Alabama Economic Outlook
Business Library reference collection, REF. HC 107 .A2 A31x
Annual publication of the University of Alabama's Center for Economic and Business Research.
Web: State Government Finances (Alabama)
http://www.census.gov/govs/state/0301alst.html
Alabama state government revenues and expenditures, from the Census Bureau.
Web: State Government Tax Collections (Alabama)
http://www.census.gov/govs/statetax/0301alstax.html
Alabama state tax collection figures, from the Census Bureau.
Web: State of Alabama Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
http://www.comptroller.state.al.us/cafr.htm
The state's annual financial report, prepared by the Office of the Comptroller.
Web: Labor Market Information
http://www2.dir.state.al.us/
Local labor market information from the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations.
Web: Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
http://stats.bls.gov/oes/2003/may/oes_al.htm
Number of persons employed and average hourly and yearly wages for a full range of occupations for the state of Alabama, compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Web: alabama.gov
http://www.state.al.us/
Official website of the state of Alabama. Includes information on state government, tourism, Alabama cities, and more.
Web: Alabama Department of Archives and History
http://www.archives.state.al.us/
Provides an enormous amount of information on Alabama, both past and present.
Web: Alabama Maps
http://alabamamaps.ua.edu
This site contains a large number of Alabama maps that not only show geographic and landscape features of the state, but also show variations in income and population by county, etc.
Web: Alabama Newspapers on the Web
http://newslink.org/alnews.html
List of Alabama newspapers with websites, courtesy of NewsLink Associates.
Web: Alabama Information Directory
http://www.alabamainfo.com/
Very nice collection of websites on various aspects of the state, including business, history, government, education, recreation, and even weather.
Web: City of Tuscaloosa Official World Wide Web Site
http://www.ci.tuscaloosa.al.us/
Links to information about local government activities, including the city council and city service agencies.
Web: Online! Tuscaloosa
http://www.dbtech.net/tuscaloosa/
Many useful links related to Tuscaloosa county and metropolitan area, maintained by dbTechnology.
Web: Tuscaloosa Web
http://www.tuscaloosaweb.com/
Websites related to Tuscaloosa. Includes guides to entertainment, real estate, etc.