Release Notes
Acorn is a proprietary large language model driven by AI technology to crawl regional economic development data sets, along with comparable communities’ programs and outcomes, to produce Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) planning that empowers community leaders with critical economic insights to make informed decisions, measure impact, and identify new opportunities.
Q1 2025 Taxonomy Chart
Name |
Abbreviation |
Publishing Agency |
Data Source that Determines Update |
Q3 2024 Release |
Metropolitan Statistical Areas |
MSA |
Census Bureau |
MSA Delineation Files |
March 2020 |
Federal Information Processing Codes |
FIPS |
NIST |
Usually QCEW |
2015 |
North American Industry Classification System |
NAICS |
Census Bureau |
QCEW |
2022 |
Classification of Instructional Programs |
CIP |
NCES |
IPEDS |
2020 |
Standard Occupation Classification |
SOC |
ONS |
LFS |
2021 |
Occupational Information Network |
ONET |
ETA |
ONET |
28.2 |
Q2 2024 Data Set Chart
Name |
Abbreviation |
Source |
Q3 2024 Release |
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages |
QCEW |
BLS |
2023Q4 |
Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics |
OEWS |
BLS |
2023 |
National Ind/Occ Employment Matrix |
NIOEM |
BLS |
2022-2032 |
Employment Projections Tables |
EP |
BLS |
2022-2032 |
Consumer Expenditure Survey |
CEX |
BLS |
2022 |
State Personal Income |
SPI |
BEA |
2022 |
Local Area Personal Income |
LPI |
BEA |
2022 |
Make & Use Tables |
MUTs |
BEA |
2023 |
National Income & Product Accounts |
NIPA |
BEA |
2024Q1 |
Gross Domestic Product by State |
GSP |
BEA |
2023 |
American Community Survey |
ACS |
Census |
2022 |
County Business Patterns |
CBP |
Census |
2022 |
ZIP Code Business Patterns |
ZBP |
Census |
N/A |
Nonemployer Statistics |
NES |
Census |
2021 |
Current Population Survey Tabulations |
CPS |
Census |
2022 |
State and Local Finances (Census of Government) |
COG |
Census |
2019 |
Population Estimates |
POP |
Census |
2022 |
Origin-Destination Employment Statistics |
LODES |
Census |
2020 |
Quarterly Workforce Indicators |
QWI |
Census |
2024Q2 |
Railroad Retirement Board |
RRB |
RRB |
2021 |
Occupational Information Network |
ONET |
US DOL/ ETA |
28.2 |
Crime by County |
FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
2022 |
Completions |
IPEDS |
IPEDS |
2023 |
Enrollments |
IPEDS |
IPEDS |
2022 |
Birth/Mortality Data |
CDC |
Center for Disease Control |
2021 |
Migration Data |
Migration |
Internal Revenue Service |
2021 |
Cost of Living Data |
COLI |
C2ER |
2023 |
Database USA |
DBUSA |
DBUSA |
Mar 2023* |