The following websites are full of the quantitative demographic data needed for professional-level, informed decision making.
U.S. Census American Fact Finder
https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml
BEA Home Page
Bureau of Justice Statistics Homepage
Bureau of Labor Statistics
National Agricultural Statistics Service
http://www.nass.usda.gov/index.asp
National Center for Education Statistics
The DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
U.S. Census Bureau
Louisiana State Census Data Center
Center for Veterans Enterprise