Time-Series Data on the Ocean and Great Lakes Economy for Counties, States, and the Nation between 2005 and 2017 (Sector and Industry Level)

Economics: National Ocean Watch (ENOW) contains annual time-series data for about 400 coastal counties, 30 coastal states, and the nation, derived from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. It describes six economic sectors that depend on the oceans and Great Lakes and measures four economic indicators: Establishments, Employment, Wages, and Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

ENOW organizes economic data in ways that focus directly on economic activity dependent on the oceans and Great Lakes.

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This data complies with the Information Quality Act directive from the Office of Management and Budget. With the release of the 2012 ENOW data, gross domestic product (GDP) for the ocean economy was updated for the entire time series to reflect the rebenchmarking of gross domestic product (GDP) for the entire U.S. economy. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) periodically revises the GDP data to better reflect the evolving nature of the U.S. economy.

Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of the NOAA Office for Coastal Management or its partners.

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To ensure the completeness of the data set, zeros were added to counties with no data for any or all sectors. This does not change the integrity of the data but allows for easier visualization. Zeros in the data indicate that there is no employment, establishment, wage, or GDP data based on the ENOW definitions of ocean related economic activity. -9999 indicates that data have been suppressed to avoid violating the confidentiality of information provided to employers by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

To ensure the quality of the data, we checked that all data was present for the ENOW defined geography, verified and formatted data types, ensured that suppressed data were flagged as -9999, and normalized dollar figures into real numbers.