Economic development and workforce development information, such as historical and forecasted economic data regarding economic variables including but not limited to jobs, unemployment, wages, and/or productivity, etc., and/or any changes therein are stored in a database. Access to the data stored in the database is provided via a web portal running on a data server coupled to the Internet. Users access the data using a web browser client. Data stored in the database are updated from time to time, such as, for example, monthly and/or quarterly. User tools are provided for assembling and processing the data in ways meaningful to the user.