Economics and Statistics Administration
Agency overview
Formed	1961
Agency executive	Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Cynthia A. Glassman
Parent agency	Department of Commerce
Child agencies	United States Census Bureau Bureau of Economic Analysis
Website
www.esa.doc.gov

The Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that produces, analyzes and disseminates national economic and demographic data.

Its three primary missions are the following:

1. Maintain the highest possible quality Federal statistical system and make improvements where warranted and feasible.
2. Communicate a vision of the key forces at work in the economy and of the opportunities they create for improving the well-being of all Americans.
3. Support the information and analytical needs of the Department and the Executive Branch.

The ESA oversees two agencies:

• Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
• United States Census Bureau

[edit] External links

• Economics and Statistics Administration website

v • d • e Agencies under the United States Department of Commerce Headquarters: Herbert C. Hoover Building · Secretary of Commerce · Deputy Secretary of Commerce Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Bureau of Industry and Security Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs Economics and Statistics Administration · Bureau of Economic Analysis · Census Bureau · Economic Development Administration Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade International Trade Administration · Minority Business Development Agency Under Secretary of Commerce and Administrator for NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · National Telecommunications and Information Administration · National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property Patent and Trademark Office Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology · National Technical Information Service

v • d • e Statistical agencies of the United States Federal Government Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis · Economics and Statistics Administration · Census Bureau Department of Energy Energy Information Administration Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service · National Agricultural Statistics Service Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics Department of Defense Defense Manpower Data Center Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD USER Department of Homeland Security Office of Immigration Statistics Department of Health and Human Services National Center for Health Statistics