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A cluster is a regional concentration of related industries that arise out of the various types of linkages or externalities that span across industries in a particular location. The U.S. Benchmark Cluster Definitions are designed to enable systemic comparison across regions. View and compare clusters across the U.S.

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Data by Region

A region is broadly defined as a county, economic area (EA), metro/micropolitan statistical area (MSA), or state. The U.S. Benchmark Cluster Definitions use the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis defined economic areas. View and compare regions across the U.S.

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How do I find subregions related to my region?

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I am an Economic Developer

Are you trying to determine a strategy for your organization, region, or industry? Then follow our Economic Developer path.

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I am a Policymaker

Are you hoping to effect change in the economic landscape through federal, state, or local government policy choices? Then follow our Policymaker path.

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I am an Academic or Researcher

Are you interested in learning more about clusters and conducting action-oriented research? Then follow our Academic or Researcher path.

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I am in the Private Sector

Are you looking into the economic competitiveness of a region through the lens of the private sector? Then follow our Private Sector path.

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Data by Cluster

A cluster is a regional concentration of related industries that arise out of the various types of linkages or externalities that span across industries in a particular location. The U.S. Benchmark Cluster Definitions are designed to enable systemic comparison across regions. View and compare clusters across the U.S.

View Data by Cluster
Frequently Asked Questions

How do I compare different clusters on a national level?

How do I find my region’s strongest cluster(s)?

How do I identify which cluster my industry belongs in?

How do I compare local vs traded clusters?

Are there overlaps between the clusters?

Data by Region

A region is broadly defined as a county, economic area (EA), metro/micropolitan statistical area (MSA), or state. The U.S. Benchmark Cluster Definitions use the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis defined economic areas. View and compare regions across the U.S.

View Data by Region
Frequently Asked Questions

How do I compare different regions?

How do I build a region to meet my needs?

How is my region doing, especially in comparison to its peer regions?

How do I find subregions related to my region?

How do I use the map view to visualize economic data across the country?

Organizations

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Blog

View Blog
Resources

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Community

The Community of Practice enables practitioners to share Resources, post Blogs, and find partner Organizations. View and contribute content of interest to the cluster based economic development community.

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Note: Beginning in the 2012 U.S. Census County Business Patterns (CBP) data there was a reconfiguration of a few county-level regions in Alaska. 2012 Reconfiguration of Counties in Alaska

Note: Beginning in the 2012 U.S. Census County Business Patterns (CBP) data there was a reconfiguration of a few county-level regions in Alaska. For the sake of continuity in the data series, we have mapped data for the new counties back to their nearest equivalent in the prior data:

Petersburg Census Area and Wrangell City and Borough are mapped back to the Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area.
Skagway Municipality and Hoonah-Angoon Census Area are mapped back to the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area.
Prince Wales-Hyder Census Area is mapped back to the Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area.

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The U.S. Cluster Mapping Project is led by Professor Michael E. Porter at the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School.

This project is funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration.