Economics and Statistics Administration : Ask Biography

Government Agency

Agency name

Economics and Statistics Administration

Agency overview

Formed

1961

Annual budget

US$91 million (2009)
US$97 million (est. 2010)
US$113 million (est. 2011)

Operational structure

Agency executives

Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Rebecca Blank

Parent agency

Department of Commerce

Child agency

United States Census Bureau
Bureau of Economic Analysis

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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:

# Maintain the highest possible quality Federal statistical system and make improvements where warranted and feasible.

# 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.

# 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