Small Business Loans

The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) requires large banks to report new small business and small farm loans. For small business loans, the maximum loan size reported is $1 million; for small farm loans, the maximum is $500,000. This indicator reports the new lending to businesses with revenues under $1 million, by amount and number of…

Business Environment – Nonemployer

This indicator reports the total number and the average receipts for U.S. businesses with no paid employees or payroll. Data for this indicator from from the US Census Bureau Nonenmployer Statistics (NES) dataset. These data originate from statistical information obtained through business income tax records that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) provides to the Census…

Land and Agriculture – Irrigation Water Withdrawal

This indicator reports the estimated millions of gallons of water withdrawn per day for irrigation. Crop irrigation withdrawals and irrigation consumptive use refer to water removed and consumed, respectively, from a groundwater or surface-water source to produce agricultural crops.Estimation of irrigation withdrawals using irrigation consumptive use and efficiencies neglects some components of water use for…