FRED GeoFRED — Regional Economic Data

FRED GeoFRED — Regional Economic Data MCP Connector for Claude

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Access regional economic data for every U.S. state, county, metro area, and Federal Reserve district — unemployment by state, median income by MSA, GDP by county, all from the official GeoFRED database.

3 tools Official Updated Jun 28, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

Compare economic performance across U.S. regions. GeoFRED turns national time series into cross-sectional geographic data.

What you can do

  • Regional Snapshots — Unemployment, income, poverty, housing prices per state, county, or MSA
  • Series Groups — Discover which geographic breakdowns exist for any FRED series
  • Shape Data — Get GeoJSON-compatible boundaries for mapping

Region Types

state · county · msa · bea (Bureau of Economic Analysis) · frb (Federal Reserve District) · censusregion

Who is this for?

Real estate analysts, location intelligence platforms, regional economists, policy makers, and anyone building geographic economic dashboards.

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3 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

get_regional_data

Use get_series_group first to find the series_group ID for a FRED series. Region types: state, county, msa, bea, frb, necta, country, censusregion. Get cross-sectional regional economic data

get_series_group

Enter a FRED series ID (e.g., UNRATE for unemployment) to discover the series_group ID, available region types, units, and seasonality. Get series group info for GeoFRED mapping

get_geo_shapes

Shape values: bea, msa, frb, necta, state, country, county, censusregion. Get geographic shape files for mapping

See how to talk to your AI agent using FRED GeoFRED — Regional Economic Data.

What is the unemployment rate by state?

📊 **Unemployment Rate by State (Latest)** | State | Rate | |-------|------| | Nevada | 5.4% | | DC | 5.2% | | California | 5.1% | | ...national avg... | 3.7% | | South Dakota | 2.0% | | Vermont | 1.9% | | North Dakota | 1.8% | 51 regions returned from GeoFRED.

Compare median household income across metro areas

💵 **Median Household Income — Top 5 MSAs** 1. San Jose-Sunnyvale: $145K 2. Washington-Arlington: $118K 3. San Francisco-Oakland: $115K 4. Seattle-Tacoma: $105K 5. Boston-Cambridge: $102K National median: $75K

Get the geographic boundaries for U.S. states

🗺 **State Boundaries — GeoJSON** Returned shape data for all 50 states + DC. Includes: FIPS codes, state names, boundary coordinates. Use with regional data to build choropleth maps.

GeoFRED is the geographic extension of FRED. While FRED provides national time series, GeoFRED breaks that data down by state, county, metropolitan area, and Federal Reserve district — enabling regional economic comparisons and choropleth mapping.

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