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State and Local Statistics
Most of the sources listed under United States Statistics: General Compilations, United States Statistics by Topic, and Texas Statistics provide statistics on individual states, counties, and at least the major metropolitan areas. Don’t forget to check the U.S. sources even if you are looking for information at a level of geographic detail more specific than the entire U.S.
- StateMaster
- Research and compare a plethora of data on US states. Information is compiled from various primary sources such as the US Census Bureau, the FBI, and the National Center for Educational Statistics. Provides visualization technology such as pie charts, maps, graphs, and scatterplots. Also includes thousands of map and flag images, state profiles, and correlations.
- MapStats
- Generate a statistical profile for any State, county, Federal judicial district, or congressional district. Just select the name from the menu or use the map provided for your State.
- USA Counties
- This electronic database provides demographic, economic, and governmental statistics spanning several years for comparisons and profiles of counties and selected regions in the United States.
- County and City Data Book
- This U.S. Bureau of the Census publication gives the most frequently requested census information for U.S., states, counties, cities of 25,000 or more, and places of 2500 or more. Historical (1944–2000) County and City Data Books are available online from the University of Virginia. This service provides the opportunity to create custom printouts and/or customized data subsets (subsets only available for 1988-2000).
- This U.S. Bureau of the Census publication gives frequently requested statistical information for U.S., regions, divisions, states, and metropolitan areas. Published periodically since 1979, this local area supplement to the Statistical Abstract of the United States includes data from a variety of statistical publications and electronic sources, including nonprofit organizations, private businesses, as well as the majority of the federal statistical agencies.
- States and Local Areas: The National Data Book
- Online access to the data provided by County and City Data Book and State and Metropolitan Area Data Book. The electronic version provides more current data as well as source links that allow the user to access additional data not included in Census Bureau publications. Also provided are links to additional statistical resources which are not included in the publications.
