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United States Statistics: General Compilations
- FedStats
- Official
gateway to Websites of over 100 federal agencies that provide
statistics. Search by topic, agency, or keyword. Provides statistics at
the international, federal, state, and local level.
- Statistical Abstract
of the United States
- This U.S. Bureau of the Census publication, compiled from government
and private sources (many of them unpublished), is an excellent place
to start. This annual collection of statistics (mostly U.S., but includes
some international) covers a broad range of topics, including demographics,
economics, science and technology, geography, environment, and more. More
detailed sources of statistics may be referred to in chapter introductions,
table source notes, and appendices.
- Latest two years available in paper at Government
Documents Service Desk.
- Paper editions back to 1878 available in Government
Documents under call number C 3.134:
- StatUSA
(UNT)
- This Web site, available to the UNT community, provides over 3000 files
of domestic economic information and an extensive collection of international
trade information commonly referred to as the National Trade Data Bank.
Domestic information includes economic indicators, employment statistics,
industry statistics, fiscal and monetary policy, price and productivity
statistics, and Survey of Current Business. The National
Trade Data Bank includes country Background Notes and country
commercial guides.
- CensusCD+Maps (UNT)
CD-ROM available at the Government Documents Service Desk
under Call Number CD-ROM 216. - This comprehensive database contains complete 1990 U.S. Census data
down to census block group; projections of demographics and consumer spending;
complete map boundaries for all block groups; and county statistics from
1790 to 1996. Allows user to select, report, and map data.
- Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the Present (Cambridge University Press)
Available at the Government Documents Service Desk under
Call Number HA202.H57 2006 - Compilation
of annual time series of quantitative historical information covering
virtually every quantifiable dimension of American history: population,
work and welfare, economic structure and performance, governance, and
international relations, all from the earliest times to the present.
Each series is fully documented and placed in historical context by a
recognized expert. This is an updated and expanded version of the now
largely outdated Census publication Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970.
- A
Statistical Portrait of the United States: Social Conditions & Trends
(edited by Patricia C. Becker)
Available online to members of the UNT community. - Summarizes major societal changes over the past quarter century, with
emphasis on the 1990s. Includes statistics from governmental and private
sources on demographic topics such as population growth, fertility, and
immigration; economic topics such as labor and income; and such other
areas as education, crime, recreation and leisure, voting, environmental
trends, and changes in government programs, taxes, and spending.
- United
States Historical Census Data Browser (University of Virginia Library)
- This online database has Census data on the population and economy of
each state and county in the U.S. from 1890 to 1960 and is browsable by
individual Census years. All variables for each Census are included.
- USA Counties (U.S. Bureau of the Census)
- 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.
This page is maintained by
Bobby Griffith
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last modified
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