Government Statistics

Government Statistics


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General Statistical Sources

Fedstats
Provides easy access to statistics produced by more than 70 federal agencies.

U. S. Census Bureau

Pathway Services
From the Government Printing Office (GPO). A list of federal statistical sites by subject.

Economic and Social Statistics Briefing Rooms
Provides access to current U.S. economic and social data produced by Federal agencies.

Government Information Sharing Project (Oregon State University)
Allows searching of popular federal cd-rom products, such as USA Counties, Census, School District Data Book Profiles, and more.

Interactive Data Resources at Social Sciences Data Center (SSDC) (University of Virginia)
Includes data files from the Bureau of the Census.

Social Science & Government Data Library (University of California, Berkeley)
Includes summary tape files from 1990 Census of Population and Housing.

Statistical Resources on the Web (University of Michigan)
An extensive list of statistical sites by subject.


Agriculture

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
Provides economic and other social science information on agriculture, food, natural resources, and rural America.

USDA Economics and Statistics System (Cornell University)
Contains nearly 300 reports and datasets from the economics agencies of the USDA. Search by title, subject or keyword.

Economic Research Service
The official information source for agricultural economics.

Business Statistics

Bureau of Economic Analysis
Provides regional, national, and international economic statistical data. More extensive databases are available through STAT-USA.

Commerce Business Daily

County and City Data Book
Searchable electronic versions of the 1988 and 1994 editions, courtesy of the University of Virginia.

County Business Patterns, 1977-1993
Provide county, state, and national level business data.

Economic Bulletin Board
A comprehensive source for government-sponsored economic releases and business leads.

Economic Indicators
Contains economic indicators from April 1995 forward.

Labor Statistics
The most requested series from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, including price indexes, employment/unemployment, compensation and working conditions, productivity and technology. Data is from the last 10 years.

National Income and Product Accounts
Provides data from 1959 forward about the value and composition of the nation's output and distribution of incomes generated in its production,including estimates of the gross domestic product (GDP).

Regional Economic Information System (REIS), 1969-1993
Provides local area economic data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas.

SEC EDGAR
Contains the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's collection of corporate financial disclosure statements as filed by U.S. publicly owned corporations.

STAT-USA
The source for business and economic information produced by the Federal Government. Includes Commerce Business Daily, National Trade Data Bank, Economic Bulletin Board, and Survey of Current Business. Available to UTK domains only.


Crime

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI)
Includes highlights from Crime in the United States.

Uniform Crime Reports
An interactive site for retrieving county level crimes and arrest data from the uniform crime reporting system.

Demographics

U. S. Census Bureau

Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
CIESIN US-Demography Home Page. Provides links to both U.S. and international datasets.

Demography & Population Studies
Provides links to many demography and population studies WWW, WAIS, and gopher servers.

USA Counties 1969-1994
Compiles useful demographic, economic, and governmental information bycounty.


Education

National Center for Educational Statistics
Includes Digest of Education Statistics and The Condition of Education.


Energy

Energy Information Administration
Provides data and information relevant to energy resources and reserves, energy production, energy demand, and energy technologies.


Environment

Environmental Protection Agency
Provides links to EPA database systems such as the Toxic Release Inventory System (TRIS) and environmental indicators.


Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse
Provides resources and information about HIV/AIDS.

CDC Wonder
A single point of access to a variety of CDC reports, guidelines, and numeric public health data. Has free-text search facilities covering about 40 text-based and numeric databases from the National Center for Health Statistics, including Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

National Center for Health Statistics

International Data

Statistics Canada
A wide variety of information on economic and social conditions in Canada.

EUROSTAT
The statistical office of the European Communities.

World Bank

InfoNation
Allows tables comparing statistics about member nations to be created from the United Nations Statistical Yearbook information.


Transportation

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Provides statistics relating to motor vehicle safety.

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