Statistical Sources

American FactFinder
http://factfinder.census.gov

Data and maps from the United States Census; tables can be custom-built and data downloaded.

FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov

Statistics portal for more than 100 federal agencies.

National Center for Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov

Collects and analyzes data relating to education in the United States of America and other countries.

National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs

Provides health and health care statistics for the American population and major subgroups.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service
http://www.ncjrs.gov/viewall.html 

Various statistical reports from the United States Department of Justice, all with full text, PDF, and/or HTML formats.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook

Compilation of over 600 tables from over 100 sources; published annually by the National Criminal Justice Reference Service and updated throughout the year.

STAT-USA (Library subscription for Fairfield U. community)
http://library2.fairfield.edu/databases.php#S

Subscription collection of current and historic American economic, financial, and trade data; updated daily.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/statab/www

Full access to PDF versions of the tables in the current edition, all the previous editions, and the historical compilation volumes.

Statistical Resources on the Web
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/statsnew.html

Subject-organized portal to many statistical resources.

World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook

Detailed information on all the countries, including demographics, communications, transportation, languages, ethnic groups, and economy; also includes descriptions of the countries' goverments.

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