1997 Census of Agriculture Volume 1, Geographic Area Series
A publication of the United States Department of Agriculture and the National Agricultural Statistics Service that includes a census of the United States and each State separately. Maps, figures, and tables of state data and county data are provided.

Agricultural Statistics
Statistical coverage of all aspects of agriculture, including farm resources; income and expenses; taxes and insurance; and cooperatives and credit is provided.

Almanac of the 50 States
Detailed information is provided regarding each of the 50 states: population; geography and environment; demographics and characteristics of the population; vital statistics and health; education; social insurance and welfare programs; housing and construction; government and elections; governmental finance; crime, law enforcement and courts; labor and income; economy, business, industry and agriculture; and communication, energy and transportation. At the end of the book are comparative tables that rank the states on over 50 variables.

America Votes
This handbook "provides official state-certified election returns for governors, U.S. Senators and US representatives in the 1997-1998 election cycle. General election returns, registration data, and vote percentages and pluralities are provided county by county; primary election returns and percentages are summarized for each state." Also included are state profiles that "list the current governor, US senators and US representatives and contain the current congressional district map. Statewide vote tables for president, governors and US senators from 1945 to the present offer a unique historical perspective for state voting patterns. National summary tables on the 1997-1998 general and primary elections as well as voter turnout are also provided in the introduction."

American Almanac of Jobs and Salaries
From accountants to zoologists, this guide gives information about average salaries, entry levels, job descriptions and related or associated job titles.

American Generations: Who They Are, How They Live, What They Think
This publication compares and contrasts the demographics and spending patterns of five generations of Americans: Millennials (born from 1977 to 1994), Generation X (born 1965 to 1976), the Baby Boom (1946 to 1964), the Swing Generation (1933 to 1945) and the World War II Generation (1909 to 1932).

America's Top Rated Cities
This publication provides information on the 62 best cities for business and living in the United States, including statistics on demographics, employment, taxes, cost of living, housing prices, health care costs, education, crime rates, media, and climate.

America's Top-Rated Smaller Cities
Profiles of 60 top cities with populations between 25,000 and 100,000 are included in this publication. Topics include statistics on demographics, employment, education and crime rates.

Atlas of the 1990 Census
A graphic representation of the 1990 Census, the atlas provides coverage in these areas: population, households, housing, race and ethnicity, the economy, and education.

Balance of Payments Statistics
This yearbook is divided into three parts. "Part 1 presents balance of payments and international investment position (IIP) data of individual countries. Part 2 contains regional and world totals for major components of the balance of payments. Part 3 provides technical descriptions of selected reporting countries. Part 1 is separately bound, and Parts 2 and 3 are bound together."

Business Statistics of the United States
This volume contains over 2,000 economic time series "covering virtually every aspect of the US economy, including GDP, employment, production, prices, productivity, international trade, money supply and interest rates." It also contains statistical profiles of each major industry group.

CQ's State Fact Finder
Rankings in each state cover such subjects as agriculture; business and economy; crime and criminal justice; defense; education; energy; environment; health; population; recreation; social services; state government; and transportation.

City Crime Rankings
Statistical information about crime in over 200 cities with populations of 100,000 or more is presented in this volume.

County and City Extra
County and City Extra presents statistical information on population, vital statistics, housing, annual pay, employment, education, and crime for every state, county, metropolitan area and city in the United States.

County Business Patterns
Data is provided by industry in the following economic divisions: agricultural services; forestry and fishing; mining; construction; manufacturing; transportation and public utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance and real estate; and services. It provides the number of establishments in those divisions, the number of employees, the payroll and the number of establishments by employment-size class.

Crime in America's Top-Rated Cities
This publication focuses on 75 of America's top-rated cities and includes statistics in all major crime categories.

Crime in the United States: Uniform Crime Reports
This resource provides information about offenses reported and cleared, persons arrested, homicide patterns, and law enforcement personnel by state and city.

Crime State Rankings: Crime in the 50 United States
Crime State Rankings includes data on arrests, offenses, corrections, law enforcement personnel & finance, courts, and drugs & alcohol.

Digest of Education Statistics
The Digest of Education Statistics supplies statistical data on elementary, secondary and post-secondary education.

Economic Indicators Handbook (national and city)
Statistical information used to measure the US Economy is provided. The Gross National Product (GNP), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and the Consumer Price Index (CPI) are detailed for a range of years. Economic measures include personal consumption, unemployment rate, money supply (M1), savings, producer prices, CPI by large cities, producer price index by product, and stock market price indexes.

Health and Environment in America's Top-Rated Cities
This book provides statistical profiles of 71 cities covering children, marriage and divorce, death/accident/suicide rates, crime, health care costs and reform, hospitals, physicians, air and water quality, toxic releases, superfund sites, recycling policies, pollen calendar, and climate.

Health Care State Rankings
Statistical coverage, by state, is provided for topics such as births, deaths, facilities, finance, incidence of disease, personnel, and physical fitness.

Historical Statistics of the United States
Historical Statistics of the United States provides a wide variety of information about the US with coverage which includes colonial times to 1970.

Information Plus Series (1 copy on 3rd Floor and one in 1st Floor, Reference)

Information Plus Series
Each volume in this series presents its respective information in the form of tables, graphs, statistical information, and a subject-by-subject breakdown of the topics within its main theme. The inclusion of a subject index allows easy retrieval of targeted information within the main theme of each volume.

Market Profile Analysis - Nodaway County
This analysis is a data tool for evaluating existing office outlet markets, locations, and proposed sites, with important application in the areas of advertising strategy, new product development, market research, and long-range planning. It provides information on retail market indicators, business market indicators, new construction activity, and financial factors.

The Population of the United States
The information provided here covers many aspects of American population. It is separated into the subjects of: The Size and Growth of the United States Population; Sources of the United States Population Data; Population Resources and Challenges in the 21st Century; Mortality; Marriage and Marital Status; Fertility and Reproduction; Health and Disability; Spatial Movement and Regional Geographies; Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry; Aging and Gender; Household and Family; Educational Enrollment and Attainment; The Labor Force and Employment Status; Occupation, Industry, and Class of Worker; and Income, Wealth, and Poverty.

Sales and Marketing Management
This annual periodical provides updates on current business issues and trends. It also provides a buying power index in August each year.

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Divided into six sections, the Sourcebook profiles the characteristics of the criminal justice system; public attitudes toward crime and criminal justice-related topics; nature and distribution of known offenses; characteristics and distribution of persons arrested; judicial processing of defendants; and persons under correctional supervision. Annotations, as well as various charts and tables, are provided.

State and Metropolitan Area Data Book
This publication provides statistical information on population, vital statistics, housing, annual pay, employment, education, and crime by state, county and metropolitan area.

State Rankings: A Statistical View of the 50 United States
States are ranked on a "high-to-low" basis in 274 different social, political and economic categories, including agriculture, crime & law enforcement, defense, the economy, education, employment and labor, energy & the environment, government finance (federal, state and local), health, housing, population, social welfare, and transportation.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
This abstract is the standard summary of statistics on the social, political and economic organization of the United States. Statistics from a multitude of areas are covered in this volume.

Statistical Handbook on Consumption and Wealth in the United States
Gross Domestic Product from 1960-1997 is provided in this volume along with personal, family and household income; business and corporate wealth; an overview of consumption; consumption of material goods, services, travel, leisure, and other nonessentials. It also includes personal income by state, personal income per capita, disposable personal income, average annual pay, gross saving and investment, and other measures of household income.

Statistical Handbook on Poverty in the Developing World
Here one can find information covering the scope of poverty in the developing areas of the world. This information is relayed in the form of key indicators, poverty measures, economics, demographics, health, AIDS, education, nutrition and food supply, women and poverty, children and poverty, cities, and policy.

Statistical Handbook on Racial Groups in the United States
Find out about demographics, education levels, economics, employment, health, family, religion, crime, political participation, and sex for the various racial groups in the United States, especially White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, and American Indian.

Statistical Handbook on Technology
This offers statistical overviews of technologies related to agriculture, biotechnology, business, communications, computers, construction and infrastructure, consumer products and entertainment, education and libraries, energy, environment, law enforcement, manufacturing, materials, medicine, military, space, and transportation.

Statistical Handbook on the American Family
Marriage, quality of family life, divorce and separation, children, sexual attitudes and behaviors, living arrangements, working women, and child care are the areas covered in this handbook.

Vital Statistics of the United States
This publication comes in two volumes. Volume one provides statistical information concerning natality (birth), and volume two presents data about mortality (death).

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