Census/Demographic/Statistical WWW Resources
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Adoption
& Births =
United States Data  = International Data |
35 Years of Birth Defects Surveillance
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"A good starting point for federal statistical information, this site is a search engine that leads you to agency pages containing pertinent information to your topic. "Use the Internet's powerful linking and searching capabilities to track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them." Includes current and historic data.
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Current and historic data about births, marriages, divorces, and deaths.
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This source of historic data includes information about children born out of wedlock or conceived before marriage.
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| Age,
Demographics, & Population =
United States Data = International Data |
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Current and historic data for the nation, states, and counties; the Baby Boomer generation, 55+,
and 65+ is provided.
"[A]ge, education, income, and race" covered in the People section; "values, ownership, and mortgage" information provided in the Housing section; "foreign trade, governments, and housing starts" are analyzed in the Business and Government section with current data.
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Topics include current information about economics, education, population, minorities, employment, housing costs, school enrollment and more
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"An area's resident population consists of those persons "usually resident" in that particular area (where they live and sleep most of the time). A state's apportionment population, on the other hand, is the sum of its resident population and a count of overseas U.S. military and federal civilian employees (and their dependents living with them) allocated to the state, as reported by the employing federal agencies." Includes current data.
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This site includes "information on social and economic characteristics of the population, such as household composition, ethnicity, and income and in-depth reports . . . on important social, economic, and demographic issues" with current data.
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Obtain population, housing, economic, and social profiles of areas within states. Includes current data.
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"A good starting point for federal statistical information, this site is a search engine that leads you to agency pages containing pertinent information to your topic. "Use the Internet's powerful linking and searching capabilities to track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them." Includes current and historic data.
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This source incorporates "statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas" with current and historic data.
This site includes "demographic and socioeconomic studies" with current and historic data.
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This source includes current and historic demographic information.
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"The latest [current] national, state and Puerto Rico estimates of the 18 year old and older population."
This " is a biennial report that contains current information on a wide range of topics including National and state population trends and projections; geographical mobility; school enrollment; educational attainment; postsecondary school financing; households and families; marital status and living arrangements; fertility; child care arrangements; child support; disability; program participation; health insurance; labor force and occupation; money income, poverty; and sections on the Black; Hispanic; Asian and Pacific Islander; American Indian, Eskimo, and Aleut (only in 1995 report); and elderly populations." It includes current and historic data.
future projections
This resource includes "the resident population of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for April 1, 2000 (Census 2000) and for April 1, 1990 (1990 Census). Consistent with the January 1999 U.S. Supreme Court ruling (Department of Commerce v. House of Representatives, 525 U.S. 316, 119 S. Ct. 765 (1999)), the resident population counts for April 1, 2000 do not reflect the use of statistical sampling to correct for overcounting or undercounting.
An area's resident population consists of those persons "usually resident" in that particular area (where they live and sleep most of the time). A state's apportionment population, on the other hand, is the sum of its resident population and a count of overseas U.S. military and federal civilian employees (and their dependents living with them) allocated to the state, as reported by the employing federal agencies."
historic data
"The SDCs are official sources of demographic, economic, and social statistics produced by the Census Bureau." They include current and historic data.
"A guide to population information on UN system web sites" with current and historic data.
current population data
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Topics include Agriculture; Labor, Output, Trade ... Infrastructure; Transport; Telecomm; Official aid; External debt; Industry; Energy; Prices; Childhood Development; Health; Education; Labor & Employment Per sector; Wages; Debt; Macroeconomics & Growth; Prices; Income; Consumption; Education; Literacy; Expenditures; Population Growth, Density, & Projections; Air; Water; Forests; Poverty; Finance; Investment climate; Taxes; Purchasing Power Parity; Conversion rate; GNI PPP & (GNP) Per capita, Ranking, & Growth; Private Sector Proceeds; Stock market; Gender; Education; Labor, Health; Consumption; Trade; Tourism; Rural Development; Governance; Globalization; Corruption; Social Development; Income distribution; Health; Nutrition; Expenditure; Tariffs; Import/Export; Arms; Information Technology; Internet; PCs; Radio; TV; and Urban Development. Includes current data.
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| Agriculture
& Hunting =
United States Data = International Data |
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"A good starting point for federal statistical information, this site is a search engine that leads you to agency pages containing pertinent information to your topic. "Use the Internet's powerful linking and searching capabilities to track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them." Includes current and historic data.
Current and historic agricultural data about the U.S., states, counties, and outlying areas are provided.
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| Building,
Business, Economics, Transportation, & Trade =
United States Data = International Data |
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This site includes "demographic, social, economic, and housing topics for over 800 geographical areas" with current & some historic data.
"[A]ge, education, income, and race" covered in the People section; "values, ownership, and mortgage" information provided in the Housing section; "foreign trade, governments, and housing starts" are analyzed in the Business and Government section with current data.
"The Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES) is part of a comprehensive program designed to provide detailed and timely information on capital investment in new and used structures and equipment by nonfarm businesses." Includes current data.
"[P]eriodic estimates on operating expenses for retail, merchant wholesale, and selected service firms." Includes current and historic data.
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Topics covered include Building Permits; Census Tract Street Locator; County Business Patterns; Detailed Occupation by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex; International Trade Data; USA Counties; 1990 Public Law 94-171. Current and historic data are provided.
Topics include current information about economics, education, population, minorities, employment, housing costs, school enrollment and more
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Current and historic data about Construction, Governments, Manufacturing, Mining, Retail trade, Services, Transportation, Wholesale trade, and International trade.
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"County Business Patterns is an annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry. The series is useful for studying the economic activity of small areas; analyzing economic changes over time; and as a benchmark for statistical series, surveys, and databases between economic censuses. Businesses use the data for analyzing market potential, measuring the effectiveness of sales and advertising programs, setting sales quotas, and developing budgets. Government agencies use the data for administration and planning." Includes current and historic data.
"The Economic Census profiles American business every 5 years, from the national to the local level." It includes current and historic data.
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"A good starting point for federal statistical information, this site is a search engine that leads you to agency pages containing pertinent information to your topic. "Use the Internet's powerful linking and searching capabilities to track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them." Includes current and historic data.
Current and historic data about products, countries, and exports.
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The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators. It provides links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies. All of the information included in the Economic Statistics Briefing Room is maintained and updated by the statistical units of those agencies. All the estimates for the indicators presented in the Federal Statistics Briefing Rooms are the most currently available values.
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Current data summarizes the number of establishments and sales or receipts of businesses without paid employees that are subject to federal income tax. Most nonemployers are self-employed individuals operating very small unincorporated businesses, which may or may not be the owner's principal source of income. Data for nonemployer businesses are obtained from the annual business tax forms filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Current and historic data regarding travel and modes of transportation.
Current and historic data regarding travel, travel safety, and the economy. This database "presents information on transportation and transportation-related activities among Canada, the United States and Mexico, both within individual countries and between the countries."
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current and historic dataSRDS (Standard Rating Data Service)
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This "leading provider of media rates and data" provides "comprehensive coverage of traditional media - such as magazines, newspapers, television, direct marketing and radio - as well as today's alternative marketing opportunities - such as online and out-of-home." The "database of media rates is the largest and most comprehensive in the world - cataloging more than 100,000 media properties in all. This massive network maintains its currency with verification for each listing up to 20 times a year and more than 21,000 listing updates every month." current data
"This site includes information about Rental and Leasing Services, Administrative & Support and Waste Management & Remediation Services, Health Care and Social Assistance, Securities, Commodities, and Financial Investments." This information includes current and historic data.
This site houses business, economic, and international trade information and statistics including NTDB (National Trade Data Bank).
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This "is a convenient summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the states and metropolitan areas" that includes current and historic data.
"The SDCs are official sources of demographic, economic, and social statistics produced by the Census Bureau." They include current and historic data.
historic data
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Current and historic data about the "composition of U.S. businesses by gender, race, and ethnicity."
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Topics include Agriculture; Labor, Output, Trade ... Infrastructure; Transport; Telecomm; Official aid; External debt; Industry; Energy; Prices; Childhood Development; Health; Education; Labor & Employment Per sector; Wages; Debt; Macroeconomics & Growth; Prices; Income; Consumption; Education; Literacy; Expenditures; Population Growth, Density, & Projections; Air; Water; Forests; Poverty; Finance; Investment climate; Taxes; Purchasing Power Parity; Conversion rate; GNI PPP & (GNP) Per capita, Ranking, & Growth; Private Sector Proceeds; Stock market; Gender; Education; Labor, Health; Consumption; Trade; Tourism; Rural Development; Governance; Globalization; Corruption; Social Development; Income distribution; Health; Nutrition; Expenditure; Tariffs; Import/Export; Arms; Information Technology; Internet; PCs; Radio; TV; and Urban Development. Includes current data.
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| Children,
Education, & Teens =
United States Data = International Data |
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Topics include current information about economics, education, population, minorities, employment, housing costs, school enrollment and more
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Current and historic data about child care, child support, health insurance, living arrangements, and economic well-being.
current and historic data about educational attainment, field of training, school costs, and school enrollment
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"A good starting point for federal statistical information, this site is a search engine that leads you to agency pages containing pertinent information to your topic. "Use the Internet's powerful linking and searching capabilities to track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them." Includes current and historic data.
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This source of historic data includes information about children born out of wedlock or conceived before marriage.
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Topics include Agriculture; Labor, Output, Trade ... Infrastructure; Transport; Telecomm; Official aid; External debt; Industry; Energy; Prices; Childhood Development; Health; Education; Labor & Employment Per sector; Wages; Debt; Macroeconomics & Growth; Prices; Income; Consumption; Education; Literacy; Expenditures; Population Growth, Density, & Projections; Air; Water; Forests; Poverty; Finance; Investment climate; Taxes; Purchasing Power Parity; Conversion rate; GNI PPP & (GNP) Per capita, Ranking, & Growth; Private Sector Proceeds; Stock market; Gender; Education; Labor, Health; Consumption; Trade; Tourism; Rural Development; Governance; Globalization; Corruption; Social Development; Income distribution; Health; Nutrition; Expenditure; Tariffs; Import/Export; Arms; Information Technology; Internet; PCs; Radio; TV; and Urban Development. Includes current data.
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| Employment,
Income, & Labor =
United States Data = International Data |
"[A]ge, education, income, and race" covered in the People section; "values, ownership, and mortgage" information provided in the Housing section; "foreign trade, governments, and housing starts" are analyzed in the Business and Government section with current data.
current and historic data
Topics covered include Building Permits; Census Tract Street Locator; County Business Patterns; Detailed Occupation by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex; International Trade Data; USA Counties; 1990 Public Law 94-171. Current and historic data are provided.
Topics include current information about economics, education, population, minorities, employment, housing costs, school enrollment and more
current and historic data
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current data
"A good starting point for federal statistical information, this site is a search engine that leads you to agency pages containing pertinent information to your topic. "Use the Internet's powerful linking and searching capabilities to track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them." Includes current and historic data.
current & historic data
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current data
current and historic data
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Topics include Agriculture; Labor, Output, Trade ... Infrastructure; Transport; Telecomm; Official aid; External debt; Industry; Energy; Prices; Childhood Development; Health; Education; Labor & Employment Per sector; Wages; Debt; Macroeconomics & Growth; Prices; Income; Consumption; Education; Literacy; Expenditures; Population Growth, Density, & Projections; Air; Water; Forests; Poverty; Finance; Investment climate; Taxes; Purchasing Power Parity; Conversion rate; GNI PPP & (GNP) Per capita, Ranking, & Growth; Private Sector Proceeds; Stock market; Gender; Education; Labor, Health; Consumption; Trade; Tourism; Rural Development; Governance; Globalization; Corruption; Social Development; Income distribution; Health; Nutrition; Expenditure; Tariffs; Import/Export; Arms; Information Technology; Internet; PCs; Radio; TV; and Urban Development. Includes current data.
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| Foreign
Born & Immigration =
United States Data = International Data |
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| Gender =
United States Data = International Data |
This source includes current data about gender.
This source includes current data about gender.
This source includes current and historic data about gender.
This source includes current data about gender.
This site includes current and historic data about gender.
The site includes current and historic data about the gender of computer owners and users.
Current and historic data about gender are often included in these reports.
Obtain current data about the number of men and women in a locale at this site.
Current data about the number of men and women in the U.S. are provided here.
Current and historic data about the economic status of males and females is provided at this site.
"A good starting point for federal statistical information, this site is a search engine that leads you to agency pages containing pertinent information to your topic. "Use the Internet's powerful linking and searching capabilities to track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them." Includes current and historic data.
current and historic data
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Historic data about gender is available here.
This source incorporates "statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas" with current and historic data about gender.
This site includes "demographic and socioeconomic studies" with current and historic data about gender.
Current and future data about gender are provided at this site.
current data
"The latest [current] national, state and Puerto Rico estimates of the 18 year old and older population." Some of the files include information about gender.
Information about gender is incorporated into these future projections.
Some of the files at this site provide historic data for gender groups.
"The SDCs are official sources of demographic, economic, and social statistics [including gender] produced by the Census Bureau." They include current and historic data.
historic data
"A guide to population information [including gender] on UN system web sites" with current and historic data.
current gender data
This current and historic data includes information about gender.
This current data includes information about gender.
This site includes current data about gender in countries.
Current and historic data about gender are available in this publication.
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| Geographic
Places & Zip Codes =
United States Data = International Data |
This site includes "demographic, social, economic, and housing topics for over 800 geographical areas" with current & some historic data.
Topics covered include Building Permits; Census Tract Street Locator; County Business Patterns; Detailed Occupation by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex; International Trade Data; USA Counties; 1990 Public Law 94-171. Current and historic data are provided.
current and historic data
"An area's resident population consists of those persons "usually resident" in that particular area (where they live and sleep most of the time). A state's apportionment population, on the other hand, is the sum of its resident population and a count of overseas U.S. military and federal civilian employees (and their dependents living with them) allocated to the state, as reported by the employing federal agencies." Includes current data.
current and historic demographic data
current and historic data
Obtain population, housing, economic, and social profiles of areas within states. Includes current data.
current and historic data
This source incorporates "statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for 227 countries and areas" with current and historic data.
This site includes "demographic and socioeconomic studies" with current and historic data.
This source includes current and historic demographic information.
current data
This resource includes "the resident population of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico for April 1, 2000 (Census 2000) and for April 1, 1990 (1990 Census). Consistent with the January 1999 U.S. Supreme Court ruling (Department of Commerce v. House of Representatives, 525 U.S. 316, 119 S. Ct. 765 (1999)), the resident population counts for April 1, 2000 do not reflect the use of statistical sampling to correct for overcounting or undercounting.
An area's resident population consists of those persons "usually resident" in that particular area (where they live and sleep most of the time). A state's apportionment population, on the other hand, is the sum of its resident population and a count of overseas U.S. military and federal civilian employees (and their dependents living with them) allocated to the state, as reported by the employing federal agencies."
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This "is a convenient summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the states and metropolitan areas" that includes current and historic data.
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"USA Counties 1998 features over 5,000 data items for the United States, States, counties and equivalent areas from a variety of sources." It includes current and historic data.
Topics include Agriculture; Labor, Output, Trade ... Infrastructure; Transport; Telecomm; Official aid; External debt; Industry; Energy; Prices; Childhood Development; Health; Education; Labor & Employment Per sector; Wages; Debt; Macroeconomics & Growth; Prices; Income; Consumption; Education; Literacy; Expenditures; Population Growth, Density, & Projections; Air; Water; Forests; Poverty; Finance; Investment climate; Taxes; Purchasing Power Parity; Conversion rate; GNI PPP & (GNP) Per capita, Ranking, & Growth; Private Sector Proceeds; Stock market; Gender; Education; Labor, Health; Consumption; Trade; Tourism; Rural Development; Governance; Globalization; Corruption; Social Development; Income distribution; Health; Nutrition; Expenditure; Tariffs; Import/Export; Arms; Information Technology; Internet; PCs; Radio; TV; and Urban Development. Includes current data.
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| Government
& Voting =
United States Data = International Data |
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Current and historic data are provided about officials, finance, employment, wages, retirement systems, tax collections, and federal expenditures.
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"Information on reported voting and registration by various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics is collected for the nation in November of congressional and presidential election years in the Current Population Survey (CPS). Detailed information from recent surveys and historical trends" are included.
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| Health,
Insurance, Medical Care, Mortality, & Safety =
United States Data = International Data |
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Causes of death listed are "heart disease, cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, stroke, unintentional injuries, prostate cancer, motor vehicle accidents, COPD, pneumonia, influenza, diabetes, suicide, and firearm suicide." Includes current data.
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This site includes "statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of the Nation" with current and historic data.
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Current and historic data about child care, child support, health insurance, living arrangements, and economic well-being.
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This site includes current information "from the CDC HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report: HIV Infection and AIDS in the United States, 2003."
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"A good starting point for federal statistical information, this site is a search engine that leads you to agency pages containing pertinent information to your topic. "Use the Internet's powerful linking and searching capabilities to track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them." Includes current and historic data.
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