Contents: General Statistics
| Specialized Statistics: Agriculture, Climate, Environment, & Food
| Business, Economy, Industry, & Labor
| Census, Demographics, & Population
| Children & Education
| Communications, Media, & Publishing
| Criminal Justice & Law
| Defense & Military
| Energy & Transportation
| Health & Safety
| Internet
| Libraries
| Religion
| Science & Technology
| PSU Libraries' Related Pages
United States and Canada: General
- About Counties: Data & Demographics (National Association of Counties)
- Budget of the United States Government (GPO Access)
- City Mayors: Urban Statistics [various rankings of U.S. and world cities]
- County and City Data Book, 2000 (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Data on the Net (3stages.org)
- Datasets for Research (Penn State Users Only)
- DataFerret: For the DataWeb (U.S. Census Bureau and CDC)
- Diversitydata.org: Metropolitan Quality of Life Data [analyzes quality of life in terms of population demographics and diversity, health, economic opportunities, education, crime, housing opportunities, neighborhood integration, and physical environment]
- E-Stats (Statistics Canada) (Penn State Users Only)
- FedStats
- Gallup Brain [results of public opinion polls since 1935, with statistics] (Penn State Users Only)
- Guide to Public Opinion Poll Web Sites: Polling Data from Around the World (Gary Thompson and Sean Conley, C&RL; News, October 2006,Vol. 67, No. 9)
- Historical Statistics of Canada (Statistics Canada)
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Historical Statistics of the United States, Millenium Edition Online (Penn State Users Only)
- Information Plus(R) Reference Series [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- Internet Crossroads in Social Sciences Data (UWisc)
- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (UMich)
- iPOLL [Public Opinion Research Data Sets] (Roper Center, UConn) (Penn State Users Only)
- Melissa Data [miscellaneous demographic and other data, down to zip code level]
- MIT Center for International Studies: Foreign Policy Index [includes stats on environment, drug trade, health, immigration, defense spending, peacekeeing operations, nuclear weapons, terrorism, and selected countries]
- National Vital Statistics System (National Center For Health Statistics)
- PollingReport.com ["An independent, nonpartisan resourceon trends in American public opinion" (website, 3/23/2007)]
- STAT-USAInternet (Penn State Users Only)
- State and County QuickFacts
- State and Metropolitan Data Book
- StateMaster.com
- Statistical Abstract of the United States (Penn State Users Only)
- Statistical Resources on the Web (UMich)
- Statistics Canada
- Trends in Europe and North America: The Statistical Yearbook of the Economic Commission for Europe [trends in population, families and households, education, employment, economy, health, housing, transport and tourism, energy, environment, communication, participation, and crime and safety]
- Women in American Society [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
Agriculture, Climate, Environment, & Food
- Agricultural Charts and Maps (NASS, USDA)
- Agricultural Outlook: Statistical Indicators (USDA)
- Agricultural Statistics (USDA)
- Census of Agriculture (NASS, USDA)
- Diet, Health, & Safety (USDA)
- The Environment: A Revolution in Attitudes [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- Farm and Farm-related Employment (USDA)
- Farm Income (USDA)
- Food Consumption (per capita) Data System (USDA)
- Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS) (USDA)
- Historical Data (USDA)
- Hurricane Data [Katrina, Rita, & Wilma] (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Industry Information Resources (valuationresources.com)
- National Agricultural Statistics Service: Data and Statistics
- National Climate Data Center
- National Geophysical Data Center [includes earth observations from space, space weather and solar events, bathymetry and global relief, marine geology and geophysics, natural hazards, and geomagnetic data and models] (NOAA)
- State Fact Sheets (USDA)
- Statistics by State (Nat'l Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA)
- United States Department of Agriculture Economics, Statistics, and Market Information System
- USGS Real-Time Water Data
- Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin (USDA)
- World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates Report (USDA)
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Business, Economy, Income, Industry, & Labor
- Annual Statistical Digest [historical data, 1914-2000] (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
- Bigcharts [from MarketWatch]
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Labor)
- Business Patterns, by County, Metropolitan Area, and Zip Code (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Business Cycles Indicators (The Conference Board)
- Business Cycle Indicators (The Conference Board) (Penn State Users Only)
- Canadian Economy Online (Government of Canada)
- Careers and Occupations: Looking to the Future [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- Census Economic Briefing Rooms: Economic Indicators (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Census of Manufacturers Summary of Findings (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Consumer Price Indexes (U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- Current Employment Statistics (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- Current Industrial Reports (U.S. Census Bureau)
- E-Stats: Measuring the Electronic Economy (U.S. Census Bureau)
- EconData.Net: Your Guide to Regional Economic Data on the Web
- Economic and Employment Projections (U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- Economic and Housing Data (NAHB)
- Economic Census (United States Census Bureau)
- Economic Indicators (University of Louisville)
- Economic Report of the President
- Economic Statistics Briefing Room (The White House)
- Economic Time Series Page (Economagic.com)
- EH.net Databases [historical economic data]
- Export.gov: Trade Data & Analysis
- Facts and Stats ["data available on working family issues ranging from jobs to housing from the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other key sources" (website 4/17/2007)] (AFL-CIO)
- FREDŽ (Federal Reserve Economic Data) (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- FreeLunch.com [a free service provided by Moody's Economy.com; "databases contain more than 165 million economic, financial, and demographic time series covering more than 180 countries and their sub-regions." (from website, 1/23/2007)]
- How Much is That? [comparative value covering purchasing power, exchange rates, and other variables between the past and present; the value of money, growth rates, GDP, earnings, and financial indicators] (EH.net)
- Industry Information Resources (valuationresources.com)
- Information Plus(R) Reference Series [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- Insurance Information Institute
- International Financial Statistics Online (Penn State Users Only)
- LexisNexis Statistical (Penn State Users Only)
- Low-Income Working Families: Facts and Figures (Urban Institute)
- Manufacturing and Distribution USA [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- Mutual Fund Fact Book (Investment Company Institute)
- National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
- National Information Center [Federal Reserve System data about banks and other financial instititions]
- Poverty (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services)
- Regional Economic Conditions (RECON) [by state, county, MSA] (FDIC)
- Report on the American Workforce (U.S. Dept. of Labor)
- Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates [searchable data from the U.S. Census Bureau at the state, county, and school district level]
- Social Trends and Indicators [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- Special Issues: List of List (formerly Gary Price...)
- Sports Business Research Network (Penn State Users Only)
- State of Working America 2006/2007 (Economic Policy Institute)
- Status Report on Hunger and Homelessness in America's Cities (U.S. Conference of Mayors/Sodexho USA)
- Strategis: Canada's Business and Consumer Site: Economic Analysis, Statistics
- Survey of Current Business (Bureau of Economic Analysis)
- TableBase (Penn State Users Only)
- TreasuryDirect: The Debt to the Penny and Who Owns It
- US Census Bureau Industries Statistics
- U.S. Economic Outlook [with housing indicators and median home prices] (Nat'l Assn of Realtors)
- US Economy at a Glance (U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [employment discrimination statistics]
- U.S. Housing Market Conditions (HUD)
- Women in American Society [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
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Census, Demographics, & Population
- American FactFinder [data on race, ethnicity, ancestry, people, housing, business, & government, community surveys] (U.S. Census Bureau)
- American National Election Studies (Stanford & UMich, with funding by NSF)
- Arab American Demographics (Allied Media Corp.)
- Black Population in the United States, The (U.S. Census Bureau)
- CenStats (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Census of Population and Housing [decennial, 1790-2000] (U.S. Census Bureau)
- CensusScope (UMich)
- Changing America, Indicators of Social and Economic Well-being by Race and Hispanic Origin (Council of Economic Advisers for the President's Initiative on Race)
- Consumer Expenditure Data from the Buying Power of Black America (Target Market News)
- Diversitydata.org: Metropolitan Quality of Life Data
- ERSys.com
- FIPA: Families in Pennsylvania [information on early pregnancy and childbearing; trends in health and family income; facts on families, health, and common terms; rural health; rural youth education] (PSU)
- Historical Census Browser (UVa)
- Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Income (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Information Plus(R) Reference Series [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- Minorities: Race and Ethnicity in America [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- National Population Projects [1999-2100] (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Pew Hispanic Center
- Population Clock (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Population Reference Bureau
- Profile of the Working Poor, 2004 (U.S. Dept. of Labor, BLS)
- Social Explorer [users can create interactive reports and data maps of the United States, including historical data from 1940-2000]
- Social Trends and Indicators [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- Statistics on the Aging Population (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Administration on Aging)
- USA Counties (U.S. Census Bureau)
- U.S. Census Bureau
- Web Resources in Demography and Related Subjects (Population Research Institute, PSU)
- Women in American Society [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- World Poverty [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- Yearbook of Immigration Statistics (Homeland Security)
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Children & Education
- ACF Data and Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families)
- America's Children [annual] (Childstats.gov: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics)
- Before- and After-School Care, Programs, and Activities of Children in Kindergarten through 8th Grade: 2001 (National Center for Educational Statistics)
- Child Labour Statistics (ILO)
- Child Maltreatment Reports (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families)
- Child Trends Databank (childtrendsdatabank.org)
- Children's Mental Health Statistics (National Mental Health Assn.)
- Childstats.gov: Whom Can I Contact [for expertise in national data sets] (Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics)
- Childstats.gov: International Comparisons (Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics)
- CLIKS: County, City, Community Level Information on Kids (Kids Count)
- College Graduates in the U.S. Workforce: A Profile [for 2003, issued Dec.2005] (NSF)
- Condition of Education (National Center for Educational Statistics)
- Digest of Education Statistics (National Center for Educational Statistics)
- Distance Education Courses for Public Elementary and Secondary Schools, 2002-2003 (NCES)
- Economic Benefits of International Education to the United States of America: A Statistical Analysis (nafsa.org)
- Education: Meeting America's Needs? [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- Federal Drug Data Sources (Office of national Drug Control Policy)
- Foundation For Child Development Fact Sheets [including Index of Child Well-Being]
- Head Start Bureau Fact Sheets (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families, Head Start Bureau)
- Indicators of School Crime and Safety (NCES)
- Information Plus(R) Reference Series [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms, 1994-2003 (NCES)
- Juveniles and Drugs (White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, ONDCP)
- Kids Count Census Data Online
- Kids' Share 2007 (Urban Institute)
- Low Income Uninsured Children by State (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Measuring UP 2006: the National Report Card on Higher Education
- Media Use Statistics: Resources on Media Habits of Children, Youth and Adults (Media Literacy Clearinghouse)
- National Adoption and Foster Care Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children & Families)
- National Center for Children in Poverty
- National Science Foundation: SRS Publications and Data: Education [stats on child poverty, child well-being, obesity, out-of-school time, Kids Count data book, youth demographics, youth & technology fact sheets]
- National Youth Development Information: Statistics and Fact Sheets
- Nation's Report Card: National Assessment of Educational Progress (NCES)
- Projection of Education Statistics to 2013 (Nat'l Center for Educational Statistics)
- Quick Tables and Figures (NCES)
- School Construction Data and School Building Statistics (National Clearinghouse for Educational Faciities)
- Schoolmatters.com [a service of Standard & Poors]
- Science and Engineering Education [publications, data, and analyses about the nations's science and engineering resources] (National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics)
- Security On Campus: College and University Campus Crime Statistics
- Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates [searchable data from the U.S. Census Bureau at the state, county, and school district level]
- The State of the Child: Census Data Fact Sheets for Pennsylvania Counties (Pennsylvania Partnership for Children)
- Weight in America: Obesity, Eating Disorders, and Other Health Risks [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- Women in American Society [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
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Communications, Media, & Publishing
- Association of American Publishers: Book Publishing Industry Statistics
- Audit Bureau of Circulations: Top 200 Newspapers by Largest Reported Circulation
- Ethnic Media [includes demographics for African-American, Asian, Eastern European, Hispanic, and Muslim media markets] (allied-media.com)
- FCC-State Link (U.S. Federal Communications Commission)
- I Want Media: Media Resources [data & surveys, ratings & analysis, statistics, special reports on media]
- Magazine Circulation Fact Sheets (Magazine Publishers of America)
- MPA Market Profiles [market segment demographics for African-American/Black, Asian-American, Hispanic/Latino, & Teen]
- The Source: Newspapers by the Numbers [facts and figures behind the newspaper industry; circulation, demographics, advertising expenditures, employment, newsprint consumption; also includes Canada] (Newspaper Assn of America)
- Statistics on Publishing and Promotion of Book Trade (International Publishers Association)
Criminal Justice & Law
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Defense & Military
Energy & Transportation
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Health & Safety
- Alcohol-related Accident Statistics by State (ama-cycle.org)
- Center for Disease Control: Data and Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, CDC)
- Death and Dying: End-of-Life Controversies [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- Drug Facts (Office of National Drug Control Policy)
- E-Guide (Subject Index) to Health Statistics for Pennsylvania, Counties and Communities (PA Dept. of Health)
- Employer Health Benefits Survey (Kaiser Family Foundation)
- Epidemiological Fact Sheets on HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (WHO)
- Fact Sheet: Sexual Health Statistics for Teenagers and Young Adults in the United States (Kaiser Family Foundation)
- Family Health Statistics for Pennsylvania and Counties, 2005 [description from website: "state trends and county-level statistics for tracking progress in meeting Healthy People 2010 national objectives related to family health. Comparable United States data are also shown when available."]
- Family Village University: Disability Statistics
- FastStats (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Federal Drug Data Sources (Office of national Drug Control Policy)
- Growing Old in America [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- Health and Wellness: Illness among Americans [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- Health Status, Health Insurance, and Health Services Utilization (US Census Bureau)
- Health, United States, 2006, with Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Kaiser Family Foundation [health, HIV/AIDS, prescription drugs, health insurance, women's health; fact sheets, polls, survey, reports, charts & data, testimony]
- HIV and AIDS Statistics from Around the World (Avert.org)
- Information Plus(R) Reference Series [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- Mine Safety and Health Data Retrieval System (U.S. Dept. of Labor)
- Minority Health Data Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services)
- National Center for Health Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, CDC)
- Nationwide and Statewide Alcohol Statistics (PA Liquor Control Board)
- NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Surveillance (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
- Pennsylvania Vital Statistics [births, deaths, injury deaths, marriage and divorce statistics] (Pa Dept. of Health)
- Sociometrics Social Science Electronic Data Library (SSEDL) (Penn State Users Only)
- Sports in America: Recreation, Business, Education and Controversy [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "show all" publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- statehealthfacts.org (Kaiser Family Foundation)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Statistics (SAMHSA Office of Applied Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services)
- UNAIDS (United Nations)
- Weight in America: Obesity, Eating Disorders, and Other Health Risks [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- Women in American Society [Gale Virtual Reference Library: select "Show All" Publications] (Penn State Users Only)
- World Bank: Topics in Development
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Internet
Libraries
Religion
- Adherents.com ("membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc")
- American Religious Identification Survey (CUNY)
- Association of Religion Data Archives
Science & Technology
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For more U.S. statistics resources, see these PSU Libraries' pages:
Arts and Humanities Library:
Business Library:
Education Library:
Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library:
Social Sciences Library:
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