LibGuides: Statistics: United States

Overviews

FCSM: Federal Agencies with Statistical Programs
A linked list of Federal Agencies that provide statistics.

These resources provide a wide range of extensive statistics and are good starting points. Most of them are searchable by keyword.

Data.gov
Statistics organized by topic on agriculture, education, health, local government, science, and more from Federal Agencies.
State and County Quick Facts
"Statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more" from the US Census Bureau.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Annual "comprehensive summaries of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States" for most the years from 1878-2011.
Infographics and Visualizations from the US Census
Visual representations of census data. Sometime's a picture is worth a thousand words!

US Bureau of Economic Analysis
from the US Department of Commerce
FRASER
includes current and historic economic statistics from the Federal Reserve Archive
US Census Bureau Economic Indicators
Bureau of Labor Statistics
browse state and national data

US Bureau of Justice Statistics
includes statistics on corrections, courts, crime types, and more.
Uniform Crime Reports

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations

National Center for Health Statistics - a searchable website from the Center of Disease Control and Prevention

Health Statistics from MedLine Plus from the US National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health

National Center for Health Statistics
searchable website from the Center of Disease Control and Prevention
MedLine Plus Health Statistics
from US National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health