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U.S. Statistical Sources

Data.gov
Data, tools, and resources to conduct research, design data visualizations, and more. Search or browse by topics including health, science and technology, education, finance, climate, energy, and more.

Statistical Insight (ProQuest)
Coverage: Full Text
Provides full text documents and statistical information in tabular formats. Sources include U.S. Federal agencies, States, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations. (Formerly LexisNexis Statistical)

Statistical Abstract of the United States (US Census version)
Coverage: 1878-2012
Basic summary statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the U.S., various regions, the states, MSAs, and cities of 100,000 or more residents. Also includes historical statistics under \Earlier Editions.\""

Data.census.gov [formerly American Factfinder]
American FactFinder provides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. The data in American FactFinder come from several censuses and surveys.
Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Ed. Online
Coverage: 1770-2000
Broad category of data include population, work and welfare, economics, governance, and international relations. The searchable site permits users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets reflecting their own particular areas of interest.

World Factbook [ CIA ]
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
United Nations Demographic Yearbook. (1948-)
The Demographic Yearbook contains statistics on population size and composition, births, deaths, marriage and divorce on an annual basis. Demographic Yearbook special topics issues cover a wide range of additional topics including economic activity, educational attainment, household characteristics, housing, ethnicity and language, among others.
World Bank Country Profiles
Presents key development data drawn from the World Development Indicators (WDI) database, the World Bank's primary database for cross-country comparable development data.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
Open source books, journals, working & technical papers on development in countries around the globe. Statistics and data sets available on the linked Open Data site.