Statistics: General Resources

The American Community Survey (ACS) helps local officials, community leaders, and businesses understand the changes taking place in their communities. It is the premier source for detailed population and housing information about the United States.

Explore U.S. census data, learning about people, places, and economy.

Economic Indicators is a monthly publication prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers for the congressional Joint Economic Committee. It provides information on gross domestic product, income, employment, production, business activity, prices, money, credit, security markets, Federal finance, and international statistics.

Extensive directory of links to local, state, national, and international health data sources, as well as tools for public health data collection and planning.

The CPS ASEC is the preferred source for national analysis. It provides the most timely and most accurate cross-section data for the nation on income and poverty and is the official source of national poverty estimates. The ACS is preferred for subnational data on income and poverty by detailed demographic characteristics, because of its large sample size.

Provides data and analysis on the issues, attitudes, and trends shaping the United States and the world.

Provides facts about people, business, and geography based on the last U.S. Census. Profiles are available for the nation, states, counties, cities, and towns.

A comprehensive summary of statistics related to social, economic, and political aspects of the United States. NOTE: The U.S. Census Bureau terminated the collection of data for the Statistical Compendia program effective October 1, 2011. The Statistical Compendia program is comprised of the Statistical Abstract of the United States and its supplemental products—the State and Metropolitan Area Data Book and the County and City Data Book. To access the most current data, please refer to the organizations cited in the source notes for each table of the Statistical Abstract.

Links to various online statistical resources for all states (USA.Gov).

Provides an amazing amount of statistical information on the United States.

The U.S. Census helps communities determine where to build everything from schools to supermarkets, and from homes to hospitals. It helps the government decide how to distribute funds and assistance to states and localities. It is also used to draw the lines of legislative districts and reapportion the seats each State holds in Congress.

Provides an annual summary of financial and structure data for all FDIC-insured institutions. The data can be used to identify and analyze long term trends and to develop benchmarks to evaluate the current conditions of the banking and thrift industries. This annual data is available from 1934 to 2017.

Provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

Key European statistics.

International database of labor statistics covering the economically active population, employment, unemployment, wages and related variables.

Links to statistics offices and institutes around the world.

Quantitative information in relation to economic and trade policy issues. Its data-bases and publications provide access to data on trade flows, tariffs, non-tariff measures (NTMs) and trade in value added.

Create custom graphs in order to compare different nations across a broad range of statistics, or view statistical profiles for an individual country. This is a commercial site, although data sources are cited.

Data from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.

Search across a variety of UN statistical databases and those of several international organizations. Includes country profiles with summary, economic, social, and environmental data.

Internationally comparable statistics on education, science and technology, culture, and communication for more than 200 countries and territories.