FINDING GOVERNMENT STATISTICS AND INFORMATION

Below are several links to help you find U.S. government statistics.

The list is compiled alphabetically.

 
 
American Factfinder (U.S. Census Bureau)
 

 
 
 

 
Interactive, searchable database used to find population, housing, industry and business statistics from the U.S. Census. Data collected in Census 2000, the 1990 Census of Population and Housing, the American Community Survey and the 1997 Economic Census. Allows uses to compile census data into tables, maps and downloadable files, which can be viewed or printed.
 
Bureau of Economic Analysis
 

 
 
 

 
Provides time series data for national and state income accounts and international trade and investment. Also includes U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) by industry and input-output tables for select years.
 


 

Bureau of Labor Statistics
 

 
 
 

 
Presents up-to-date U.S. economic statistical information in areas such as 'Inflation and Spending' and 'International Statistics.' Also available are the latest numbers for the Consumer Price Index, unemployment rate, and the Producer Price. Provides past and current statistics for the U.S. economy as a whole; regional economic data can be obtained by clicking the state on a color-coded map.
 
Catalog of US Government Publications
 

 
 
 

 
Indexes government documents printed by the US Government Printing Office such as Congressional committee hearings, congressional debates and records, judiciary material, documents issued by departments such as Defense, State, Labor, and the Office of the President. Also includes links to Federal agency online resources.
 


 

CDC Recommends
 

 
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A collection of more than 400 documents containing recommendations on health, prevention, and public health practice issues from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Includes the full text of the document or a link to the Internet site. Also includes are more than 80 documents archived for research or historical purposes. Two-thirds of the documents were originally published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The rest are books, brochures, factsheets or other materials by CDC authors in peer-reviewed journals,
 


 

ChildStats.gov
 

 
 
 

 
Provides access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education. Includes the annual Federal monitoring report on the status of the American children.
 


 

Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents
 
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Includes the text of more than 100 historic US documents from the Magna Carta and the Mayflower Compact to the Truman Doctrine and the "I Have a Dream" speech.
Jurisdiction: US/Federal
 


 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
 

 
 
 

 
Provides access to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government. It is divided into 50 titles that represent broad areas subject to Federal regulation. Each volume of the CFR is updated once each calendar year and is issued on a quarterly basis.
Jurisdiction: US/Federal
 


 

Congressional Budget Office
 

 
 
 

 
Provides access to federal budget and economic information including the Monthly Budget Review, Current Budget Projections, Historical Budget Data.
 


 

Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
 

 
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Provides access a core group of current and historical government publications including the Bill of Rights, presidential inauguration speeches and other judicial and regulatory documents.
Jurisdiction: US/Federal
 
Federal Register (FR)
 

 
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The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rule, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents. The online version starts at volume 59 (1994).
Jurisdiction: US/Federal
 


 

FedStats
 

 
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Gateway to official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies.
 


 

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
 

 
 
 

 
A database of over 3000 U.S. economic time series which can be downloaded in Microsoft Excel and text formats and viewed as charts of data series. Categories of data include banking, consumer price indexes (CPI), gross domestic product (GDP), employment and population and more.
 



 

Geographic Names Information Service (GNIS)
 

 
 
 

 
Contains searchable information for almost 2 million physical and cultural and geographic features in the United States. Official repository of domestic geographic names information.
 


 

GPO Access
 

 
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Service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a information products produced by the Federal Government. Included are congressional hearings, committee print and directory information, federal regulations, public laws, the Congressional Record and many more titles.
Jurisdiction: US/Federal
 



 

HCUPnet
 

 
 
 

 
Provides data that can be used for research on hospital utilization, access, charges, quality and outcomes. HCUP data can be used to describe patters of care, to analyze hospital procedures and to study the care of population sub-groups and do identify, track, analyze and compare hospital statistics at the national and regional leve.
 
Legal Information Institute (LII)
 

 
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Indexes Supreme Court decisions and opinions under the auspices of Project Hermes, as well as over 500 of the Court's most important historic decisions.
 
National Center for Health Statistics (NCSH)
 

 
 
 

 
The website for the National Center for Health Statistics, the nation's principal health statistics agency, compiling statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health.
 


 

National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
 

 
 
 

 
Archive of worldwide and regional weather and climate data.
 
NCJRS (National Criminal Justice Reference Service) Abstracts Database
 
1970 - present Some full text
 

 
Indexes over 170,000 criminal justice books, journal articles, and reports published by the US Department of Justice, other local, state, and Federal government agencies, international organizations, and the private sector are indexed. Access is also provided to more than 7,000 full text documents through the NCJRS Virtual Library linked to the database.
 
Smoking and Health Database
 
1969 - present  
 

 
Contains more than 62,000 abstracts of journal articles, books and book chapters, dissertations, reports, conference proceedings and conference papers, government documents, policy or legal documents, editorials, letters, and comments on articles related to the scientific, medical, technical, policy, behavioral, legal, and historical literature related to smoking and tobacco use and its effect on health.
 
Statistical Abstract of the United States
 

 
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Contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States as well as selected international data. 1878 - present.
 


 

STORET (US Environmental Protection Agency)
 

 
 
 

 
A repository for water quality, biological, and physical data used by state environmental agencies, EPA and other federal agencies, universities, and private citizens.
 


 

Supreme Court
 

 
 
 

 
Provides access to the Court's recent decisions and opinions and other documents.
Jurisdiction: US/Federal
 


 

Supreme Court Collection (Legal Information Institute (LII))
 

 
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Provides access to Supreme Court decisions from the beginning of the court to the present. Also includes briefs, oral argument recordings, and press releases.
Jurisdiction: US/Federal
 



 

TheDataWeb
 

 
 
 

 
A collaboration between the U.S. Census Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control, TheDataWeb provides access across the Internet to demographic, economic, environmental and health and other databases housed in different systems in different ageinces and organizations. TheDataWeb is a collection of systems and software that provide data query and extract capabilities, as well as data analysis and visualization tools.
 


 

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
 

 
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Provides access to a wide range of legislative information on the Congress, including the full text of the Congressional Record and bills from the 103rd to the present, as well as a directory of congressional committees and members of Congress. Excellent resource for finding quick, online legislative histories and the full-text of Congressional Committee reports.
Jurisdiction: US/Federal
 
U.S. Government Manual
 

 
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The official handbook of the federal government. Provides information on agencies on the legislative, judicial, and executive branches. Also includes information on quasi-official agencies, international organizations. Includes reprints of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
 


 

USGS Water Resources Reports
 

 
 
 

 
Includes circulars, digital data series, fact sheets, investigation reports and other papers on the topic of water resources published by the US Geological Survey.