Statistics

General/Comprehensive Guides

University of Michigan Documents Center

Comprehensive guide to statistical sources in many areas, including Agriculture, all areas of Business/Economics, Cost-of-Living, Demographics, Education, Energy, Environment, Foreign Governments, Health, Housing, Labor, Military, Politics, Science, Sociology, Tourism, Transportation, and Weather. An excellent starting point for finding any type of statistical information.

Price's List of Lists

Links to sites that provide information in the form of rankings of different people, organizations, companies, etc. (Top 100 Small Business, Japan Company Rankings, Largest Employers, etc.). Arranged by broad topic/geographical areas.

U.S. Sources

Statistical Abstract

Provides links to each section of the Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997, a collection of statistical tables covering a wide variety of topics. Presented in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF).

U.S. Census Bureau

Includes selected data from 1990 Census as well as press releases of current trends, selected historic data, and national population projections. Search by keyword or browse by topic. Also provices access to the Survey of Income and Program Participation, Current Population Survey, American Housing Survey, Consumer Expenditure Survey manipulable files, Current Industrial Reports, and extracts from County Business Patterns.

FedStats

A comprehensive guide to statistical information from over 70 federal government agencies. Browse by agency or topic or search by keyword. The search option indexes individual statistical tables by keyword or agency and covers only 14 Federal agencies (additional agencies are being added).

International Sources

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Includes statistics on the 29 OECD member countries in many areas, including Agriculture, Demographics,Education, Energy, Environment, Finance, Health, Science & Technology, and Social Policy.

InfoNation

This service from the United Nations provides current statistics on 185 countries. Thirty-seven variables include: population, life expectancy, fertility, school enrollment, illiteracy, homicides, motor vehicles, GDP and labor force. Carbon dioxide emissions, threatened species, and energy consumption are among the environmental data.