Useful Statistics Sites

Bureau of Labor Statistics - http://www.bls.gov/

• Description: Statistics covering unemployment, earnings, productivity, consumer prices (CPI), work stoppages, employee benefits, and occupational injuries. Regional, state, and/or local statistical breakdowns
• Appropriate to course or program:
• [Reviewed by: Choice, supplement, 1997]

FedStats: one stop shopping for federal statistics - http://www.fedstats.gov/

• Description: A subject guide to Web sites of statistics producing agencies of the U.S. government. There is an A-Z index of frequently-requested statistics, and a keyword search to find statistics on topics not covered in the alphabetical index.
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• [Reviewed by: Choice, Jan., 1998, p. 801]

InfoNation - http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/infonation3/basic.asp

• Description: Information from the UN (United Nations) Statistics Division publications World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook. Includes geographical, economic, demographic, and social indicators data for all 185 UN members. InfoNación permite una comparación de datos estadísticos de todos los Estados Miembros de las Naciones Unidas.
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• [Reviewed by: Choice, Jan., 1998, p. 802]

National Agricultural Statistics Service - http://www.nass.usda.gov/

• Description: Statistics from the USDA on farms, crops, livestock, prices and related topics. Searches can be limited to state and county.
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• [Reviewed by: Choice, April 2006]

Penn World Tables 6.1 - http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/

• Description: Statistics on 168 countries, including population, gross domestic product, consumption, investment, prices, construction, transportation equipment, standard of living, and more. "Penn World Table provides purchasing power parity and national income accounts converted to international prices for 168 countries for some or all of the years 1950-2000."
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• [Reviewed by: ResPool, 4/23/1999]

Statistical resources on the Web - http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html

• Description: Statistical files from a variety of governmental sources, compiled by the University of Michigan Documents Center. Included topics: education, foreign economics, foreign trade, government finances, health, science, and weather.
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• [Reviewed by: Choice, Mar. 1998, p. 1176]

U.S. Census Bureau Home Page - http://www.census.gov/

• Description: Current world and U.S. population estimates and all kinds of statistical information about the U.S.A. Click on "Subjects A-Z" for an alphabetical list of information sources.
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• [Reviewed by: Library Staff]