Sources for Statistics : U.S. Government

This gateway to government information includes links to statistical data at the federal, state, and local level. Links are arranged by topic. A "Facts for You" links to statistical data based on geography. The search engine allows searching by keyword and will bring up general web sites that may contained desired data but will not produce results for individual statistical tables.

Includes statistics on consumer spending, corporate profits, balance of payments, direct investment, trade, tourism, etc.

Provides statistical publications in the areas of crime, victims, the court, corrections, and law enforcement. Publications are arranged alphabetically and by subject.

Offers a vast array of national, state, county, and local labor statistics on such topics as unemployment, wages, and workplace injuries. Statistics are accessible by subject area, publication title, or through one of their data retrieval tools.

Find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. Provides descriptions of the Federal datasets, information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets.

Provides statistical analysis of the country's energy consumption, efficiency, and supply and includes figures on electricity, coal, petroleum, natural gas, nuclear, and renewable energy sources.

Offers statistics on bankruptcy filings, court management, and judicial caseload.

This publication, compiled every two years by the staff of the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives, provides data on a variety of social and economic topics.

Conducts surveys and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture. Topics include the production and supply of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, farm finances, chemical use, and changes in U.S. producers demographics.

Compiles statistical information on disease, lifestyle, health care, insurance, and related topics.

The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides, free of charge, aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2011.

Includes data from the American Housing Survey and on topics such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population.

Search for data by community district

The Bureau of Vital Statistics analyzes data that it collects from hundreds of thousands of birth and death certificates issued in New York City (NYC) each year by the Bureau of Vital Records. The Office of Vital Statistics (OVS) cleans, stores, codes, analyzes and reports this data for official use.

the state’s primary and most comprehensive source for economic and demographic data, tracking the trends of the State of New York, its businesses and people.

Use this tool to explore business conditions in your neighborhood.Population and Demographic data is based on the closest census tract.

Search for census information by neighborhood, subway stop, address, intersection or census tract.

NYC Open Data makes the wealth of public data generated by various New York City agencies and other City organizations available for public use. As part of an initiative to improve the accessibility, transparency, and accountability of City government, this catalog offers access to a repository of government-produced, machine-readable data sets.

Map-based list of capital investment projects (improvement, mitigation, disaster recovery) by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, including dates and financial amounts.

The Census Bureau homepage has quick links to the Population Finder, Area Profiles, and various data sets relating to People and Households, Business and Industry, and Geography.

Allows you to download PUMs (Public Use Microdata). This tool is helpful for advanced users who want to create their own tabulations.

Statistical data from the Decennial Censuses, 1790-1960. Data covers the United States, states (nut no territories), and selected counties. Data may be browsed and charted but cannot be manipulated or customized. This site does not include Census information about individuals.

"The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web."