Subject guide: statistics

Agriculture Business Consumers Crime Demographics Economics Education Energy Environment Foreign Governments

Foreign Trade Government Finances Health Housing Immigration Labor Military State & Local Taxes Transportation

Agriculture

• Washington State Annual Agricultural Bulletin
• USDA Agricultural Statistics Division
• USDA "Agricultural Statistics" (annual publication)
• UN Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) data

Business

• Business.gov (official business site of the U.S. govt.)
• County Business Patterns
• CPI Detailed Report
• Economic Report of the President
• Survey of Current Business
• Stat-USA
• Foreign Direct Investment
• World Development Report
• Yahoo Finance
• Hoover's Free Online

Consumers

• American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Scores
• BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey
• 100 Years of Consumer Spending
• Cost of Living/Consumer Price Index

Crime

• Washington State Crime Data
• Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics
• US Dept of Justice statistics
• UN Drugs & Crime data

Demographics

• Washington State population data
• Washington State Census Summary
• US Census Bureau
• US Historical Census (1790-1960)
• US Vital Statistics
• UN Demographic Yearbook
• UN Population Database

Economics

• White House Economics Briefing Room
• Budget of the United States
• Bureau of Labor Statistics Economy at a Glance
• FRED: US Economic Time-Series Database
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA): National Accounts
• BEA: Industry Accounts
• BEA: International Accounts
• BEA: Regional Economic Accounts
• Census Bureau Economic Census
• UN Asia & Pacific Economic data
• OECD Main Economic Indicators
• European Union EuroStat
• UN Comtrade (comprehensive global trade data)

Education

• WA State public education data
• US Dept. of Ed. Digest of Education Statistics
• US Dept. of Ed. Condition of Education
• Census Bureau Educational Attainment in the United States
• World Bank EdStats
• UN global education data: pre-1998
• UN global education data: post-1998

Energy

• DOE Energy Statistics
• DOE Energy Review
• DOE Residential Consumption
• Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (energy & security research)
• International Nuclear Database

Environment

• EPA Envirofacts data warehouse
• EarthTrends: the Environmental Information Portal

Foreign Governments

• Foreign government statistics

Government Finances

• WA State Office of Financial Management
• WA State Office of the State Treasurer
• Office of Management & Budget (OMB -- White House)
• Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
• Census Bureau State to Federal level finance links

Health

• WA State health insurance data
• WA State health conditions data
• Center for Disease Control (CDC) data
• World Health Organization (WHO) health statistics

Housing

• Census Bureau housing topics
• Median & Average Sale Prices: 1963-2000 (Census)
• UN housing statistics

Immigration

• Dept. of Homeland Security immigration data (formerly INS)
• Census Bureau immigration data
• Census Bureau Foreign-Born Population 1850-1990
• Adoption (domestic & international) statistics
• Migration Policy Institute data hub (U.S. & other inter-country movement)

Labor

• Census Bureau labor force data
• Bureau of Labor Statistics

Military

• Dept. of Defense Personnel & Procurement data
• Dept. of Defense Annual Report to the President
• Air Force personnel statistics

State & Local

• Thurston County 2007 Profile
• Puget Sound Regional Council data
• Washington State Demographics (Census)
• Washington State Economy at a Glance (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Taxes

• WA State tax revenue data
• IRS tax statistics
• Census Bureau tax data

Transportation

• US Dept. of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• National Transportation Statistics (updated quarterly)
• US Dept. of Transportation Federal Highway Admin. links to more data
• Federal Aviation Administration data
• Public transportation data
• Railroad industry statistics