U.S. CENSUS DATA

American Factfinder -- Census Bureau
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
Simple way to create a variety of tables, reports, or maps with information on your community, population and housing information, industry and business data, etc.

U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
This Federal Government site allows you to extract data from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing.

U. S. Historical Census Browser
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/
Searchable historical (1790-1970) census data. 

U.S. CRIME STATISTICS

U.S. GENERAL STATISTICS

City-Data.com - Stats about all US cities
http://www.city-data.com/
Compiles city statistics and other data from government and commercial sources. Amount of data available for any given town will vary, but for some cities it includes demographic data, new building permits, crime statistics, monthly average weather data, available hospitals, universities, airports, public and private schools, and AM/FM radio stations.

Community Information by Zipcode
http://library.csun.edu/mfinley/zipstats.html
Prepared at CSUN Library, provides links to sources of a variety statistics by zipcode.

Office of Immigration Statistics
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis
This Office, within the Management Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is responsible for developing, analyzing, and disseminating statistical information needed to assess the effects of immigration in the United States.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
http://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-us.html
This is an Adobe (pdf) version of the Department of Commerce's best-selling reference book of the same name.

Statistical Resources on the Web
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/statsnew.html
A very well organized site which points to web sources for statistics in categories (e.g. agriculture, business, cost of living, education, energy,  foreign trade, government finances, labor, transportation).

CALIFORNIA STATISTICS

California State University - Analytic Studies Statistical Reports
http://www.calstate.edu/AS/
From this site you can access the CSU Statistical Abstract which provides comprehensive statistics on student characteristics, academic and support programs, access, retention and graduation.

WORLD STATISTICS

Global Statistics
http://www.xist.org/default1.aspx
Provides statistics on the human population; such as the population of regions, countries, provinces and cities.

International Data Bank
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbprint.html
A searchable database of general country data.  

Internet Data Sources for Social Scientists
http://www.ciser.cornell.edu/ASPs/datasource.asp
From Cornell University.  Links to data sets international and federal. Note: You might be required to register at the site to use their data.

NationMaster.com
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
Provides statistical data on countries from a variety of sources.  Can use it to interactively general charts or maps that rank countries in a variety of topic areas. Sources for all facts and figures are cited.  

OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web
http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats/
Free current statistics from official sources, includes time series when available, many data are downloadable as text or spreadsheet files.

United Nations InfoNation
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
An interactive searchable database of international statistical information.

World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Compiled annually by the Central Intelligence Agency and contains information on individual countries, including maps and such statistics as birth and death rates, migration, literacy rates, economic data, etc.

World Gazetteer
http://www.world-gazetteer.com/
Contains population data for cities, towns and regions of all countries. 
 

Internet Crime Complaint Center
http://www.ic3.gov/
The FBI's site provides a form by which to make a complaint, but also provides statistics on the types of internet crimes reported to the Center by consumers.

For basic statistics on computers, internet use, etc. these are all useful:

Global Internet Statistics by Language
http://www.glreach.com/globstats/index.php3

NUA Internet Surveys
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/  
 

OTHER STATISTICS SOURCES

Statistical Assessment Service
http://www.stats.org/
The Statistical Assessment Service examines the way that scientific, quantitative, and social research are presented by the  media, and works with journalists to help them convey this material more accurately and effectively.  

This page created by
Sara Sluss, Business Librarian
University Library, California State University, Long Beach