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FedStats

What is FedStats?

FedStats is a gateway to the official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government. You can track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Federal agencies without having to know in advance which agency produces them. Note: All of the statistical information available through FedStats is maintained and updated solely by Federal agencies on their own web servers.

Who is FedStats?

FedStats provides information for Federal agencies reporting expenditures of at least $500,000 per year in one or more statistical activities including:

  1. planning of statistical surveys and studies, including project design, sample design and selection, and design of questionnaires, forms, or other techniques of observation and data collection
  2. training of statisticians, interviewers, or processing personnel
  3. collection, processing, or tabulation of statistical data for publication, dissemination, research, analysis, or program management and evaluation
  4. publication or dissemination of statistical data and studies
  5. methodological testing or statistical research
  6. data analysis
  7. forecasts or projections that are published or otherwise made available for government-wide or public use
  8. statistical tabulation, dissemination, or publication of data collected by others
  9. construction of secondary data series or development of models that are an integral part of generating statistical series or forecasts
  10. management or coordination of statistical operations
  11. statistical consulting or training

Some principal statistical programs, such as labor force statistics and energy statistics, are carried out by agencies (the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Energy Information Administration, respectively) whose sole missions are statistical.  In other cases, agencies have statistical programs that support their program planning and evaluation functions.

How do I find information on FedStats?

Topics A to Z : More than 400 topics that range from acute conditions (colds and influenza) through weekly earnings.

Program/Subject areas : Link to summaries of the major statistical programs including agriculture, education, energy, environment, health, income, labor, national accounts, safety, and transportation.

Agencies : If you know the name of the agency, you can select it from our agency list, browse key statistics, and look up contact information.

Search : Enter your key words or phrases. FedStats searches all of the linked agencies (or those you specify); then provides a list of links to the documents it finds. Our search database is updated twice per month for each agency web site.

Press releases : For the most current information, browse our topic on press releases or search our database, which is updated daily, for links to releases from the principal statistical agencies.

How do I find information for my county or State on FedStats?

Use MapStats to profile your State, county, Federal judicial district, or congressional district. Just select the name from the menu or use the map provided for your State.

How do I view, download, or print my search results from FedStats?

Keep in mind that FebStats is merely a gateway to the information maintained at various government agency web sites.  Downloading and printing options will be described by the agency ultimately supplying the data.

 

Content maintained by Sara Sluss, Business Librarian