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Statistics and Data Sets Detailed Information

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Alphabetic listing of online sources of state, federal, foreign, and international statistics, focusing on government resources. Links are provided to statistical agency pages, publications and tables of special interest, and data sets.

Topical Listing

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• Airline On-time Statistics
  • Produced by: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
  • Format: web pages, CVS
  • Geography: Airport, Airline
  • Contents: On-time performance of 10 major airlines. Includes data on delayed, diverted, and canceled flights.

• American Factfinder
  • Produced by: U.S. Census Bureau
  • Format: web pages, PDF, Zipped files
  • Geography: U.S., States, Counties, County Subdivisions, Places, Census Tracts, Census Block Groups
  • Contents: 2000 and 1990 Census of Population and Housing, American Community Survey, and 1997 Economic Census. Tables, reference maps, thematic maps. Extensive help screens.

• Ameristat
  • Produced by: Population Reference Bureau and Social Science Data Analysis Network
  • Format: web pages, ASCII, and XLS (Microsoft Excel)
  • Geography: U.S.
  • Contents: Summaries of population characteristics. Text and graphs.

• Budget of the United States Government
  • Produced by: U.S. Office of Management and Budget (via GPO Access)
  • Format: web pages, PDF, spreadsheet formats
  • Geography: U.S.
  • Contents: 2002 publications include Budget of the United States Government and Appendices, A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget, Analytical Perspectives, Historical Tables, and the 2001 Economic Report of the President. Selected documents from 1996 to present available.

• Census of Agriculture
  • Produced by: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service
  • Format: web pages, PDF, WK1 (Lotus)
  • Geography: U.S., States, Counties, Zip Codes
  • Contents: Agricultural statistics, including data on land use, ownership, equipment, crops, livestock, poultry, expenses, and market value of products. 1997 and 1992 Censuses.

• Census of Governments
  • Produced by: U.S. Census Bureau
  • Format: web pages, PDF, ASCII, and spreadsheet formats
  • Geography: U.S., States, Counties
  • Contents: Government employment and payroll by type of governmental unit. State and local government revenue, expenditure, debt, and assets. State and local government employee retirement systems. Public education financial data.

• Consumer Price Index
  • Produced by: Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Format: web pages, text, PDF
  • Method of access: web, LABSTAT
  • Geography: U.S., Region, urban area by population size, 26 metropolitan areas (includes Cleveland-Akron, OH and Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN)
  • Contents: Change in prices of goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households.

• Crash Reports
  • Produced by: Ohio Department of Public Safety
  • Format: PDF
  • Geography: Ohio, Counties, Cities
  • Contents: Traffic Crash Reports - compiled statistics on type of crash, fatalities, injuries, weather conditions, time of day, probable cause, uninsured driver, type of vehicle, alcohol involvement, and age of driver. Integrated Traffic Records System (ITRS) Reports and codes.

• Criminal Justice Statistics WWW Resources
  • Produced by: National Criminal Justice Reference Center
  • Format: web pages
  • Geography: varies
  • Contents: Annotated links to sources of criminal justice statistics. Includes links to state, foreign, and international sites as well as federal agencies, educational institutions, organizations, and the private sector.

• Current Population Survey
  • Produced by: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau
  • Format: web pages, ASCII, SAS, other
  • Method of access: Data FERRET, LABSTAT, FTP
  • Geography: U.S.
  • Contents: 1994 to present. Data dictionaries and glossary available. Time series data via LABSTAT.

• Data Extraction System (DES)
  • Produced by: U.S. Census Bureau
  • Format: Data file formats
  • Method of Access: Use DES to extract selected data from large data sets, then retrieve data from Census FTP site for local manipulation.
  • Contents: Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), Current Population Survey (CPS), American Housing Survey (AHS), Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES), and Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS).

• Data Ferret
  • Produced by: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Format: SAS transport files, ASCII, web pages
  • Method of Access: Use Data Ferret to extract selected data from large data sets for local manipulation, create cross-tabulations, or display pre-defined tables.
  • Contents: Current Population Survey , American Housing Survey, Survey of Income and Program Participation, National Health Interview Survey, National Health and Nutrition Exam, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, National Hospital Amulatory Care Survey.

• Development Data
  • Produced by: World Bank
  • Format: PDF, ASCII, XLS (Microsoft Access)
  • Geography: Countries
  • Content: Tables from the World Development Indicators (WDI) on agriculture, education, environment, economy and trade, industry, income and poverty, government, population, and health. Country at a Glance tables. Results of queries to a subset of the WDI can be downloaded as ASCII or .XLS files

• Encyclopedia of ED Stats
  • Produced by: U.S. Department of Education
  • Format: web pages
  • Geography: varies
  • Content: Condition of Education, Digest of Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics, Education Indicators: An International Perspective, and Youth Indicators. Tables of contents, subject index, and full text searches available.

• Envirofacts
  • Produced by: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Format: web pages, PDF
  • Geography: varies
  • Contents: Superfund sites, brownfields, water, air, hazardous waste, and other data pertaining to the environment. Site includes Toxic Release Inventory.

• Environmental Information Management Systems (EIMS)
  • Produced by: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • Format: web pages, PDF
  • Contents: Metadata for datasets, databases, documents, images, and models. Includes contact information.

• Eurostat
  • Produced by: European Union Statistical Office
  • Format: varies
  • Geography: Countries in the European Union
  • Content: Economic, demographic and social, agriculture, and other data. Note: Online publications available free of charge.

• Federal, State, and Local Governments
  • Produced by: U.S. Census Bureau
  • Format: web pages, PDF
  • Geography: varies
  • Contents: Links to resources created by Census Bureau programs covering federal, state, and local governments, including Census of Governments, Governments Integrated Directory (GID), and financial and tax information.

• Fedstats
  • Produced by: Fedstats
  • Format: web pages
  • Geography: varies
  • Contents: Links to more than 70 statistics producing Federal Agencies

• Foreign Labor Statistics
  • Produced by: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Format: text, PDF
  • Geography: Countries
  • Contents: Labor force, compensation, productivity, GDP (per capita), and comparision of consumer price indexes.

• Health United States
  • Produced by: National Center for Health Statistics
  • Format: PDF, spreadsheet files
  • Geography: U.S., States
  • Contents: Fertility and natality, mortality, ambulatory care, inpatient care, occupational injuries, diseases, health services personnel, health care facilities, expenditures, and related data.

• Human Development Report
  • Produced by: United Nations Development Programme
  • Format: PDF, zipped XLS (Microsoft Excel) files
  • Geography: Countries
  • Contents: Topical theme plus Human Development Indicators (Human Development Index, Gender Related Development Index, Gender Empowerment Measure, Human Poverty Index, and Technology Achievement Index)

• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System(IPEDS)
  • Produced by: U.S. Department of Education
  • Format: PDF, Zipped files
  • Geography: Institution
  • Contents: Enrollment, race, ethnicity, gender, degrees awarded, tuition and fees, income and expenditures, faculty salaries and benefits, and related data. Institutions can be compared using IPEDS Peer Analysis System. Note: access to some files is restricted.

• International Justice Statistics
  • Produced by: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics
  • Format: web page
  • Geography: Countries
  • Contents: Links to United Nations Research Institutes and data collections, country web sites, and international resources relating to criminal justice.

• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research(ICPSR)
  • Produced by: ICPSR
  • Format: primarily ASCII, some OSIRIS, SPSS Portable, and SAS Transport files
  • Method of access: download files to local computer, Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA). Some files are restricted, contact your ICPSR representative regarding access to those files.
  • Geography: varies
  • Contents: Large number of social science data files. Data dictionaries available. Help screens.
  • Special Topic Archives:
    • Health and Medical Care Archives (HMCA)
    • International Archive of Education Data (IAED)
    • National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA)
    • National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
    • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA)

• Labor Market Information
  • Produced by: Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
  • Format: PDF, text, Lotus files
  • Geography: U.S., Ohio, Counties, metropolitan areas, cities
  • Contents: Laborforce, unemployment, employment, payroll, hours, occupation, and wages.

• LexisNexis Statistical [OSU only]
  • Produced by: Lexis-Nexis (subscription database)
  • Format: bibliographic database (web pages) with links to PDF and database files
  • Method of access: OSU Library workstations, Remote access: OSU Faculty, Staff, Students, Others-contact libraries in your local area regarding access.
  • Geography: varies
  • Contents: American Statistics Index (ASI): U.S. Government statistical data Statistical Reference Index (SRI): data produced by U.S. State governments, business, educational institutions, and other research centers. Index to International Statistics (ISI): statistical data from other countries. The Power Tables feature provides links to online data sources.
  • ASI Non-depository (HA 203.A196), SRI (HA 214.S73), and ISI (HA 36.I54) microfiche are available in the OSU Main Library Microforms Area.

• Library Statistics Program
  • Produced by: National Center for Education Statistics
  • Format: web pages, PDF, zipped files
  • Geography: varies
  • Contents: Data and publications from federal surveys of Academic Libraries, Public Libraries, School Library Media Centers, Library Cooperatives, State Library Agencies, and Federal Libraries and Information Centers. Links also provided to Academic Library Peer and Public Library Comparision Tools.

• Life Tables
  • Produced by: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics
  • Format: PDF
  • Geography: U.S.
  • Contents: Generation (cohort)and Current Life Tables

• Missouri Census Data Center -PUMS 2000
  • Produced by: Missouri Census Data Center
  • Format: SAS files, web pages
  • Method of Access: Use Explore/Dexter extraction tools to export files for local manipulation.
  • Geography: States, District of Columbia
  • Contents: 5% PUMS files converted to SAS datasets.

• National Agricultural Statistical Service
  • Produced by: U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • Format: web pages, PDF, CSV (comma delimited), zipped CSV files
  • Geography: U.S., States, Counties
  • Contents: Agricultural statistics from Census of Agriculture and surveys. Includes data on crops, livestock, poultry, land use, farms, economics, and weather. Some historic and times series data available.

• National Institute of Statistics, Geography, and Informatics [Mexico] (English version)
  • Produced by: National Insitute of Statistics, Geography, and Informatics (Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Geographia e Infomatica)
  • Format: web pages
  • Geography: Mexico, States
  • Contents: Social and economic data

• National Resources Inventory
  • Produced by: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Resources Conservation Services
  • Format: web pages, PDF
  • Geography: U.S., States (incomplete as of 7/01)
  • Contents: Land use and natural resource conditions and trends on U.S. nonfederal lands.

• National Transportation Data Archive
  • Produced by: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
  • Format: varies
  • Geography: varies
  • Contents: Links to Aviation Safety Data,Boating Accident Report Database, Commodity Flow Survey, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Database, Highway Statistics, Lock Performance Monitoring System, Motor Carrier Financial and Operating Statistics, National Transit Database, National Transportation Atlas,National Transportation Statistics, Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey, North American Transportation Atlas Data, On-Time Statistics, State Freight Transportation Profiles, Statistical Handbook of Aviation, Transborder Surface Freight Data, Vehicle Inventory & Use Survey, Vessel Statistics, Visual Database of Transportation Enhancements, and Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center.

• National Transportation Statistics
  • Produced by: U.S. Bureau of Transportation
  • Format: PDF, XLS, web pages
  • Geography: U.S.
  • Contents: Wide array of transportation-related figures including number of airports and rail stations, milage for roads, railways, and pipelines; number of aircraft, vehicles, and vessels; condition of roads, bridges, and airport runways; median age of vehicles; travel and freight statistics; safety, and economic data.

• 1990 Census Lookup
  • Produced by: U.S. Census Bureau
  • Format: web pages, zipped files
  • Geography: U.S., States, Counties, MSAs, Places, Tracts, Block Groups
  • Contents: 1990 Census of Population and Housing Summary Tape Files 1A, 1C, 3A, 3B, 3C part 1, and technical documentation.

• OECD Frequently Requested Statistics
  • Produced by: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • Format: PDF
  • Geography: Countries
  • Content: Economic (gross domestic product, leading indicators, consumer and producer price indices, purchasing power parities, etc.) and selected other data (agriculture, education, health, population, etc.) collected by the OECD. Note: this page provides access to some of the files OECD makes available for free. Much more data is available for purchase.

• Office of Strategic Research
  • Produced by: Office of Strategic Research, Ohio Department of Development.
  • Format: web pages, PDF
  • Geography: Ohio, counties, some Government unit and School District data
  • Contents: Demographic and vital statistics, county profiles, industry series reports, foreign corporations in Ohio, major Ohio employers, county indicators, and Ohio site selection reports.

• Ohio Agricultural Statistics Service
  • Produced by: Ohio Department of Agriculture, Ohio Agricultural Statistics Service
  • Format: web pages, PDF
  • Geography: Ohio, Ohio Counties
  • Contents: Ohio Department of Agriculture annual reports, weekly crop progress reports, crop, livestock, farm, economic, and weather data. Primarily 1994 to present.

• Ohio Board of Regents Data Publications
  • Produced by: Ohio Board of Regents
  • Format: web pages, PDF, XLS (Microsoft Excel)
  • Geography: Ohio, type of institution, individual public colleges and universities
  • Contents:
    • Basic Data Series - student enrollment; appropriations; tuition; major field of study; age, sex, and living arrangement of students; degrees awarded; FTE faculty and staff; average salaries;workload; and operating income and expenditures.
    • Student Inventory Data - student enrollment, FTE, major field of study, age, sex, marital status, race, ethnic group, degrees awarded, and admissions
    • Fall Survey of Student Charges - student fees.

• Ohio County Profiles
  • Produced by: Ohio Department of Development, Office of Strategic Research
  • Format: PDF
  • Geography: Ohio, Ohio Counties
  • Contents: 4 page overviews of state and each county. Includes population, economic, agriculture, climate, education, and vital statistics. Some time series. Primarily tables, some graphs.

• Ohio County Profiles
  • Produced by: Ohio State University Extension Office
  • Format: PDF
  • Geography: Ohio, Ohio Counties
  • Contents: Time series profiles of each Ohio county. Demographic profile: population, education, income and poverty and vital statistics. Business profile: employment, establishment, payroll, business birth and death, economic sector, and commuting. Agriculture profile: farm, use, cash receipts, and crop and livestock production. Data sources are cited.

• Ohio Department of Health
  • Produced by: Ohio Department of Health
  • Format: web pages
  • Geography: Ohio, Counties
  • Contents: Birth, death, immunizations, access to care and other health related figures.

• Ohio Department of Taxation Publications and Research
  • Produced by: Ohio Department of Taxation
  • Format: web pages, WK1, XLS, PDF
  • Geography: Ohio
  • Contents: Income, property, estate, corporate, sales and use, and other tax data. Department of Taxation Annual Reports.

• Ohio Facts
  • Produced by: Ohio Legislative Budget Office
  • Format: web pages
  • Geography: Ohio
  • Contents: Tables, charts, and brief narratives on topics relating to taxes and the state budget. Topical categories include: economy, education, criminal justice, health and human services, transportation, and environment.

• OhioLink LANDSAT 7 Satellite Image Server
  • Produced by: OhioLink
  • Format: MrSid, GeoTIFF
  • Geography: Ohio
  • Contents: Landsat 7 satellite "snapshots" of Ohio. True Color Composite, High Resolution Monochrome, NDVI, and Near-Infrared Composite images can be viewed online (MrSid format). Raw data files (GeoTIFF) available for FTP.

• Ohio Office of Budget and Management
  • Produced by: Ohio Office of Budget and Management
  • Format: web pages, PDF
  • Geography: Ohio
  • Contents: Ohio Executive Budget and Monthly Financial Reports

• Ohio Youth Risk Behavior Survey 1999
  Ohio Youth Risk Behavior Survey 1997
  • Produced by: Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services (1999), Ohio Department of Education (1997)
  • Format: PDF
  • Geography: Ohio
  • Contents: Behaviors resulting in injury, physical activity, nutrition, tobacco use, alcohol and drug use, and sexual behavior among Ohio High School students.

• Population Information Network
  • Produced by: United Nations Population Division Department of Economic and Social Affairs
  • Format: web pages, PDF
  • Geography: Countries
  • Contents: Population, fertility, mortality, migration, health, and social services data.

• Producer Price Index
  • Produced by: Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Format: web pages, TXT, PDF
  • Geography: U.S.
  • Contents: Change in prices received by producers of goods and services.

• School District and Building Report Cards
  • Produced by: Ohio Department of Education
  • Format: web pages, PDF, text files
  • Geography: Ohio, School Districts, School Buildings
  • Contents: Percentages of students passing proficiency tests, school attendence rates, promotions (4th to 5th and 6th to 7th grades), high school graduation rates, indicators met by each school district, school district ratings.

• SESTAT
  • Produced by: U.S. National Science Foundation
  • Format: web pages, PDF
  • Geography: U.S.
  • Contents: Employment, education, and demographic information about scientists and engineers.

• Social Indicators
  • Produced by: United Nations
  • Format: web pages
  • Geography: Countries
  • Contents: Tables provide population, education, health, income and employment and other social indicator data. Links provided to additional demographic and social statistics sources, and to economic and environmental sources.

• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
  • Produced by: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
  • Format: PDF
  • Geography: U.S., regions, States, Cities
  • Contents: More than 600 tables from a variety of sources. Data is arranged by topic: Characteristics of the criminal justice systems, Public attitudes toward crime and criminal justice-related topics, Nature and distribution of known offenses, Characteristics and distribution of persons arrested, Judicial processing of defendants, and Persons under correctional supervision.

   

• State and County Quick Facts
  • Produced by: U.S. Census Bureau
  • Format: web pages
  • Geography: U.S., States, Counties
  • Contents: Basic demographic, business, and geographic data compiled from 2000 and 1990 Censuses of Population and Housing, 1997 Economic Census, and other sources. Includes links to additional resources.

• State and Local Government Finance Estimates, by State
  • Produced by: U.S. Census Bureau
  • Format: web pages, ASCII, spreadsheet files
  • Geography: U.S., States, Counties
  • Contents: Revenue, expenditure, debt and assets.

• State Government Finances
  • Produced by: U.S. Census Bureau
  • Format: web pages, ASCII, spreadsheet files
  • Geography: U.S., States
  • Contents: Revenues, expenditures, indebtedness, and assets.

• State Government Tax Collection
  • Produced by: U.S. Census Bureau
  • Format: web pages, spreadsheet formats
  • Geography: U.S., States
  • Contents: Types of taxes collected by each state.

• State Tax Rates
  • Produced by: Federation of Tax Administrators
  • Format: web pages, PDF
  • Geography: States
  • Contents: Individual income, corporate income, sales tax, and excise tax rates and other data relating to state taxes.

• State Politics and Policy Quarterly Data Archive
  • Produced by: State Politics and Policy Quarterly. Practical Researcher Section.
  • Format: XLS (Microsoft Excel)
  • Method of access: download file to local computer
  • Geography: state
  • Contents: 1974-1994. 40+ variables on population, vital statistics, politics, education, crime, business, and economics. Codebook available.

• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  • Produced by: U.S. Census Bureau
  • Format: PDF
  • Geography: Primarily U.S, includes some state, city, foreign, and other level data.
  • Contents: Primarily tables in 32 broad categories, including population, vital statistics, health and human services, education, criminology, government, employment, economic, foreign trade, transportation, agriculture, and natural resources. Data sources are cited.

    Selected historic volumes 1878-2003 available.

• Statistical Agencies (International)
  • Produced by: U.S. Census Bureau
  • Format: web page
  • Geography: Countries
  • Contents: Links to other countries' statistical agencies.

• Statistical Handbook of Aviation
  • Produced by: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
  • Format: XLS, PDF
  • Geography: U.S.
  • Contents: Federal Aviation Administration budget, number of FAA employees, air routes, airports, aircraft, aircraft accidents, flight hours, large certified air carriers revenues and expenses, and related data.

• Statistics Canada
  • Produced by: Statistics Canada
  • Format: web pages
  • Geography: Canada, Provinces
  • Contents: Social and economic data

• STAT-USA [OSU only] Non-OSU (limited) access
  • Produced by: STAT-USA, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Format: web pages, ASCII, PDF, spreadsheet
  • Method of access: OSU Library workstations, Remote access: OSU Faculty, Staff, Students, Others:-some reports can be purchased via the "Newstand" section of STAT-USA, otherwise contact libraries in your local area regarding access.
  • Geography: varies
  • Contents: Compilation of data from numerous federal agencies. State of the Nation - economic indicators, housing starts, new home sales, employment cost index, weekly unemployment claims, industry reports and related information. Global Business Opportunities (GLOBUS) - trade leads and procurement information. National Trade Data Bank (NTDB) - country commercial guides, market research reports, import and export statistics and related publications.

• Tax Stats
  • Produced by: U.S. Internal Revenue Service
  • Format: web pages, PDF, XLS (Microsoft Excel), EXE
  • Method of access: download spreadsheet files to local file.
  • Geography: U.S.
  • Contents: Data files compiled from federal tax returns and other information filed with the IRS.

• UNESCO Statistics
  • Produced by: United Nations Organization for Education, Science, and Culture (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics
  • Format: web pages
  • Geography: Countries
  • Contents: World Education Indicators, UNESCO Statistical Yearbook, and the UNESCO database of education statistics.

• Uniform Crime Reports
  • Produced by: U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Format: web pages, PDF
  • Geography: U.S., Region, State, Urban-Suburban-Rural area, Cities of 100,000+
  • Contents: Crime in the United States, Hate Crime Statistics, Law Enforcement Officers Killed or Assulted, National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS)

• U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
  • Produced by: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
  • Format: web pages, PDF, zipped spreadsheet files, CSV
  • Geography: varies
  • Contents: National - Gross Domestic Product, GDP by Industry; International - Balance of Payments, Imports and Exports, Foreign Direct Investment; State and Local - Gross State Product, State Personal Income, Local Area Personal Income. Survey of Current Business.

• U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
  • Produced by: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
  • Format" web pages, PDF, spreadsheet files
  • Geography: varies
  • Contents: Links to statistical publications, data sets, and other resources relating to criminal justice. The Key Facts at a Glance section includes charts and trend tables.

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Produced by: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Format: web pages
  • Geography: U.S.
  • Contents: Economics at a Glance; Consumer Price Index; Producer Price Index; Inflation Calculator; employment, earnings, and benefits, and related data.

• U.S. Census Bureau
  • Produced by: U.S. Census Bureau
  • Format: web pages with links to PDF and database files.
  • Geography: varies
  • Contents: The U.S. Census Bureau home page provides links to a range of resources. Use Subjects A to Z to locate desired topic.

• USDA Economics and Statistics System
  • Produced by: U.S. Department of Agriculture and Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University
  • Format: web pages, PDF, ASCII, Lotus 1-2-3, Zipped files
  • Geography: U.S., States, International
  • Contents: Reports and datasets from USDA economics agencies - Economic Research Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service, and World Agricultural Outlook. Some time series and historic data.

• U.S. Office of Trade and Economic Analysis
  • Produced by: U.S. Office of Trade and Economic Analysis
  • Format: web pages, text, PDF, spreadsheet files
  • Geography: varies
  • Contents: U.S. Foreign Trade Highlights, U.S. Industry Sector Data, State Exports to Countries and Regions, U.S. Foreign Monthly Trade Data and links to other sources of international trade data.

• UC Berkeley Social Sciences and Government Data Library
  • Produced by: University of California, Berkeley Social Sciences and Government Data Library
  • Format: web pages, zipped files
  • Geography: U.S., State, and smaller areas
  • Contents: Web interface to selected 1990 Census datafiles originally distributed in electronic formats.
    • SSTF1 - Foreign-born population in the U.S.
    • SSTF2 - Ancestry of the Population of the U.S.
    • SSTF3 - Persons of Hispanci Origin in the U.S.
    • SSTF5 - Characteristics of the Asian and Pacific Islander Population of the U.S.
    • STF 1 and 3
    Files to FTP for local manipulation.
    • 1970 Census Fifth Count Special Tabulation
    • 1990 Census Files - Congressional District, EE), PL 94-171, 1% and 5% PUMS, STF1B, STF3A, B, and C, SSTF1-22
    • County and City Data Book (1988, 1994)
    • Current Population Survey (1988-1993)
    • Economic Census (1987-1997)
    • Tiger Files

• World Development Report
  • Produced by: World Bank
  • Format: PDF
  • Geography:
  • Contents: Topical Analysis plus Selected World Development Indicators (population, education, health, environment, and economic statistics)
    • 2000/2001 - Attacking Poverty
    • 1999/2000 - Entering the 21st Century
    • 1998/1999 - Knowledge for Development

• World Population Information
  • Produced by: U.S. Census Bureau
  • Format: web pages, PDF
  • Geography: Countries
  • Contents: Population, fertility, mortality, and other social and economic data.

• World Trade Organization Resources
  • Produced By: World Trade Organization
  • Format: PDF, XLS, wordprocessing formats, Media Player, EXE
  • Geography: Regions, Countries
  • Contents: Economic statistics. International Trade Statistics, Trade Policy Reviews, Special Studies, and Working Papers. Note: Site includes freely accessible information and information for purchase.

• World Fact Book
  • Produced by: U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
  • Format: web pages
  • Geography: Countries
  • Contents: Brief overviews of individual countries. Each entry includes geographic, demographic and vital statistics, political, military, transportation, and economic data.

• World Fact Book of Criminal Justice Statistics
  • Produced by: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics
  • Format: ASCII text, Zipped file
  • Geography: Countries
  • Contents: Narrative discussions of criminal justice statistics in individual countries consisting of an overview of the political and legal system, followed by discussions of crime, victims, police, prosecutorial and judicial process, the judicial system, penalties and sentencing, prisons, and extradition and treaties. Sources provided.

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