31 August 2000. This site offers a report by the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, which conducts statistical research on older Americans. The report, entitled "Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of Well-Being, provides statistics and information on the elderly including the "population, economics, health status, health risks and behaviors, and healthcare." Visitors may download the entire report as a PDF file, or read various segments of it online or in PDF. 18 July 2001. ManagementReporting.com offers this utility for converting airport or city codes to airport or city names and vice versa. It also provides market data including the number of domestic markets served, the daily average number of passengers, the average price of a one-way fare, and the daily average number of miles flown. It retrieves additional data pertaining to other cities from the U.S. Department of Transportation for comparison. The Converter also provides airport status information supplied by the FAA's Air Traffic Control System Command Center. 28 September 2001. Revised 17 October 2003. The U.S. Census Bureau offers this portal for statistical information on United States demographics, including population, housing, economics and geography. Find statistics about employment, income and poverty, population and housing, housing occupancy, education, ancestry, language and more. Sources include the Decennial Census, the Economic Census, the American Community Survey and the Population Estimates Program. 3 April 2001. The Population Reference Bureau and demographers at the University of Michigan and the State University of New York at Albany maintain this collection of summaries of popular statistics. Find statistics on marriage and the family, education, poverty, migration, the elderly, fertility, labor, and more. Each summary highlights statistical data and provides definitions, charts, source information, and data downloads. 28 June 2002. Revised 18 November 2005. The Analysis Division of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration offers a single point of entry for several databases that provide transportation-related statistics, profiles and reports. The databases include SafeStat Online, Crash Profiles Online and Program Measures. Compare state and national statistical data. Recently, some data was removed temporarily from SafeStat Online because of concerns about accuracy. 6 December 2001. Published 8 times per year, the Federal Reserve Bank offers "anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its District through reports from Bank and Branch directors and interviews with key business contacts, economists, market experts, and other sources. The Beige Book summarizes this information by District and sector." 12 May 2003. The Bureau of Justice Statistics collects, analyzes, publishes and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. Its Web site offers statistics on crimes and victims, criminal offenders, drug crimes, trends in homicide, firearms in crime, crime trends, and more. 30 October 2000. Revised 24 March 2003. The Office of Postsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education offers this database of crime statistics for colleges and universities in the United States. Search by geographic region, state, city, institution name, type of institution or instructional program, or by number of students enrolled. However, many colleges do not report local crime statistics. 23 May 2002. The database contains ten years of data on Canadian consumer and business bankruptcies. 26 March 2003. Revised 18 April 2008. Canadian governmental agency, Industry Canada, offers the Canadian Importers Database. Search by product, city or country of origin to find 2001 statistical data as well as major importers and their company addresses. The product search feature enables queries using the harmonized schedule codes. Industry Canada obtains the 2001 data from the Canada Customs Revenue Agency (Revenue Canada). 22 December 2004. An independent, not-for-profit organization, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) works to improve the quality of health care in Canada. Its Web site offers full-text PDF copies of published research reports on health related issues as well as statistics. Free registration is required to obtain access to some of the information. 12 April 2004. The American Cancer Society publishes statistics about cancer incidents and mortality every year. This Web site contains data from 1997 to present on cancer incidence, mortality, survival and cancer risk factors. It provides annual estimates of expected new cancer cases and deaths. A special section covers cancer disparities by race or ethnicity and socioeconomic status. You can review popular tables individually, or display the entire document (PDF). The annual documents also contain additional related facts such as environmental cancer risks and nutrition and physical activity. 3 October 2002. This utility serves as a gateway to a wide variety of information available from the Centers for Disease Control. Find articles from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), prevention guidelines, mortality statistics, cancer statistics, and a variety of other public health data. 30 August 2001. This site currently offers access to data from the 2000 Census as well as a database of state and national profiles. The profiles provide summary data concerning general demographics and social, economic, or housing characteristics. 30 November 2001. The U.S. Census Bureau pulls together its statistical resources on businesses and industries. Find, for example, the current economic indicator, charts reporting sales in various industries, e-commerce statistics, County Business Patterns, Statistics of U.S. Businesses, foreign trade statistics, manufacturing, mining, and construction statistics, and more. 27 October 2004. Find select statistical research reports going back to 1980. Coverage includes Research Report Series and Study Series (August 2001 forward) as well as the Statistical Research Report Series, Working Papers in Survey Methodology, Ethnographic Exploratory Research Report Series and Ethnographic Evaluation of the 1990 Decennial Census Reports (pre-August 2001). The reports cover social and computing issues, and are available in abstract or full-text formats. 21 September 1999. The U.S. Census Bureau offers a resource derived from its CD-ROM product, Census Tract Street Index, Version 3. Enter a street address, county or state to obtain a demographic profile.
The Locator covers "over 74 million individual residential addresses and street information in most of the 3,143 counties or statistical equivalents in the United States." 14 August 2002. The Social Science Data Analysis Network at the University of Michigan offers this tool for investigating U.S. demographic trends. It provides metropolitan area, state, and county charts that reveal population growth, and population by age, race, or family structure. Other charts measure educational attainment and languages spoken. Maps show the age and race of the population and family structures. Rankings show population growth by state or county. 16 September 2002. A program of the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data provides a statistical database of information concerning all public elementary and secondary schools (approximately 95,000) and school districts (approximately 17,000). Use the pull-down menu under Data Resources to find various search options, including the ability to create your own table of statistical information. 11 December 2001. Revised 8 August 2003. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) offers information about Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) lending activity. The CRA "is intended to encourage depository institutions to help meet the credit needs of the communities in which they operate." Obtain statistics about small business or small farm loans or community development lending by county, metropolitan statistical area (MSA) or financial institution. Also find CRA ratings and reports. The site provides a search engine. 18 October 2005. Revised 11 August 2006. The National Center for Education Statistics provides a database for comparing public libraries. Using the most current data available from the Public Libraries Survey, the database lets you compare criteria, such as the number of degreed librarians on staff, operating revenue and expenditures, collection size, services and more. 24 May 2005. The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor provides several publications on compensation, safety and health and collective bargaining issues. Find tables and charts, as well as articles, surveys and studies. 17 July 2002. Developed and maintained by the Volpe Center for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Crash Profiles Online provides summaries of crash statistics concerning large trucks and buses involved in fatal and non-fatal accidents in the U.S. Data comes from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) Crash File. It includes statistics about drivers, vehicles, the environment, accidents, carriers, and locations. Discover, for example, that during 2000 almost 35% of passenger vehicle drivers involved in fatal accidents with trucks in Pennsylvania did not wear seat belts. 2 November 2005. The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) makes available information from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). The data for the survey comes "from a nationally representative sample of 42,000 households comprising nearly 76,000 persons on the frequency, characteristics and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States."
You may compare some of the results of this survey and the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports at this site.
You may compare some of the results of this survey and the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports at this site.
29 April 2002. Revised 11 August 2006. This National Center for Education Statistics publication covers a variety of subjects in the field of education statistics, including the number of schools and colleges, teachers, enrollments, and graduates, in addition to educational attainment, finances, federal funds for education, employment and income of graduates, libraries, and international education. Display sections of the Digest as Web pages, or download it in portable document format (PDF) 15 December 2003. Dow Jones Indexes makes available current information from some of its stock indicators, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average and leading Pan-European indexes. In addition to current data, visitors will find explanatory materials and some historical market data. Displaying some of the information requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader or Excel. Some special features include the ability to generate tables of information about corporate actions (name changes, stock splits) or historical indexes. 14 April 2000. The White House provides direct access to popular economic statistics including housing starts, manufacturing statistics, industrial production, the gross domestic product, personal savings, corporate profits, per capita income, poverty rate, unemployment, the CPI and PPI, interest rates and credit, and more. 5 September 2001. Revised 13 May 2005. ERSys.com (aka Earth Resource System) helps researchers find facts about specific U.S. cities and towns. To start, select a state, and then a municipality, from the drop down menu. Information provided includes basic city facts (population, county, school district, area codes, time zone, central zip code and U.S. Representative), current weather and links to local contacts. Following the link for the school district retrieves statistics for that particular district from the National Center for Education Statistics. You may also link directly to more information about the member of Congress. 6 December 2001. Find key figures on EU15 and Euro-zone, the Member States and their partners, summaries of statistical surveys, studies and analyses, news, research papers, and more. Some items at the site are for sale. 22 August 2005. The Federal Aviation Administration offers an index to statistical data and reports on accidents at airports or involving airplanes. The site provides access to preliminary as well as final data. Preliminary data is defined as "accident and incident data that has been received by the Office of Accident Investigation during the last 10 business days." 3 March 2005. Factster provides search and browse access to several editions of Statistical Abstract of the United States, the 2000 Census of the United States, and the 2003 edition of California Statistical Abstract. You can search by keyword and if desired, limit a query by a specific source and edition. Special features include a truncation thesaurus (Enter a truncated term to find keywords indexed by the search engine.) Usage notes: The button to activate a query from the advanced search page appears at the TOP of the page instead the usual bottom-right position. Matches appear with blue highlighting in an outline that shows the structure of the statistical tables. Check the box next to the blue highlighted entries you want to see. Then click the display button at the TOP of the page.
Also available at the site is a list of state and foreign country statistical abstracts and where to find them, a list of primary sources of statistical information for the United States, and a list of telephone and Web address contacts for federal agencies with major statistical programs. 26 May 2004. Revised 5 May 2008. A statistical database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAOSTAT covers topics such as production, trade, land use, population, fertilizer and pesticides, exports and more. To begin, select a broad category--agriculture, nutrition, fisheries, forestry or food quality control. Then choose one of the data collections. The next screen to appear contains options for the type of statistical data you desire. You can, for example, discover the number of live animal stocks (by type of animal) in specific countries or regions. 23 May 2005. The Social Security Administration offers this online publication for finding answers to questions about the programs SSA administers. It highlights basic program data for the Social Security (retirement, survivors, and disability) and Supplemental Security Income programs. Most of the data come from the Annual Statistical Supplement to the Social Security Bulletin. Information on the income of the aged is from the data series Income of the Population 55 or Older. 15 April 2003. The U.S. Census Bureau offers a quick and easy way to access economic and demographic data for the United States, states, counties and congressional districts. Data comes from the 2000 decennial census, the American Community Survey and the economic census. A special feature lets you enter a street address and zip code to find its congressional district. Also find direct access to various statistical sources, including State and County Quick Facts and Statistical Abstract of the United States. 14 February 2001. The National Center for Health Statistics offers a subject index to statistical information related to health issues. 16 December 1999. Revised 8 August 2003. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) offers databases containing information about individual banks and the banking industry. Find the status of insured depository institutions, their financial condition and their condition relative to other institutions. Specific databases include the Institution Directory, Call and Thrift Financial Reports, FDIC/OTS Summary of Deposits, Deposit Market Share Report, Trust Institutions Information, Bank and Thrift Rating Services for Consumers, Uniform Bank Performance Reports (UBPR), FDIC Enforcement Decisions and Orders, Final Orders from the Board of Directors, Merger Decisions, FDIC Failed Financial Institution Information and Reports of Changes to Financial Institutions and Offices. Also find applications for profiling the banking industry and analyzing national and regional trends, summaries of financial data and historical studies. 5 May 2000. Revised 29 April 2005. The Bureau of Justice Statistics offers this resource for obtaining "information about suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice system." Researchers may query the database in two different ways.
The first and easiest method entails finding an "easy query" that matches your question. For example, "How many criminal suspects did U.S. attorneys investigate, by major offense category? The answer lists the statistics for each category and explains how to conduct the research using the second method.
For the second method follow the "query/search" link and select the year you want to search. The select the appropriate database and variables. To display the results, click the "frequency" option.
27 October 2004. The Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis offers scanned images of select historical documents providing banking and economic statistics. Publications covered include Annual Statistical Digest, Banking and Monetary Statistics, Economic Indicators and others. You will also find historical statistical releases from the Bureau of Labor Statistics from 1985 to 2003. 30 August 2005. According to the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the number of tort trials concluded in U.S. district courts declined by nearly 80 percent - from 3,600 trials in 1985 to fewer than 800 trials in 2003. Approximately nine out of 10 tort trials involved personal injury issues - most frequently, product liability, motor vehicle (accident), marine and medical malpractice cases. The percentage of tort cases concluded by trial in U.S. district courts has also declined from 10 percent in the early 1970s to 2 percent in 2003. 14 April 2000. Seventy federal government agencies come together to provide statistics on everything from agriculture to weekly earnings. Although researchers may search the site, I have found that using simple queries often yields the best results. Moreover, if you know the agency likely to provide such statistics, I recommend limiting by agency.
I ran this query for statistics on the number of people who move every year: annual AND moving. It yielded 1,214 documents when performed on the entire database. The document I sought -- entitled Geographic Mobility -- ranked #78. When I limited the search to the Bureau of the Census, I retrieve 205 documents with Geographic Mobility ranking #12. 6 September 2005. The U.S. Census Bureau offers several publications for finding statistics on foreign trade. This Web page provides access to relevant press releases, exporter profiles, data on U.S. trade in goods (published jointly with the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis), and Federal Register notices and rule-makings. 1 September 2000. Economy.com, "provider of economic, financial, and industry research" for investors, offers this database of economic and financial statistics. Users must register to retrieve data, but more than 1 million data series are available for downloading, or display, free of charge.
Some of data includes the House Price Index, new non-residential construction, bankruptcies, imports, exports, consumer loans, bank balance sheets, interest rates, unemployment, and more.
3 March 2005. The Gender & Development Group (PREM Gender) of the World Bank provides this database on gender-specific statistics. Compiled from data sources that include national statistics, United Nations databases and World Bank-conducted or funded surveys, the database supplies profiles or specific data for countries around the world. It covers basic demographics, poverty issues, health, education, socio-economic issues and politics. Some parts of the database are incomplete as of this review. 25 April 2006. A project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, the site provides statistical data by country on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other key health and socio-economic indicators. You may browse data by topic or by country. The site enables downloading the data as tab-delimited text files for further analysis. It also enables printing or sending the data as an e-mail message. 11 December 2001. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council offers several reports on home mortgage lending and insurance (PMI) activities. Obtain statistics about conventional loans, refinancings, home improvement loans, and more by metropolitan statistical area (MSA) or financial institution. Also find a copy of Regulation C, which requires certain mortgage lenders to disclose data regarding HMDA reportable loans, as well as staff commentary. 12 November 2003. The Justice Research and Statistics Association, a national non-profit organization of state Statistical Analysis Center directors, researchers and practitioners, offers this free database of information on the activities and publications of the state Statistical Analysis Centers (SACs). Search by indexing terms (called keywords) or keyword in the publication title or description to find bibliographic citations, abstracts and contact information. Topics covered in the database include statistics on crimes against the elderly, substance abuse, domestic violence, homicide, misdemeanors, organized crime, school violence and more. 14 November 2001. Revised 9 January 2004. The United Nations offers a database that lets you compare statistical data for the Member States. Choose up to five countries to retrieve charts that provide an overview (population, population density, largest urban agglomeration, surface area), economic data (urban growth rate, gross domestic product (GDP), GDP per capita, tourist arrivals, growth of economic activity rate for adult female population), environmental data (energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions, water resources, cropland, precipitation, forested area, threatened species), health data (undernourished, infant mortality, population aged 0-14, fertility) and technological data (primary energy production, motor vehicles, telephone lines, Internet users, television receivers, newspaper circulation). Another useful feature is Country at a Glance, which provides statistical information and brief analyses for the Member States regarding the population, economy, environment, health and technology. There is also a Spanish-language equivalent. 16 September 2002. Revised 2 April 2004. Interpol publishes crime statistics in four languages for Interpol member countries. The major categories of crime include murder, sexual offenses, serious assault, theft, fraud, counterfeit currency and drug offenses. Obtain country specific reports in PDF. The statistics are updated as new information is provided by the countries. Reports are available in at least one of Interpol's four official languages--Arabic, English, French or Spanish. 2 October 2003. Looking for statistics about the growth and use of the Internet? This Weblog, by Marcus P. Zillman, author of eCurrent Awareness Resources 2003, provides links to resources on Internet demographics. 2 June 2005. Published annually by the Internal Revenue Service, the IRS Data Book contains statistical tables and organizational information covering fiscal year 2004 (1 October 2003 through 30 September 2004). The report provides data on collections, enforcement, assisting taxpayers, and management, as well as lists and a chart about the structure and administration of the IRS. Tables are grouped by category: returns filed, tax collections and refunds (Tables 1-9); examination coverage (Tables 10-15); delinquency and enforcement activity (Table 16); appeals (Table 17); criminal investigation (Table 18); employee plan and tax-exempt organization information (Tables 19-22); taxpayer assistance (Tables 23-24); information reporting (Table 25); taxpayer contact information (Table 26); penalties (Table 27); Chief Counsel activities (Tables 28-29); and administrative costs and personnel summaries (Tables 30-33). You may download the entire publication or any of the tables individually. 20 July 2007. Revised 24 July 2007. The National Center for State Courts (NCSC), publisher of the annual Survey of Judicial Salaries, makes available this Web site, which provides the latest data. You may rank judicial positions by the most current salary data available (but results appear in alphabetical order). You may search salary data by state or region and judicial position as well as the latest reporting period. The easiest way to display the most current data for an individual state is to use the "US Map Interface" feature. The site also provides brief information about how states set judicial salaries.
We encountered one technical issue with the site. When conducting a search, if the query yields no matches, the searcher sees a blank Web page with no explanatory text. Similarly, if you fail to select a required field (e.g., latest reporting period), you receive an ASP scripting error. 12 November 2003. The Justice Research and Statistics Association is a national non-profit organization of state Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) directors, researchers and practitioners. It provides information about the SACs, a database of statistical publications on crimes and criminal justice issues, reports and other publications, and more. The Web site also links to several project Web sites maintained by the Association. 30 August 2005. This Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (part of the U.S. Department of Justice) bulletin summarizes and analyzes the national and state juvenile arrest data presented in the FBI report, "Crime in the United States 2003." The juvenile violent crime arrest rate, which grew substantially during the late 1980s, and then peaked in 1994, has decreased for 9 consecutive years. In 2003, it was nearly half what it was during the peak year, 1994. This document is a PDF file. 26 July 2002. This International Labour Office (ILO) database contains labor statistics for over 200 countries or territories. Find annual or monthly statistics concerning employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, labor cost, occupational injuries, strikes, and more. 26 September 2002. Available via FedStats, MapStats provides state, county, federal judicial district, or congressional district profiles. Federal judicial district profiles provide crime-related statistics. State, county, and U.S. profiles provide demographic, social and business statistics.
Upon selecting a state or county, locate other available statistics by following the link labeled "browse more data sets." You'll find agricultural, health (state level only), labor (state level only), crime, education (state level only), and environmental statistics. 8 June 2000. Revised 24 March 2003. The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) acquires, processes and distributes criminal justice data. Search by keyword or pre-established subject terms to find descriptions of studies, reports and other data collections. Researchers may download the data subject to certain legal restrictions. 22 April 2008. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice and the President, the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) offers justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide. It offers reference and referral services on crime and justice-related questions, reports and other publications, a database (NCJRS Abstracts Database) with bibliographic information on criminal justice resources, and more. 29 May 2003. The U.S. Department of Justice and the Office of National Drug Control Policy offers this site, which provides news and information about criminal justice issues. Topics covered include corrections, the courts, drug crimes, juvenile justice, crime victims, statistics and more. Two databases enable searching for NCJRS publication abstracts or full-text. Publications are available free of charge. Select full-text print publications may be ordered. 26 April 2006. A service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, this clearinghouse provides encyclopedia-like information about diseases and conditions associated with diabetes, the digestive system or the kidneys. Essays often contain illustrations. It offers statistics, information about clinical trials and clinical practice guidelines, links to related associations, government agencies and databases, as well as Spanish translations of its publications. This is a good starting point for research pertaining to digestive disorders. 28 August 2001. The United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) offers this pilot site for NHS staff, which the public may also use. NHS is developing this health information portal in response to a national directive for a digital library for health care professionals and the public.
It organizes, and links to, many practical and authoritative information sources including a clinical guidelines database, guidance documents, numerous medical databases, and more. See, for example, the Anatomy database, which offers 3D anatomical pictures. Users can rotate the images and remove layers to expose underlying structures. 1 August 2001. This official United Kingdom statistics Web site enables searching or browsing for national statistics. Find statistics pertaining to health, crime, demographics, commerce, agriculture, the economy, tourism, and more. 15 January 2004. An Australian publishing company maintains this site, which lets visitors compare countries and generate graphs based on numerical data extracted from the CIA Factbook. Find and compare agricultural, crime, economic, energy, environment, health, labor, manufacturing and other statistics. Generate on-screen or printable graphs. Paying subscribers can also generate pie charts and animated scatterplots. Other features include country statistical profiles, which provide detailed statistics in a specific category. For example, a profile on crime reveals the number and ranking (compared to other countries in the region) of crimes acquitted, assaults, convictions, frauds, murders, rapes, etc. You can also see how your country ranks compared to the world. For example, the United States has the most reported car thefts overall, but Australia has the most reported car thefts per 1000 people. 22 April 2008. The National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) offers a database containing summaries of the more than 195,000 criminal justice, juvenile justice, and substance abuse resources housed in the NCJRS Library collection. Search by title, subject, author or other criteria to find bibliographic information and abstracts. You may download search results. A separate document explains how to obtain them. Many are available online in full text. 12 September 2000. What word appears more frequently than any other in the meta-tag keyword field? Answer: family. "Sex" ranks in tenth place. What percentage of domain names end in .com (comparing .edu, .gov, .net, .org, and .com)? Answer: 79% as of September 4th. What is the percentage of active Web sites (have content and are not down)? Answer: 46% as of August 8th. How many new domains are registered weekly? Answer: 380,000 as of June 27th.
If you seek a fact about the Internet, NetFactual.com may have it. It supplies statistics and other facts about domains, Web technology, and e-commerce. 24 March 2003. The National Water Information System (NWIS) by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) offers 100 years of historical and real-time water data. Create your own data tables in order to evaluate current water supplies or water quality. Coverage includes surface water, ground water and water quality. 3 June 2002. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes this handbook containing information about what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations. Search or browse it online. 23 May 2005. Office of Immigration Statistics of the Department of Homeland Security offers several documents containing statistics about non-immigrant, legal permanent residents, naturalized citizens and immigrants. For example, the Yearbook of Immigration Statistics provides immigration data for 2003 as well as some historical data. There is also a glossary of data standards and definitions. 22 December 2004. Developed by the March of Dimes Perinatal Data Center, PeriStats provides free access to maternal & infant health data in the United States. Obtain state statistical profiles on infant mortality and premature births or state statistics on birth issues such as multiple births, birth defects, smoking, alcohol and drugs and health insurance coverage. You can also create U.S. or individual state maps or graphs for specific maternal and infant health indicators. The site also offers an e-mail alerting service. 28 August 2001. The Population Reference Bureau offers this database containing health and demographic statistics worldwide. Query countries for all or specific health data. Also conduct queries for "more" or "less developed" countries. In the U.S., queries may be conducted for the entire country or specific states. Data comes from the 2001 World Population Data Sheet, The World's Youth 2000, 1998 Women of Our World, Breastfeeding Patterns in the Developing World, and the 2000 United States Population Data Sheet. 30 May 2002. The Department of Health and Human Services offers poverty guidelines from 1982 to present. Guidelines include Federal Register references or text. Also find additional information and references; for example, an explanation of the difference between poverty thresholds and poverty guidelines.
18 October 2005. The National Center for Education Statistics offers this database for comparing the finances of a school district with its peers. "Peer districts are districts which share similarities among these characteristics: total students; Student/Teacher Ratio; Percent Children in Poverty; District Type; and Locale Code." Data provided includes revenues, expenditures and district characteristics. 16 September 2002. The National Center for Education Statistics prepared this guide "to assist reporters who need information to put local education stories into national context." It offer information for news stories about math scores, reading scores, science scores, gap in achievement, school choice, teacher qualification, and starting college. The mini-guides point reporters to specific facts; e.g., "[M]ost teachers participate in [professional development] activity only 1–8 hours [per year]." 2 December 2004. The Department of Transportation (DOT) offers this Web site for consumers. It provides detailed safety information about passenger vehicles, including crash test data and rollover ratings, links to information on defects and recalls, and answers to frequently asked questions. Crash test date goes back to 1991 and rollover ratings start in 2001. This Web site contains summaries of the information, but also provide links to DOT databases for more detailed reports. 28 June 2002. Revised 18 November 2005. Developed and maintained by the Volpe Center for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, SafeStat Online provides a snapshot of a motor carrier's safety record. It covers motor carriers in the U.S. and its territories, Canada, Mexico, Central America and U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands). Search by carrier name or other criteria. Obtain information about the carrier. Information about its safety rating, accidents, moving violations and vehicle inspections has been temporary removed because of concerns about the accuracy of the data. 2 March 2004. Schoolbug.org offers information about public schools and school districts in the United States. Use the interactive map or text links to find schools in a particular county. Information provided includes the name of the school, school district, mailing address, phone number, grades covered, total number of students, student/teacher ratio, number of full-time staff and ethnic statistics. School district details include a district phone number, mailing address, total number of students and the number of schools. 9 May 2005. Sponsored by Standard & Poor's, this Web site provides educators, policymakers, business leaders, parents and taxpayers with an independent analysis of school and school district data. The site's goal is to empower this target audience with the information needed to implement more effective school reform policies. It provides basic information, as well as data and analysis on public schools in each state. For example, you will find the state agency contact information, statistics on public education in the state, including the number of students, schools and districts, spending per student, and performance on standardized tests. You will find analytical reports, community demographics and more. There is also a glossary of educational terms. This is a free public service Web site. 25 April 2006. The National Cancer Institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, makes available this annual report of the most recent cancer incidence, mortality, survival, prevalence in the United States as well as lifetime risk statistics. You may browse or search the report. Earlier versions of the report are available back to 1993. There is also a glossary of statistical terms, links to related material and fact sheets for the types of cancer covered in the report. 14 April 2000. The White House offers direct access to popular social statistics like property crimes, homicide rates, drug abuse violations, demographics, academic achievement rates, guns in schools, vital statistics, disease prevention statistics, and more. 29 April 2002. The Utilization of Criminal Justice Statistics Project and the University at Albany offer this online edition of the Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics. It covers the characteristics of the criminal justice systems, public attitudes toward crime, the nature and distribution of known offenses, the characteristics of persons arrested, judicial processing of defendants, and persons under correctional supervision. 3 June 2002. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes this classification system. Federal statistical agencies use it to classify workers into occupational categories for the purpose of collecting, calculating, or disseminating data. Browse the publication or search it by keyword. 2 October 2000. The U.S. Census Bureau offers this compilation of statistical information about states and counties. Sources include Population Estimates, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, County Business Patterns, 1997 Economic Census, Minority- and Women-Owned Business, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report, 1997 Census of Governments. Easily find, for example, the population of the United States. Compare it to the population of any state, or any county within a state. 7 April 2005. The National Center for Education Statistics provides information about state elementary, secondary and postsecondary education. Search by state to find state statistics and national averages. Statistics include the number of schools, students and teachers, pupil to teacher ratio, revenue and expenditures, and demographics. You may compare up to 4 states by holding the control key while selecting the states. 29 July 2002. Revised 2 June 2005. The U.S. Census Bureau offers a statistical report, which summarizes taxes collected by state in up to 25 tax categories. The tables present details on tax collections by type of tax imposed, and collected, by state governments. Years covered include 1992 to 2004. Select a year to start. You may compare states by downloading the "summary table spreadsheet." There is also a table ("ranking table") that ranks states by the amount of taxes collected. It's available in HTML format. 2 October 2002. The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation provides this Web site for finding and comparing state health-related statistics. Discover, for example, that Michigan ranks highest of all states in the percentage of employer contributions to health insurance plans. Broad statistical categories include health coverage, medicare, medicaid, health costs, women's health, minority health, and others. The site also offers state profiles. 24 May 2005. Developed by the Institute for Community Inclusion at the University of Massachusetts with the support of several federal government agencies, the Web site provides statistics and customized charts concerning disability related issues. The data comes from state mental health agencies, the Rehabilitation Services Administration, the Social Security Administration and the Department of Labor. You may obtain statistics in 2 major areas -- state trends and individual outcomes. A state comparison tool lets you compare statistics for up to 3 states. 20 February 2001. Find a new interface to this reference work. It provides a chart of hyperlinked tables, from the 1995 edition to present, for easy comparison. 14 April 2000. Revised 15 August 2003. The specialty site by University of Michigan Documents Center site indexes and briefly annotates electronic statistical information sources. Entries include the resource title, source or publisher, URL and description. The site covers a vast array of topics of social, economic, political and international interest. It recently began experimenting with a statistics database. 2 February 2006. The Bureau of Justice Statistics summarizes, and links to, publications that provide drug and crime facts. Find, for example, a survey of inmates' prior use and dependence on drugs and alcohol and a report on federal drug prosecutions. 15 April 2003. Please note that the Web address of this pilot project by the University of Michigan Library's Document Center may change. Find a database of resources offering information on statistics. Search the database by keyword in the title or description of the resource. The database also enables browsing by established categories. 31 January 2002. This site categorizes statistical resources and covers many topics, including health, education, consumer opinion, crime, and more. A search feature appears to query data beyond that which appears in the topical index. An attractive option suggests related categories within the index. Sometimes search results yield paid listings from Sprinks, which appear at the top. They carry the potentially troublesome label, Featured Link. 6 September 2005. The U.S. International Trade Commission provides information about the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) of the United States, which was enacted by Congress and made effective on January 1, 1989. The HTS replaces the former Tariff Schedules of the United States. Find the current Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated (PDF), an archive of annotations, a list of changes to the HTS, studies or proposed modifications to the HTS, a database of current tariffs, as well as links to Customs ports of entry and Customs rulings. 19 June 2006. Inc.com recently published its annual review of the best cities in the U.S. for doing business. Inc. studied 393 population centers across the nation, identifying job creation and other signs of business vitality. It found that locations on the periphery of the big cities are the real entrepreneurial hot spots -- where low costs and favorable regulatory environments make it possible to thrive. You may search or browse the rankings. In addition to the rankings, you will find related statistical data, articles and maps. 18 December 2007. The Progress & Freedom Foundation (PFF) released the 9th edition of The Digital Economy Factbook. Co-written by Stephen McGonegal, President of Independent Analysis, Inc., and PFF Research Associate Daniel B. Britton, the fact book contains statistics and other information on the digital economy. Its 7 chapters comprise the following topics: The Growth of the Internet, The Hardware Sector, The Communications Sector, Digital Media, Electronic Commerce, Threats to the Digital Economy, and The Worldwide Digital Economy.
According to PFF, "[t]his year's edition of the popular publication contains an expanded chapter on the worldwide digital economy. The section focuses on both global statistics and information from three important regions: Europe, China and India.... The data and statistics included in the book are the most up to date available in the years 2006 to 2007." 3 October 2002. TRAC Reports, a data research and distribution service associated with Syracuse University, provides information about the caseload and court activity of federal district court judges who served between 1986 and 2001. Find answers to questions like "What were the average sentences imposed by Judge X for various categories of offenses?" Learn how the numbers compare to sentences imposed for similar offenses by other judges in the same district or by judges nationwide.
The site offers similar reports on federal staffing. In development are sections covering federal prosecutors and federal administrators. 24 October 2002. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics created this site to help researchers find transportation-related statistics. It provides a searchable index of over 100 transportation-related databases covering many modes of transportation, a profile of each database, and more. I recommend beginning with the Getting Started link. It opens two useful directories -- By Mode and By Subject -- on the left-hand side of the page. Review the Data Source information to access the indexed databases. 8 January 2004. The Frank Russell Company provides access to U.S. equity indexes, including the Russell 1000 Indexes, Russell 2000 Indexes, Russell 2500 Indexes and Russell 3000 Indexes. The indexes offer current data and brief analyses as well as a listing of the top 10 holdings. You can also display details concerning the current daily total returns. Additional features include availability in PDF and information about the construction of the index and methodology. 22 September 2003. The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research provides its publications based on the research it conducts on health needs and health policy. Reports provide analysis and data and focus on 1) access to health care and insurance coverage, 2) health promotion and disease prevention, 3) management of chronic conditions and 4) public programs and the finance and systems of health care.
Researchers may browse major categories of research or connect to the California database, AskCHIS (requires free registration), to conduct additional research. You cannot search this database by keyword. Rather, browse pre-established categories to find research data. Data is often available in tables or pie charts. Find answers to questions like, What percent of people over age 50 are diagnosed with cancer for the first time? 1 September 2005. The Institute provides global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication. You will find reports (in PDF) as well as tables containing statistics compiled from UNESCO databases. The site also offers articles, manuals, fact sheets, newsletters and more. 2 November 2005. The FBI makes available statistics and reports from its Uniform Crime Reporting Program. The reports include Crime in the United States, which is compiled from data provided by nearly 17,000 law enforcement agencies. In addition to the annual statistical reports, you will find special studies and monographs as well as information about the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), UCR Frequently Asked Questions and UCR Incident Specific Questions. 2 February 2004. The Mann Library at Cornell University provides a single interface for searching reports and datasets from the economic agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The database is international in scope and covers topics like farm sector economics, field crops, food, land, water and conservation, livestock, dairy and poultry, trade issues and more. Search by keyword to find reports or datasets issued by the Economic Research Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service and World Agricultural Outlook Board. 23 June 2003. Compiled and maintained by the Library of Statistics Finland, WebStat consists of a database of information about sources of statistical information on the Web. Find statistical reports and other publications from countries around the world. Topics include agriculture, demography, energy, the environment, health care, housing and construction, industry, crime, labor, cost of living and more. Search the database by keyword, or browse entries by pre-established subject and country or region. 12 April 2004. The World Health Organization (WHO) provides mortality data supplied by Member States through this central database. Mortality data consists of the number of registered deaths for each country from the mid-1990s to the last reported date. Tables display the number of registered deaths by cause, sex and age. Separate tables display infant mortalities by cause, sex and age. 22 September 2003. The World Health Organization publishes this "guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization." Find information pertaining to diseases or conditions in the news, statistical resources, a mortality database, disease classification and more. You can search the guide by keyword. 15 December 2003. Wilshire Associates Incorporated offers current and historical data from several Wilshire Indexes. You can generate tables of daily total returns by Wilshire index (Broad market, Style, Target, Specialty, including Internet and Real Estate). Monthly tables are available for other select indexes (S & P, Dow Jones, NYSE, AMEX, NASDAQ). Values other than the U.S. dollar also can be displayed. The site enables downloading the data in spreadsheet (CSV) format. 15 January 2004. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) offers a database containing fatal and nonfatal injury data. Fatal injury reports present U.S. mortality data based on deaths and death rates by specific causes of injury. It also provides charts on leading causes of death and years of potential life lost (premature death). Nonfatal injury reports provide national estimates of nonfatal injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments. It also includes charts of leading causes of nonfatal injuries. By answering a series of questions, you can customize the reports to suit your needs. 27 February 2003. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) offers a database containing 1998 and 1999 statistics regarding non-fatal work-related accidents and illnesses. Discover, for example, that people under the age of 20 make up the group with the highest rate of injuries (1998). And that most body part injuries involve the finger (1999). NIOSH also provides access to various articles and other publications that cite such statistics (follow the "more" link). 27 September 2005. Find profiles of national education systems around the world. Provided by The International Bureau of Education of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), WDE provides basic demographic and education statistics as well as information about the country's general objectives of education, current educational priorities, education-related laws, administration and management of the education system and organization of the education system. You may search or browse the database. It is available in English, French and Spanish.
Technical note: If you browse the database by selecting the Table of Contents option, it automatically defaults to the French language. There does not appear to be an option to convert to English once you display the Table of Contents.
18 July 2001. A handy utility, ZipFind offers the city, state, population, county, area code, time zone, and occasionally the approximate square miles of an area when provided with a zip code. It also calculates an "as the crow flies" distance between two zip codes and provides the zip code(s) when a user enters a the name of a municipality.
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