Statistics Subject Guide: General Resources

Databases & e-resources we subscribe to that are primarily statistics:

Stat USA
A service of the U.S. Department of Commerce this database is the site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government.

Statistical Universe

A Lexis-Nexis group database for searching U.S. government statistical sources, state governments and privately published statistical sources or international intergovernmental statistical sources. It includes statistical tables, LexisNexis, American statistics Index (from 1973) and table by LexisNexis, Academic & Library Solutions indexers.

American Fact Finder : From the United States Census Bureau, this site is an excellent gateway for accessing the 2000 U.S. Census Summary File. It is one of the best sources for obtaining local census data by either block or track.

U.S. Census Bureau homepage
Gateway to the many information resources from the Census Bureau.

QuickFacts (U.S. Census Bureau)

From the U.S. Census Bureau. Facts about people, business, and geography based on the last census. Both state and national statistics are available.

American Community Survey
Provides annual data covering a wide range of social, economic and housing characteristics for the population by a multitude of demographic variables. The data are available for more than 7,000 areas, including all congressional districts as well as counties, cities, metro areas and American Indian and Alaska Native areas of 65,000 population or more.

Comprehensive Web Guide:

University of Michigan's Statistical Resources on the Web
A comprehensive web guide compiled by the University of Michigan. A great resource for discovering a wealth of different statistics sites.