Statistics/Government

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Bureau of Labor Statistics Statistics and information from the BLS.
County and City Data Books Find out statistical data about a county or state choosing from various tabular data.
Country Commercial Guides These reports present a comprehensive look at countries' commercial environments, using economic, political and market analysis. Country Commercial Guides are prepared annually by U.S. embassies with the assistance of other U.S. government agencies.
FAOSTAT FAOSTAT is an expansive database covering international statistics in the following areas: Production, Trade, Food Balance Sheets, Food Aid Shipments, Fertilizer, Pesticides, Land Use, Irrigation, Forest Products, Fishery Products, Population, and Agricultural Machinery.
FedStats A meta search to over 70 different government agencies which put out statistics of interest to the general public.
GPO Access Database Search Access many Government Printing Office documents from this site including the Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Government Manual, GAO Reports, and Congressional Bills, Documents, and Reports.
Handbook of International Economic Statistics The CIA produced Handbook provides basic worldwide statistics for comparing the economic performance of major countries and regions.
MMWR Access the current CDC produced Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report or search for a past issue using a topic search.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data The NACJD "provides access to computer readable criminal justice data collections for research and instruction. The NACJD website provides downloadable access to over 550 criminal justice data collections."
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) The purpose of the NCES is to collect and report statistics and information showing the condition and progress of education in the United States.   Access an alphabetical listing of NCES publications as well as special reports such as The Condition of Education, 1999 and Projections of Education Statistics to 2009 and other indicator reports and statistical compendia.
National Center For Health Statistics This site is to provide users access to the health information that NCHS produces. Users can browse the publications and statistical tables,download selected public-use data files, conduct on-line database queries and searches in Wonder, track progress toward Healthy People 2000 Objectives, or access FASTATS from A-Z.
National Election Studies "The mission of the National Election Studies (NES) is to produce high quality data on voting, public opinion, and political participation that serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, and policy makers concerned with understanding the theoretical and empirical foundations of mass politics in a democratic society."
Population Index Population Index is the primary reference tool to the world's population literature. It presents an annotated bibliography of recently published books, journal articles, working papers, and other material.
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, produced by the Bureau of Justice Statistics brings together data about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States. Available at this site are over 600 tables and 4 figures from more than 100 sources.
Statistical Resources on the Web Site maintained by the University of Michigan designed to be a guide to the vast amounts of statistical information on the Web.  Set up into categories such as Agriculture, Demographics, Labor, Foreign Economics, Transportation, etc.
The United States Agency for International Development The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is an independent agency that provides economic, development and humanitarian assistance around the world in support of the foreign policy goals of the United States. (USAID) presents  the largest online resource for International Development reports.
United States Historical Census Browser Search historical census data for the United States between 1790 and 1970.
United States House of Representatives Find representative information or committee information from the home page of the U.S. House of Representatives.
United States Senate Track current legislation, find information on current Senators, or find out about the Senate's history.
U.S. Census Bureau Access all the statistical data available from the Census Bureau from here.
The White House Official White House page gives you the opportunity to find out more about the first family, White House initiatives, use an interactive Citizens' Handbook, and retrieve key White House documents.
WHO Statistical Information System "Health and health-related statistical information from the World Health Organization."  Very useful resources for world health statistics.

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