Green River LibGuides: Research Guide: Statistics: Statistics About the U.S.

U.S. Stats in Books

The Who, What, and Where of America: understanding the American Community Survey

Reference Collection 317.3 W628 2010

The Who, What, and Where of America provides invaluable research aids for helping researchers understand what the census long form data tell us about who we are, what we do, and where we live.

Statistical Abstract of the United States, 2016

Reference Collection--in-library use only; Some pre-2013 editions are available online (link above).

Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the Present

5 volumes
Reference Collection--in-library use only; 1975 edition available online (link above to 1975 ed.)

National Statistics

Locating U.S. statistics online

Linked below are a list of websites where you can locate statistics on various topics.

U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Census data reflects the demographic make-up of the U.S., with figures on family size and structure, income, health insurance coverage, and much, much more.
U.S. Census Data
Search census data limiting by topic, geography, years and codes (replaces American FactFinder)
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The Census Bureau stopped releasing new data in American FactFinder (AFF) at the end of June 2019 and transitioned to data.census.gov for data releases formerly on AFF. AFF will remain as an archive system for data and functionality that are not yet available in data.census.gov until March 31, 2020. After March 31, 2020, our American FactFinder will be decommissioned and no longer available.
U.S. Census Bureau: Statistical Abstracts Series
Holman Library has print versions.
USA.gov: Data & Statistics
From the federal government. All sorts of statistics about Americans, from population to economics to energy.
USA.gov
Federal web portal to national and state level agencies and information. Use USA.gov to look up statistics, reports, laws & legislation, and more.
Congressional Research Service - Reports from U. of North Texas
The Congressional Research Service provides detailed information to Congress on a wide range of issues, most of them packed with statistics. No web site has all of them, but UNT collects a good number of them.
Social Explorer (free edition)
Use the Maps function to track demographic and other data visually on the United States map.
Data.gov Access open data sets on a variety of topics from the US Executive Office.

Overwhelmed by the Census? Try the Census Survey Explorer:

U.S. Census Bureau - Census Survey Explorer
CSE is an innovative tool designed to cut research time and frustration by listing surveys by geography, frequency, topic and subtopic.

Other State Statistics

U.S. Census Bureau: Interactive Maps
View population, business and geography statistics of of states, counties, cities, congressional districts, or Federal judicial districts.
U.S. Census Bureau: Quick Facts
Snapshot of demographic, economic and housing statistics for all 50 states and for individual cities. The site also generates maps of the statistical data.
City Data
Stats about American cities: residents (race, income, ancestries, education, employment...), geographical data, state profiles, crime data, cost of living...etc. Careful - this site does not always list the sources of its data.

Washington State Statistics

Washington State - Research and Data
Statistics for Washington State: Criminal justice, economy, education, stats by county...etc.
U.S. Census Bureau: Quick Facts - Washington
Snapshot of demographic, economic and housing statistics for Washington state. Search box in upper right hand corner for city and county data.
Puget Sound Regional Council Data
Data is available on a wide variety of demographic information, in spreadsheet formats, on race, income, housing, building permits, employment, transportation, etc. plus links to labor force, per capita income, population and regional consumer price index information.
FDIC State Profiles: Washington
Select economic and financial indicators, from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
King County Data and Reports
Performance, Strategy and Budget (PSB) reports and analysis
Washington State Department of Health: Data and Statistical Reports