Databases and E-Resources at the Library of Congress

Statistics (numeric data)


Advance Monthly Sales for Retail and Food Services
Provides an early indication of sales by retail companies compiled by the Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce.

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AIER Cost-of-Living Calculator
The calculator uses the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to compare dollar values from one year to another.

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Bank for International Settlements Financial Statistics
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS - established in 1930 under the Hague Agreements) provides central banks and other financial authorities with finance statistics to promote greater monetary and financial stability.

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Bibliography of Data Related Literature
A searchable database that contains over 40,000 citations of published and unpublished works resulting from analyses of data held in the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) archive.

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Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bureau of Economic Analysis, an agency of the Department of Commerce, provides estimates for national, international, regional and industry aspects of the United States economy.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Federal government statistics on inflation & consumer spending; wages, earnings, & benefits; productivity; employment & unemployment, and occupations.

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CenStats Databases
The Census Bureau's CenStats provides access to several databases of demographic and economic information.

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Census Bureau Data
Demographic statistics collected by the United States Department of Commerce.

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ClickZ
ClickZ provides users with statistics and Web marketing information.

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CountrySTAT
Country FAOSTAT provides statistical data on food and agriculture for countries.

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EconData.Net Guide to Regional Economic Data on the Web
Contains links to individual economic data sources, sorted into ten subject categories.

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Economagic.com : Economic Time Series Page
A comprehensive site of free, easily available economic time series data (primarily US) useful for economic research.

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Economic Indicators.gov
Provides timely access to the daily releases of key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Census Bureau.

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Eurostat
Provides access to statistical information on the European Union, the EU Member States, the euro-zone and other countries.

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FAOSTAT
Provides access to over 3 million time-series and cross sectional data relating to food and agriculture.

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Fast Facts for Congress
Provides highlights from Census Bureau sources of economic and demographic data for the United States, states, counties, and congressional districts.

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Federal Election System
Provides links to: Campaign Finance Reports and Elections and Voting data; including information about the electoral college, the administrative structure of US elections and voter registration and turnout statistics.

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Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research
FRASER is a searchable electronic archive of economic statistical publications and data.

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FedStats
Gateway to statistics from over 100 United States Federal agencies.

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Health, United States
A compilation of more than 150 health tables prepared by CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics.

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Historical Census Browser
Data describing the population and economy of US states and counties from 1790 to 1960.

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Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
A compendium of statistics from over 1,000 sources containing over 37,000 data series and covering the social, economic, and political life of the United States.

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Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970
Contains annual, time-series data with national coverage on almost any aspect of United States economics, population or infrastructure since the government began recording statistics.

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Ingenta ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides citations, brief abstracts, tables of contents, and some full text to articles in over 28,000 publications.

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International Data Base : World Statistics
The IDB provides quick access to demographic and socio-economic statistics for 227 countries.

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Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology
Search engine covering the physical sciences, engineering, computing, geography, mathematics and environmental science.

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IQSS Dataverse Network
Gateway to social science research data collections.

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LexisNexis Statistical ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides statistical data from United States government publications from 1973, state and private sources from 1980, and international organizations from 1983.

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Local Employment Dynamics
The Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) compiled by the Census Bureau measure the performance of the local economy - where jobs are, for what kind of workers, how much workers can expect to make and employers expect to pay them.

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National Center for Education Statistics
Includes access to the full text of educational statistics, including the Condition of Education, Education Statistics Quarterly, Digest of Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics, and other NCES Reports .

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National Center for Health Statistics
A broad range of United States health statistics documenting the health status of the population and of important subgroups.

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Nationmaster
Allows users to compare economic, population, communication, military, transportation and other statistics, using data from the CIA World Fact Book.

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Official Statistics on the Web - OFFSTATS
Browse by country, region or topic for statistics from official sources found on the web.

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Polling the Nations ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Compilation of the full-text of the questions and responses from over 12,000 national, state, and local surveys conducted by 700 polling organizations in the United State and more than 70 other countries.

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POPLINE
Bibliographic database on population, family planning, and related health issues.

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Population Database
The United Nations Population Division database allows one to calculate and display past (back to 1950) and future (up to 2050) population statistics for all major regions of the world, the entire planet, and many specific countries.

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Population Reference Bureau DataFinder
Contains data on 95 demographic variables for more than 220 countries, 28 world regions and sub-regions, the world as a whole, the United States as a whole, and the US states.

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Producer Price Index
PPI is a family of indexes from the Department of Labor that measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers of goods and services.

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Russian and CIS Statistical Publications ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Covers Russian and English language publications, reports and data sets from State Committee of the Russian Federation on Statistics and the Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

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Social Science Data Archives
Collection of Web sites and databases for the social sciences covering Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, Oceania, North America, the Caribbean, South America, and Central America.

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SourceOECD ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains the full text of all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) studies and reports from both serial and monographic publications, as well as time series databases.

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STAT-USA ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Economic, business, and international trade information database produced by the Economics and Statistics Administration, US Department of Commerce.

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Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
Comprehensive collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States.

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Statistical Warehouse ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Provides statistical data for a range of demographic, social and scientific areas (formerly titled Regional Onesource ).

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UK Data Archive
The UK Data Archive is curator of the largest collection of digital data in the social sciences and humanities in the UK.

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UN Comtrade ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
The United Nations Commodity Statistics Trade Database provides data for over 140 reporting countries, in some cases, spanning the last 40 years.

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UNdata
Search a variety of UN statistical resources covering a range of subject areas.

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UrbanInfo Database
Contains comprehensive national statistics on urban development collected for the United Nations Human Settlements Programme.

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USA Counties
Files include all of the data published for counties in the latest editions of the State and Metropolitan Area Data Book and the County and City Data Book.

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Value of Construction Put in Place
United States national data (monthly and annual) showing value of all public and private construction, by type -- residential, industrial, office, commercial, religious, educational, institutional, infrastructure, and source -- private, public, state & local, and federal.

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Voting and Registration (U.S. Census Bureau Data)
Contains information on reported voting and registration by various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics for the United States.

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WHO Statistical Information System
WHOSIS is a guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization.

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WISQARS
The Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System for the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control databases provide injury-related mortality data useful for research and for making informed public health decisions.

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World Almanacs ON-SITE ACCESS ONLY
Contains biographical information and provides facts and statistics covering arts and entertainment, science and technology, sports, cities, states and territories, historical anniversaries, national defense, and nations of the world.

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World Fact Book
CIA World Fact Book is arranged by country providing information on the following: geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.

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Yearbook of Immigration Statistics
Provides information, in the form of text, tables, and charts, about the various types of foreign nationals who are inspected, naturalized, apprehended, or removed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

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