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Statistics

Databases

Web Sites

Business & Economy

• BEA's Economic Accounts - National and regional GDP, trade and industry data
• County Business Patterns - Charts the economic activity of U.S. counties, including labor market and employment.

Children

• ChildStats.gov - Health, education, economic, and social statistics, including language and family, national and international.
• Kids Count - National, state, and regional statistics to measure the well-being of children

Crime

• Bureau of Justice Statistics - Crime and victims, offenders, prosecution, law enforcement, sentencing, and more.

Education

• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) - Enrollment, school districts, school safety, school completion, and projections.

Health

• National Center for Health Statistics - Data topics include aging, births, deaths, disease, health care, health insurance and more.
• StateHealthFacts.org - Health insurance, hospital use, health status reports

Historical

• Historical Census Browser - Covers the historical census volumes for 1790-1960. Includes information on population, education, ethnicity, economy,agriculture, and slaves.

Kansas

• IPSR Kansas Data from the Institute for Policy & Social Research at KU, it provides state, county, and city level data.
  • Kansas Statistical Abstract Enhanced Online Edition - Broad coverage of Kansas facts and figures
• Kansas Vital Statistics - Deaths, births, marriages, divorces, abortion
• State Data Center: Business and Economic Data - The State Library of Kansas has created a State Data Center which gives an economic overview of Kansas industry, employment, wages and more.

United States

• American Fact Finder - Excellent source for population, economic, employment, industry, and housing,data. Sponsored by the U. S. Census Bureau.
• FedStats - Directory of statistics collected by over 100 federal agencies and bureaus.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States - Comprehensive statistics covering most topics
• Statistical Resources on the Web - Comprehensive site for statistics developed and updated by the University of Michigan Documents Center. Covers everything from abortion to elections to wildlife.
• U.S. Census Bureau - Population, households, business, industry, geography, and census news

World

• FAOSTAT - World food and agriculture statistics
• (IDB) (United States Census Bureau) - Social and demographic statistics for 227 countries
• Nationmaster - Country statistics gathered from numerous authoritative sources. Provides comparisons between countries.
• Population Reference Bureau - Over 120 population, health, and environment variables are given for 220countries
• United Nations Demographic and Social Statistics - Demographics, population, vital statistics, health, family, learning, and more for the countries of the world.
• United Nations International Statistical Agencies - Provides links to each country's statistics office or agency

Selected Sources in the Axe Library

• Datapedia of the United States, 1790-2005: America year by year (Axe or NetLibrary E-Book)
• Historical statistics of the United States: earliest times to the present
• Historical statistics of the United States colonial times to 1970
• Statistical Abstract of the United States