Government Publications & Information: Statistics by Subject
Population, housing, social indicators, etc. by county, city, MSA, zip code, census district, etc.
Criminal Justice Statistics
- Uniform Crime ReportsIncludes annual statistical reports:
Crime in the United States
Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted
Hate Crime Statistics
National Incident-Based Reporting System
GALILEO resources
If you're off-campus, log into GALILEO with your email username & password, and select databases from the Database A-Z tab. Policy Map isn't yet in GALILEO. The USG has a trial subscription for Fall Semester 2013.
- Statistical Abstract of the United StatesThousands of tables of U.S. statistics from many government agencies. Historical data included for some tables.
Nursing & Health
Business/Finance Statistics
- Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)database consisting of more than 148,000 economic data time series from 59 national, international, public, and private sources
- Data.census.gov aka Explore census dataData about employment, income, international trade as well as population, housing, education, etc.
- Economic CensusIncludes Manufactures; Mineral Industries; Business; Retail Trade; Wholesale Trade; Service Industries; Transportation; Transportation, Communications, and Utilities; Construction Industries; Outlying Areas; Commercial Fisheries; Financial, Insurance, and Real Estate Industries; Minority-Owned businesses;
Women-Owned Businesses - govinfoOfficial publications from all 3 branches of government
- Business Dynamics Statisticsincludes measures of establishment openings and closings, firm startups, job creation and destruction by firm size, age, and industrial sector, and several other statistics on business dynamics
Social Work
- Easy Access to NIBRS: Victims of Domestic Violence state-level data on victims of domestic violence from the FBI. The database includes the characteristics of domestic violence victims, demographic information of the victim (age, sex, and race), victim injury, and the victim-offender relationship
Sciences
Tips for finding government statistics
1 Search your topic in GIL and maybe add words like "statistics" or "trends" or "report". Once you've found documents by an agency or two that collects statistics on your topic, go to their websites for the newest statistics.
At an agency website, you may need to click on Publications, Reports, Resources, or Library.
2 Statistical Abstract of the United States (in GALILEO) has statistics from many government agencies on almost every topic.
3 Google your topic and limit to site:gov
4 Search the Catalog of Government Publications. The CGP links to online documents.
5 Congressional Hearings are excellent sources for statistics and for expert testimony. Hearings contain research from subject specialists at the Library of Congress and testimony from relevant experts. Electronic versions of hearings are available in the CGP and GPO's FDsys. Some hearings are in GIL and the GIL Universal Catalog.
6 Try Zanran Numerical Data Search - Zanran helps you to find numerical data in graphs and tables and charts on the Internet.
Military
- Population Representation in the Military ServiceAge, race, gender, education, geography, marital status, income, occupation... for active and reserve components
- Defense Casualty Awareness SystemU.S. casualty data from 1775 to the present. updated daily.