Aging -- Statistical information on older persons from the U.S. Administration on Aging and the Census Bureau.

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics Data

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Catalog of Administrative Data Sources for Neighborhood Indicators (Urban Institute) -- Describes 42 administrative agency data sources useful for community indicators due to timeliness and focus on smaller areas. Describes the sources and "gives examples of the types of indicators that can be constructed from each." See statement for permissions about downloading and using the full pdf.

ChildStats.gov -- Includes America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being and the Nurturing Fatherhood report.

Education Statistics -- From the National Center for Education Statistics (includes Digest of Education Statistics).

Election Data 1984-1990: Record of American Democracy (ROAD) -- Data includes election returns, socioeconomic summaries, and demographic measures of the American public at unusually low levels of geographic aggregation (SPSS, or SAS packages need to be used).

FEDSTATS interagency statistical information -- Subject, agency, and program access to statistics from more than 70 federal agencies.

FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research) -- Contains links to scanned images (PDF format) of historic/economic statistical publications, releases, and documents including the annual Economic Report of the President. Coverage starts with the 19th and early 20th century for some economic and banking reports. Includes a link to Allan Meltzer’s A History of the Federal Reserve Volume 1: 1913-1951.

FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data)
Contains over 13,000 U.S. economic times series organized into 13 categories some of which include "vintage" data. Also includes regional and county-level data. Download data in Microsoft Excel and text formats. View charts of data series.

GeoFRED
Federal Reserve data-mapping tool that displays color-coded unemployment, labor force and population data on the state, MSA, and county levels. Select among 12,000 data series with the ability to customize printable maps according to size, scope, and detail.

Historical Statistics of the United States -- Topics ranging from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America are each placed in historical context by a recognized expert in the field. The fully searchable and downloadable electronic edition will permit users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets reflecting their own particular areas of interest.

Houston Area Survey 1982-Present -- Findings from systematic annual interviews with representative samples of Houston-area adults. Directed by the Department of Sociology at Rice University with support from Houston-area organizations.

Immigration Statistics (Department of Homeland Security). Also see Monthly Statistical Reports on Applications for Immigration Benefits and N-400 Naturalization Benefits (U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services).

Internet Crossroads in the Social Sciences-- From the University of Wisconsin containing government and non-governmental data.

LexisNexis Statistical -- Provides indexing and abstracts for a wide range of statistical sources from U.S. federal, U.S. state, and international/non-governmental organization publications. Corresponds to the print indexes American Statistics Index, Index to International Statistics, and Statistical Reference Index. Accessible to the Rice community or at the Library only.

Monthly Labor Review Online -- This online publication supplements, but does not exactly duplicate, the print publication. Issued in pdf format with indexing back to 1989.

NAEP, the National Assessment of Educational Progress: the Nation's Report Card -- National Center for Education Statistics site that also includes special reports for targeted populations.

Occupational Employment Statistics

Social Statistics Briefing Room -- Current Federal social statistics from the White House, including crime, demography, education, and health.

STAT-USA -- U.S. Department of Commerce collection of business, economic, and trade databases that includes information from over 40 government agencies. Archived economic information including America's Top 50 Releases is available through its State of the Nation Archive.  Also includes U.S. travel and tourism (arrivals/departures) statistics, primary market transactions, and a monthly  U.S. Treasury yield chart based on CMT (Constant Maturity Treasury) rates. ( Accessible to the Rice community or at the Library only.)

State of Preschool (year): State Preschool Yearbook -- From the National Institute of Early Education Research sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.  Annual downloadable statistics from all but the 12 states that do not have state preschool programs.

Statistical Abstract of the United States -- Known as "the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States." Includes data from the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and other Federal agencies and private organizations. Includes State Abstracts.

Statistics (GPO Pathway Services Browse Topic)

Texas State Data Center and Office of the State Demographer -- A focal point for the distribution of Census information for Texas.

Uniform Crime Reports from the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Uniform Crime Reports, County Level (through the University of Virginia)

Union Reports and Collective Bargaining Agreement: Online Public Disclosure Room -- View and print union annual financial reports and reports filed by unions, union officers and employees, employers, and labor relations consultants for the year 2000 onward. Also contains links to order reports for 1999 and earlier.

U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Life Tables -- Death rate data by age, sex and race from the National Center for Health Statistics.

University of Minnesota's Government Publications Statistics resource -- a comprehensive resource by topic to statistical information.

ZIP Code level data (from California State University)

International Statistical Resources

Bureau of Economic Analysis International Accounts Data -- International investment information from the U.S. government in tabular format; generally covers information from 1994 forward.

European Communities' Statistical Office --This office uses uniform rules to collect all statistical data from the National Statistical Institutes of each of the 15 Member States of the European Union. It then consolidates and harmonizes the information, making it available to be used either globally or comparatively.

Foreign Trade Statistics (U.S. Census Bureau) -- Includes:

• Trade Highlights,
• Country and Product Trade Data,
• State Export Data
• Historical Series -- trade balances back to 1960.
• Help for finding trade data.

Global Statistics (United Nations) --Statistics from the UN, its various divisions, programmes, related organizations, and co-operating inter-governmental organizations.

Handbook of International Economic Statistics (pdf) -- Map, chart and table presentations of international economic statistics. Check library catalog for new editions.

National Statistics by Country --National publications and statistical yearbooks, current statistics, and internet sites listed alphabetically by name of country.

OECD Statistics -- Comprehensive statistics site from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Statistics Canada -- Statistics Canada is a national statistical agency with programs organized by demographic and social, socio-economic, and economic areas. Provides access to statistical websites of other countries under "Links to Other Sites," then "Other Statistical Web Sites."

TradeStats Express (International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce) -- Includes both National Trade Data (U.S. merchandise exports, imports, trade balances) and State Export Data (state and regional exports of merchandise).