General | Agriculture & Nutrition | Crime & Law Enforcement | Demographics | Economics | Education | Energy | Health & Social Conditions | Immigration | Labor | Transportation
General Sites (containing statistics on many topics)
- American FactFinder (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Use this site to view, print, and download statistics about population, housing, industry, and business.
- CenStats (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Selected Census Bureau databases are provided, including: Census Tract Street Locator, USA Counties, County Business Patterns, Detailed Occupation by Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex, Building Permits, and selected international trade data.
- FedStats
- This site gathers access to statistics "of interest to the public" from more than 70 federal (U.S.) government agencies. It is possible to perform keyword searches for some of the agencies' statistics.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States, current edition in print at 2nd-floor Reference Desk | Statistical Abstract of the United States, historical data 1878-2012--may be incomplete (U.S. Census Bureau)
- This publication is no longer published by the government. ProQuest, a private publisher, has continued to collect government data and publish it as the ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States. Andersen Library does not subscribe to it online, but other libraries might. The annual print volumes are available in Andersen Library, with the most recent at the 2nd-floor Reference Desk.
- State and Metropolitan Area Data Book (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Wisconsin Blue Book (WI Legislative Reference Bureau)
- Biennial editions, 1853-current, available online and print copies also available in Andersen Library with the most recent at the 2nd-floor Reference Desk. Check the table of contents to find the section "Statistical Information on Wisconsin."
- WisStat(University of Wisconsin-Extension and WI Dept. of Administration)
- Create data tables for selected geographic areas in Wisconsin and selected topics, such as crime, health, housing, education, or population.
- Statistical Resources...Foreign Government Data Sources (University of Michigan)
- Canada:
Agriculture & Nutrition
- AgNIC (Agriculture Network Information Center)
- This guide to quality agricultural information on the Internet (selected by the National Agricultural Library, land-grant universities, and other institutions) can be searched for keywords or browsed by subjects.
- Agricultural Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, since 1994)
- Census of Agriculture (U.S. Census Bureau)
- U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
- U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's Economics, Statistics and Market Information System (ESMIS) (in cooperation with Cornell University)
- Status of Wisconsin Agriculture (annual from the University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Wisconsin Agricultural Statistics 2006(WI Agricultural Statistics Service)
- Other WASS statistical data online provide data on topics such as county-level commodity estimates, crop weather, crop acreage and production, livestock inventory, agricultural land sales, milk production and price, farm numbers, etc.
- FAOSTAT Statistical Databases (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
Crime & Law Enforcement
Demographics
Economics
- Annual Survey of Manufacturers (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Bureau of Economic Analysis (U.S. Dept. of Commerce)
- Consumer Expenditure Survey (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor)
- Consumer Price Indexes (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor)
- Economic Census (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Federal Reserve Board of Governors
- Access the "Beige Book" for economic conditions by Federal Reserve District, published eight times per year. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis provides FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data), a database of more than 1000 time series of economic and monetary data such as the consumer price index and balance of payments.
- Import/Export Price Indexes (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor)
- Producer Price Indexes (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Labor)
- Regional Economic Accounts(Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Dept. of Commerce)
- State and local personal income, and gross state product data.
- White House Economic Statistics Briefing Room
- This site provides statistics on national productivity, income, employment, money, securities, prices, transportation, etc.
Education
- Changing America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin (Council of Economic Advsisers)
- National Center for Education Statistics(NCES)
- The Tables & Figures Search option allows searching for data from several NCES statistical publications at once, including: Digest of Education Statistics, Condition of Education, Youth Indicators, and Projections of Education Statistics.
The Survey and Program Areas option provides downloadable data from a variety of NCES surveys, including: Common Core of Data, Schools and Staffing Survey, National Household Education Survey, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Recent College Graduates, High School and Beyond, National Assessments of Adult Literacy, library surveys and more. Also search the data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress here, using the NAEP Data Explorer, which provides national and state results in 8 subject areas, including mathematics, reading, writing, and science for the nation and participating states and other jurisdictions since 1990, and for selected urban districts (on a trial basis) since 2002.
- Publications & Data(National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Studies)
- Includes access to Science and Engineering Indicators.
- School District Demographics (National Center for Education Statistics)
- White House Social Statistics Briefing Room
- Data (Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction)
- Statistical reports on truancy, dropouts, and graduates in addition to the full-text School Performance Reports (since 1993/1994) are available.
- Statistics(UNESCO)
- Available from this site: Database, UNESCO Statistical Yearbook, and selected World Education Indicators from the published World Education Report.
Energy
Health & Social Conditions
- CDC WONDER (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Changing America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin (Council of Economic Advsisers)
- Publications(U.S. Social Security Administration)
- Other reports available at the agency website include the Fast Facts & Figures About Social Security (editions since 2000 available), and on the Office of Policy webpage, many statistical reports such as SSI Annual Statistical Report and SSI Recipients by State and County.
- FASTATS A to Z(National Center for Health Statistics)
- Among the material made available are two full-text publications: National Vital Statistics Reports (previously titled Monthly Vital Statistics Reports), which contains statistics on births, marriages, divorces, and deaths in states and the U.S., and Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics, which provides early releases of data from NCHS's demographic and health surveys (the focus varies with each issue, such as characteristics of nursing home residents or smoking behaviors of recent mothers).
- Data and Statistics (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of Well-Being (Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics)
- Social Statistics Briefing Room (White House)
- Health Statistics(Bureau of Health Information, Wisconsin Dept. of Health & Family Services)
- Local and state-level health statistics, on topics such as cancer, mortality, long-term care, etc. are available here, as well as WITHIN (Wisconsin Inquiry Tool for Healthcare INformation).
- WHOSIS(World Health Organization Statistical Information System)
- This site also provides access to resources including the Weekly Epidemiological Record and World Health Report.
Immigration
Labor
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Considerable data is available here, including among other things: Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, National Compensation Survey, and Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities.
- Changing America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin (Council of Economic Advsisers)
- Office of Economic Advisors - OEA Products(Wisconsin Dept. of Workforce Development)
- This site provides a variety of employment and unemployment data for Wisconsin, both current and historical. The Office interprets labor force data and focuses on issues and trends influencing employment growth in Wisconsin. Among the datasets: Economic Indicators, Per Capita Personal Income, Employment by Industry , 100 Employers by County and Workforce Development Area (select "employer information" on the sidebar), and the annual Occupational Employment Statistics survey (select "wages" on the sidebar).
Transportation
