United States Statistics

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Finding Articles 2.1 Major Databases and Indexes 2.2 Related Databases and Indexes 2.3 Journals 3 Finding Books & Media 3.1 Library of Congress Classifications 3.2 Subject Headings 4 General Reference Works 4.1 Encyclopedias 4.2 Annuals and yearbooks 4.3 Dictionaries 4.4 Histories 4.5 Guides and Handbooks 5 Websites 5.1 Adoption 5.2 Aging 5.3 Banking 5.4 Bankruptcy 5.5 Business 5.6 Children 5.7 Climate 5.8 Crime 5.9 Drugs 5.10 Economics 5.11 Education 5.12 Economics 5.13 Employment 5.14 Energy 5.15 Environment 5.16 Fire 5.17 General 5.18 Health 5.19 Immigration 5.20 Information Gateways 5.21 Historical 5.22 Income 5.23 Labor 5.24 Literacy 5.25 Military 5.26 Population 5.27 Poverty 5.28 Religion 5.29 Science 5.30 Taxes 5.31 Trade 5.32 Transportation 5.33 Veterans 5.34 Voting 6 Help

Introduction

This research guide is intended for both undergraduate and graduate students needing statistical information about the United States, including individual states and cities.

This guide focuses on general reference books, journals, documents and online resources available at the FSU Libraries. It also includes relevant Library of Congress classifications and subject headings to help researchers find additional materials.

Finding Articles

Major Databases and Indexes

• Investext (1996-present)

Provides access to over 50,000 full-text investment reports on more than 11,000 public and private corporations and 53 industries. Developed by a global roster of brokerage, investment banking, and research firms, Investext integrates financial, marketing and corporate information, company and industry analyst reports.

• LexisNexis Statistical

Provides access to many state, federal, and international statistics. Provides some full-text and links and serves as an index to full-text data on microfiche in STROZIER Documents Mif ASI and SRI. Print versions: American Statistics Index (ASI) (1973-) STROZIER Documents Z7554 .U5 A46 and Statistical Reference Index (SRI) (1980 to present) STROZIER Documents Z7554 .U5 S79

• National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts

Indexes and abstracts more than 180,000 criminal justice publications including federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research.

• STAT-USA/INTERNET

Business, trade and economic information, includes NTDB (available only in the library and a librarian must log you in)

• USA-TRADE Online

U.S. export and import information for over 18,000 commodities worldwide. This database is available only in the library and a librarian must log you in.

• WorldAlmanac

Covers arts and entertainment, U.S. cities and states, people in the news, the nations of the world, sports, the environment, vital statistics, science and technology, computers, taxes and more.

Related Databases and Indexes

• EDGAR

10-K reports and other electronic filings and forms from the Security and Exchange Commission.

• EnviroFacts Warehouse

A one-stop source for reports, maps and searchable databases that provide information on environmental activities that may affect air, water, and land anywhere in the United States.

• Fraser (The Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research by the Research Division of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)

Provides economic information and data on the U.S. economy.

• FRED® II (Federal Reserve Economic Data)

This is a database of over 3000 U.S. economic time series. Data can be downloaded in Microsoft Excel and text formats.

• Infoplease

Includes state and city statistics, geography, events, and more.

• Liber8

Portal linking to economic information from the Federal Reserve System, government agencies, and international economic data sources.

• Social Explorer

Provides easy access to demographic information about the United States.

• State of the Cities Data Systems (SOCDS) (HUD's Office of Policy Development & Research)

Includes a Building Permits database, Urban public finance data, and FBI crime data for cities in the U.S.

• TRANSTATS: The Intermodel Transportation Database (U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics)

One-stop shopping for transportation data.

• Value Line Investment Survey Reports

An independent investment information resource, providing overall views on the economy and stock market as well as descriptive information and performance projections for 1,700 stocks. Some stock reports are updated every week; no report is older than 13 weeks. Coverage is for the current year.

Journals

Links to electronic versions are provided if available.

• Consumer Price Index (CPI) Detailed Report STROZIER Documents L2.38/3:

The CPI measures the change over time of a fixed list of goods and services with the base year equaling 100.

• Federal Reserve Bulletin STROZIER Documents FR1.3:

• Monthly Labor Review STROZIER Documents L2.6:

• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) STROZIER Documents HE20.7009:

• Monthly Statement of the Public Debt STROZIER Documents T63.215:

• Producer Price Index (PPI) Detailed Report STROZIER Documents L2.61:

• Social Security Bulletin STROZIER 360.5 S6785

• Statistics of Income Bulletins STROZIER Documents T22.35/4:

• Survey of Current Business STROZIER Documents C59.11:

• Treasury Bulletin STROZIER Documents T63.103/2:

Finding Books & Media

Books and media resources about United States statistics can be found in two main ways: by searching the online FSU Library Catalog and by browsing the aisles at Strozier.

When searching the online catalog, a basic search will let you search by keyword, title, author, subject or call number. An advanced search will let you search by a combination of these fields, as well as by format, language, location, and date. Searching by the subject headings listed below may also be helpful.

When browsing the aisles, some books on United States statistics will be on the third floor while others will be on the ground floor in the documents section. Media resources will be on the ground floor in the Digital Media Center. The Library of Congress classifications listed below may be helpful when browsing the aisles, however, in the ground floor documents section, many resources are organized by other classification systems. Please visit the ground floor reference desk for assistance in browsing the documents collection.

Library of Congress Classifications

The following Library of Congress classifications may be useful when browsing the shelves at Strozier Library for additional materials on United States statistics. The majority of 'HA's are on the third floor. Additional materials (such as government documents, micromaterials, media, and reference books) may be found on the ground floor and the first (main) floor.

• H --- General Social Sciences
• HA --- Statistics
• HA 175-4737 --- By Region or Country

Subject Headings

The following subject headings may be useful when browsing the online FSU Library Catalog. To browse by subject heading, select Subject from the Browse Organized Lists drop-down menu, type the subject heading in the search box, then click the Go box.

• Cities and towns -- United States -- Statistics
• Municipal services -- United States -- Statistics
• Social indicators -- United States
• United States -- Population -- Statistics
• United States -- Statistics

General Reference Works

When an item's location line reads STROZIER Reference, then the item is located on the first (main) floor of Strozier Library and can only be used in the library. When an item's location line reads STROZIER Documents, then the item is located on the ground floor. When an item's location line reads STROZIER Ready Reference, then the item is located at the first (main) floor reference desk.

Encyclopedias

• Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census STROZIER Reference HA37 .U55 C66 2000

Annuals and yearbooks

• ACCRA Cost of Living Index STROZIER Reference HD6979 .A45

Measures change between locations in current prices for consumer goods and services in 310 urban areas, with a national city average of 100 used as the base for comparison.

• Agricultural Statistics STROZIER Documents A1.47:

• Annual Energy Outlook STROZIER Documents E3.1/4:

• Budget of the United States Government STROZIER Documents PrEX2.8:

• Digest of Education Statistics STROZIER Documents ED1.326:

• Economic Report of the President STROZIER Documents PREX1.1: (Latest in Documents Reserves)

• Financial Report of the United States Government (U.S. Dept. of the Treasury)

• Geographic Reference Report STROZIER HD6983 .G38 (Latest in Ready Reference)

• Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics: Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and other Labor Data STROZIER Documents L2.3: 2340/ (Some editions in NetLibrary)

• Highway Statistics STROZIER Documents TD2.23:

• Household Spending: Who Spends How Much on What STROZIER HC110 .C6 H68. (Latest in STROZIER Reference)

• PPI Detailed Report (Annual) (U.S. Dept. of Labor) STROZIER Documents L2.61/11:

• Salary Tables (U.S. Office of Personnel Management) STROZIER Document PM1.9:

• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics STROZIER Documents J29.9/6:

• State Rankings STROZIER HA203 .U17. Latest in STROZIER Reference

• Statistical Abstract of the United States STROZIER Documents C3.134: (Latest on Documents Reserves)

• Who, What, and Where of America: Understanding the Census Results] STROZIER Reference HA 201.122 .W48 2003

• Yearbook of Immigration Statistics STROZIER Documents J21.2/10:

Dictionaries

• Dictionary of Statistics & Methodology: A Nontechnical Guide for the Social Sciences. STROZIER HA17 .V64 (Latest in STROZIER Reference)

• Sage Dictionary of Statistics: A Practical Resource for Students in the Social Sciences. STROZIER HA17 .C73 2004

Histories

• Datapedia of the United States, 1790-2005: America Year by Year STROZIER Reference HA202 .K87 2001

• Historical Corrections Statistics in the United States, 1850-1984 STROZIER Documents J29.2:C81/1850-1984

• Historical Statistics of the United States STROZIER Reference HA202 B87 1975 and STROZIER Documents C3.134/2: H62 1789-1970

• Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition STROZIER Reference HA202 H57

• Value of a Dollar: Colonial Era to the Civil War, 1600-1865 STROZIER Reference HB 235 .U6 D47 2005

Guides and Handbooks

• American Marketplace: Demographics and Spending Patterns STROZIER LIBRARY HB848 .O34

• American Men: Who They Are and How They Live STROZIER LIBRARY HQ1090.3 .A457

• American Women: Who They Are and How They Live STROZIER LIBRARY HQ1402 .A44

• America's Top-Rated Cities: A Statistical Handbook STROZIER LIBRARY HA214 .A43 2002

• America's Top-Rated Smaller Cities: A Statistical Profile STROZIER LIBRARY HT123 .A6693

• Atlas of United States Mortality STROZIER Documents HE20.6202: AT6

• Baby Boom: Americans Born 1946 to 1964 STROZIER LIBRARY Reference HN60 .R84 2006

• Country Reports on Terrorism (2004-current) (Replaces previous title: Patterns of Global Terrorism)

• County and City Data Book STROZIER Documents C3.134/2:C83/2/ (Latest in Documents Reserves)

• County and City Extra, 2005: Annual Metro, City, and County Data Book

• Crime in the United States STROZIER Documents J1.14/7:

• Demographics of the U.S. Trends and Projections STROZIER LIBRARY HB849.49 .D46

• Federal Judicial Caseload Statistics STROZIER Documents Ju10.21

• Guide to Economic Indicators STROZIER LIBRARY Reference HA29 .E28 2003

• Generation X: Americans Born 1965 to 1976 STROZIER LIBRARY Reference HC110.C6 G46 2006

• Household Spending: Who Spends How Much on What STROZIER LIBRARY HC110 .C6 H68

• The Millennials: Americans Born 1977 to 1994 STROZIER LIBRARY Reference HQ796 .M4797

• Older Americans: A Changing Market STROZIER LIBRARY Reference HQ1064.U5 O64 2006

• Patterns of Global Terrorism STROZIER Documents S1.138 (1987-2001) (1983-1986 in Mif ASI (yr) 7004-13)

• Population Division Working Papers (U.S. Census Bureau) STROZIER Documents Mif C3.223/27:

• Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages STROZIER Documents L2.3: 2215, etc.

• State of Literacy in America: Estimates at the Local, State, and National Levels STROZIER Documents Y3.L71: 2ST2 and ERIC ED 416 407

• Statistical Record of Black America STROZIER LIBRARY E185.5 .S83 (Latest in STROZIER Reference)

• USA Counties CD-ROM version: STROZIER Documents C3.134/6:

• Value of a Dollar STROZIER LIBRARY HB235 .U6 V34 (Latest in STROZIER Reference)

• Vital Statistics of the United States STROZIER Documents HE20.6210: and STROZIER Reference HB3505 .V58 2006

• Volunteering in the U.S. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

• Who, What, and Where of America: Understanding the Census Results STROZIER LIBRARY Reference HA201.122 W48 2003

• Wiretap Reports (U.S. Courts)

Websites

Adoption

• Statistics and Research (U.S. Administration for Children and Families)

Aging

• AgingStats.gov (Federal Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics)

• Social Security - Office of Research, Evaluation and Statistics

Banking

• Bank Data & Statistics (FDIC)

• Federal Reserve Board Statistics

Bankruptcy

• Bankruptcy Statistics (U.S. Courts)

Business

• County Business Patterns (Univ. of Virginia Libraries) 1977-2001

• County Business Patterns (Census Bureau) 1993-2001

• Statistics of U.S. Business

Children

• Adoption and Foster Care Statistics (Administration for Children & Families)

• Child Abuse & Neglect Research (Administration for Children & Families)

• ChildStats.gov

Climate

• Climate Data (National Climate Data Center)

• Comparative Climatic Data (NOAA)

• Historical Weather Database (Washington Post)

Crime

• Capital Punishment Statistics (U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics)

• Death Penalty Information Center

• Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center (U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics)

• Homicide Trends in the United States (U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics)

• Statistics about- (U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics)

• Statistics (NCJRS)

Drugs

• Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD): Stats and Resources

• National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Illegal Drug Use

Economics

• Annual Industry Accounts (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA))

• Bureau of the Public Debt (U.S. Dept. of the Treasury)

• Economic Indicators.Gov

• Inflation and Consumer Spending (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

• National Economic Accounts (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA))

• U.S. Economy at a Glance (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

• White House Economics Statistics Briefing Room

Education

• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

• Postsecondary Students, Costs, and Financial Aid (U.S. Census Bureau)

• State Education Data Profiles (NCES)

• State Profiles The Nation's Report Card (NCES)

Economics

• Economic Indicators.gov (Economics & Statistics Administration)

Employment

• Current Employment Statistics (BLS)

• Injury and Illness Incidence Rate Calculator and Comparison Tool (BLS)

• Local Area Unemployment (BLS)

• Mass Layoffs Statistics (BLS)

• Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Tool (BLS)

• Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Profiles (BLS)

Energy

• U.S. Energy Information Administration

Environment

• State of the Land

Fire

• Fire Statistics (National Interagency Fire Center)

General

• MapStats

• State and County Quick Facts (U.S. Census Bureau)

• Statistical Programs and Standards (OMB)

• White House Social Statistics Briefing Room

Health

• CDC Wonder

• Data Warehouse (NCHS)

• Life Tables - U.S. Decennial Life Tables (CDC)

• National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Fed Stats A to Z

• State-by-State Snapshots (United Health Foundation)

Immigration

• Office of Immigration Statistics (Dept. of Homeland Security)

Information Gateways

• Fedstats

• Google Uncle Sam

• USA.gov

• Yahoo! Statistics

Historical

• Selected Historical Decennial Census Population and Housing Counts (U.S. Census Bureau)

Income

• Annual State Personal Income (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA))

• Local Area Personal Income (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA))

• State Quarterly Personal Income (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA))

Labor

• Consumer Price Indexes (BLS)

• Producer Price Indexes (BLS)

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

• U.S. Dept. of Labor Workplace Injury, Illness and Fatality Statistics

Literacy

• America’s Most Literate Cities (Central Connecticut State University)

Military

• Defense Almanac (U.S. Department of Defense)

Population

• American Factfinder (U.S. Census Bureau)

• City Rankings (Demographia)

• Historical Census Browser

• Population Estimates Program (U.S. Census Bureau)

Publishes population numbers between censuses.

• U.S. Census Bureau

Poverty

• Poverty (U.S. Census Bureau)

Religion

• American Religion Data Archive

• Religious Membership in the U.S. (Demographia)

Science

• National Science Foundation

Taxes

• State and Local Tax Burdens Compared to Other U.S. States (Tax Foundation)

• Tax stats (U.S. Internal Revenue Service)

Trade

• Export-Import Bank of the United States

• Direct Investment (U.S. Abroad)

• Foreign Trade Statistics (U.S. Census Bureau)

• Industry, Trade and the Economy: Data and Analysis

• U.S. Exports: Ex-Im Bank Activity

• U.S. Foreign Trade Highlights

Transportation

• Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Veterans

• Veterans Data & Information (U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs)

Voting

• U.S. Congress Votes Database (Washington Post)

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