Urban-Regional Planning Statistics

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American Factfinder

The American Factfinder is a website from the U.S. Census Bureau that provides detailed statistical information about the United States and its population. Within this website are many subsets of data of interest to Urban and Regional Planners and Demographers.

• Population finder: A single source for U.S. population trends since 1990.
• Fact Sheet: A single page overview with links to demographic profiles, thematic maps and more.
• People, Housing, Business and Government: Easy-to-use links to popular tables and maps grouped by topic.
• Data Sets and Download Center: Access the detailed results from the Decennial and Economic censuses, American Community Survey (ACS), Annual Population Estimates Program (PEP), and the Annual economic survey. Download large data extracts directly from the American Factfinder.
• Maps and Geography: Access the reference and thematic mapping tools in the American Factfinder.
  

UN-Habitat DevINFO

The Development Information Database is a service from the United Nations Humans Settlement division.This new version operates both as a desktop application and on the web. The system has been developed under UN partnership and is distributed royalty-free to all end users. Now national statistics offices, UN agencies, donors, NGOs and civil society can prepare reports and presentations using this common database platform. The system has been endorsed by the UN Development Group and is being used in many countries to help track the Millennium Development Goals and other national priorities.