U.S. Government Documents: Statistics

Agriculture

• Agriculture Research Service
• Economic Research Service
• Food and Nutrition Service
• Foreign Agricultural Service
• Forest Service, Research Data Archive
• National Agricultural Statistics Service
• Natural Resources Conservation Service
• Risk Management Agency
• Census of Agriculture
• Office of the Chief Economist

Commerce and Economics

• Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S.Department of Labor
• Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
• Research, Statistics, and Policy Analysis - Social Security Administration
• County Business Patterns - Bureau of the Census
• Business and Economy - Bureau of the Census
• Economic Indicators
• Economic Report of the President from FDsys: Federal Digital System (GPO), 1996- present
• Occupational Outlook Handbook

Crime

• Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice
• Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Department of Justice
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
• TRAC: Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse - ATF Web Site
• Uniform Crime Reporting - Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
  • Statistical Briefing Book
    • Data Analysis Tools

Defense

• Defense Manpower Data Center

Education

• National Center for Education Statistics
• Condition of Education
• Digest of Education Statistics
• National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES)

Environment

• Envirofacts - EPA
• National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)

Health

• National Center for Health Statistics, Department of Health and Human Services
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Data and Statistics
• Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) - U.S. Department of Labor

Housing / Urban Development

• Census Bureau
  • Census Bureau Housing Topics
  • American Housing Survey
  • Construction
• HUD User - Publications
• HUD User - Data Sets

Immigration

• Immigration Data & Statistics - Department of Homeland Security
• Immigration - U.S. Bureau of the Census

Population

• Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce
• County and City Data Book, 2007- plus earlier editions, U.S. Bureau of the Census
• Current Population Survey - Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census Bureau.

Transportation

•  Publications & Statistics - Federal Highway Commission
• Federal Railroad Administration
• Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of Transportation
• National Transportation Safety Board

Weather Data

• National Climatic Data Center
  • Climate Data Online
  • Local Climatological Data
    Need to identify city and airport abbreviation first, monthly reports since 1996. Data provided includes daily minimum and maximum temperatures, wind, precipitation, heating and cooling degree days, sunrise and sunset.
  • Monthly Climatic Data for the World