PO 390 Applied Political Research

Data Sites

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor - http://www.bls.gov/
The principal fact-finding agency for the U.S. Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics.

• National Unemployment Rate - http://www.bls.gov/cps/home.htm
  • Get detailed Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey (CPS)- http://www.bls.gov/cps/home.htm#data
  • Select from a list of the most popular labor force statistics - http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln
  • Create customized tables - http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/outside.jsp?survey=ln
  • Retrieve historical data - http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsatabs.htm
  • Download a flat file of the entire database or large subset of the database - ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/lf/
• Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) - http://www.bls.gov/cpi/
  • Get detail CPI statistics - http://www.bls.gov/cpi/#data
• U.S. Economy at a Glance - http://stats.bls.gov/eag/eag.us.htm
  All in one chart, the past 6 months official data on unemployment, hourly earnings, CPI, PPI, import prices, employment costs, productivity.

The Federal Reserve Board - http://www.federalreserve.gov/

• Statistics: Releases and Historical Data, The Federal Reserve Board - http://www.federalreserve.gov/Releases/
  Federal Reserve Board site has a wealth of data and statistics, e.g. interest rates, daily bank prime rate back to 1955, etc.
• Survey of Consumer Finances - http://www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/oss/oss2/scfindex.html
  The Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) is a triennial survey of the balance sheet, pension, income, and other demographic characteristics of U.S. families. The survey also gathers information on the use of financial institutions. The links to the surveys provide summary results of the surveys, codebooks and related documentation, and the publicly available data.
• Selected Interest Rates (Daily) - http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/update/
• Selected Interest Rates (Weekly) - http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/
• Selected Interest Rates (Historical Data) - http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/data.htm

Economagic - http://www.economagic.com/
Generate charts from government data.

• Interest Rates - http://www.economagic.com/fedbog.htm

U.S. Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov/
The Census Bureau serves as the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy, including statistics for industry, business, trade, transportation, population, and housing.

• Economic information - http://www.census.gov/econ/www/index.html
• Current Industrial Reports - http://www.census.gov/cir/www/
  The primary objective of the CIR program is to produce timely, accurate data on production and shipments of selected products.
  
• American FactFinder - http://factfinder.census.gov/
  In American FactFinder you can obtain data in the form of maps, tables, and reports from a variety of Census Bureau sources.
• Economic Census - http://www.census.gov/econ/census02/
  The Economic Census profiles American business every 5 years, from the national to the local level.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States - http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
  The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
• State and Metropolitan Area Data Book 1997/98 - http://www.census.gov/prod/3/98pubs/smadb-97.pdf
  The State and Metropolitan Area Data Book features more than 1,500 data items for the United States and individual states, counties and metropolitan areas.
  
• County and City Data Book - http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/ccdb07.html
  Contains official population and housing data from the 2000 Census, plus business and other data for all U.S. counties, cities with 25,000 or more inhabitants, and places of 2,500 or more inhabitants.
  
• American Community Survey - http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/acsdata.html
  The ACS collects information such as age, race, income, commute time to work, home value, veteran status, and other important data from U.S. households.
  
• USA Counties - http://censtats.census.gov/usa/usa.shtml
  USA Counties features over 5,700 data items for the United States, States and counties.
• State and County QuickFacts - http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/
  Facts about people, business, and geography.
  
• International Data Base (IDB) - http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbsum.html
  The International Data Base (IDB) is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic data for 228 countries and areas of the world.

Historical Census Browser, University of Virginia - http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/

GPO/FDsys Access, America's Authentic Government Information - http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/

FDsys provides free online access to official Federal Government publications. Through FDsys, you are able to

• Search for documents and publications
  FDsys provides advanced search capabilities and the ability to refine and narrow your search for quick access to the information you need.
• Browse for documents and publications
  FDsys offers browsing by collection, Congressional committee, and date.
• Access metadata about documents and publications
  FDsys presents information about Government publications in standard XML formats.
• Download documents and publications in multiple renditions or file formats
  With FDsys, download a single file or download content and metadata packaged together in a compressed file.

Economic Data Briefing Room - http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators.

Economic Report of the President - http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/

Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce - http://www.bea.gov/bea/dn/nipaweb/index.asp
Interactive access to National Income and Product Accounts Tables.

OFFSTATS, Official Statistics on the Web - http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/subjects/stats/offstats/
This site of statistics from official sources with current and time series data is downloadable as text or spreadsheet files.

FedStats - http://www.fedstats.gov/
The gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies.

Economic Indicators and Releases, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - http://www.nber.org/releases/

Statistical Resources on the Web, The University of Michigan Library - http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stecon.html
Comprehensive, annotated directory of the best resources for statistics on the Web. The place to start when you want to find a good source for statistics on most topics.

• Labor and Employment - http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/steclab.html
• Consumers - http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stcons.html#ces

STAT-USA/Internet - http://www.stat-usa.gov/
STAT-USA/Internet, a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is a single point of access to authoritative business, trade, and economic information from across the Federal Government.

Other Suggested Data Sources, State Univesity of New York-Oswego - http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/data.htm

• Agricultural Statistics and Data - http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/agr-data.htm
• Crime Statistics and Data - http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/cj-data.htm
• Demographic Data - http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/demo-data.htm
• Economic Growth Data - http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/growth_data.htm
• Educational Statistics and Data - http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/ed-data.htm
• Financial Data - http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/fin-data.htm
• Health Data - http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/hea-data.htm
• Labor Market Data - http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/lab-data.htm
• Public Finance Data - http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/pubfin-data.htm
• Transportation Data - http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/trandata.htm
• U.S. Macroeconomic and Regional Data - http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/mac-data.htm
• Voting Data - http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/voting-data.htm
• Other Data Sites - http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/oth-data.htm
• Other Lists of Data Sites - http://www.oswego.edu/~economic/datalists.htm
  

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