Statistics can be challenging to locate. It is not always apparent if the statistics you want have been collected or where they might exist. This guide will direct you to several basic sources of statistics available to the Swarthmore College community. For more in-depth assistance, please contact a librarian.
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About Statistics:
Finding Statistics in Print Resources:
Statistical abstract of the United States
Publisher: Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1879-
This is a compendium and guide to statistics on just about everything in the United States. The section on "Business Enterprises" includes incorporations, failures, small business data, and tax returns. Among the several appendixes is a list of state statistical abstracts.
Statistical abstract of the United States (CD-ROM)
Publisher: Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, Bureau of the Census, Data User Services Division, 1993-
A statistical reference and guide to over 250 statistical publications and sources from government and private organizations.
Historical statistics of the United States
Contains more than 37,000 annual time series of quantitative historical information covering population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, governance, and international relations. Covers the colonial period to the present.
Demographic yearbook.
Publisher: New York [etc.] Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office, United Nations.
International Historical Statistics Series
Includes Africa, Asia, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas.
Finding Statistics Online:
Data.gov
The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
As a priority Open Government Initiative for President Obama's administration, Data.gov increases the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets. The data catalogs will continue to grow as datasets are added. Federal, Executive Branch data are included in the first version of Data.gov. (still very much ia work in progress8/09)
FedStats
Find key statistics from over 100 U.S. government agencies.
LexisNexis Statistical
Find abstracts of statistical information from U.S. government publications (1973-present), state and private sources (1980-present), and international organizations (1983-present.)
U.S. Census Bureau
Find statistics about people and businesses in the United States.
WDI Online
Find statistics from 207 countries and 18 country groups from 1960 to 2000 on 550 development indicators.