Hoover Library: Statistics: U.S. / State & Local

U.S. Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Good data source for employment information in the U.S. Includes information like the unemployment rate, consumer price index, payroll employment rate, and import/export prices indexes
Datasets from government agencies (data.gov)
A database of approximately 3000 economic time series maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Most data were either collected by the Federal Reserve System or published in Federal Reserve documents. Statistics are either monthly or quarterly. Locate data by broad categories or by searching keywords.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Provides weekly statistics on selected notifiable diseases in the United States and U.S. territories. Click on Weekly Report then on Current Volume to see the current issues
Statistical Abstract of the United States
The standard summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Data is drawn from both government and private sources. Available from 1879-2012.
U.S. Census Bureau
An excellent source for United States population and economic data.
U.S. Data and Statistics
From the federal government. All sorts of statistics about Americans, from population to economics to energy.

American FactFinder (U.S. Census Bureau)
Population, housing, economic, and geographic data by state, county, city, town, zip code, etc.
State & County QuickFacts
Quick, easy access to facts about people, business, and geography
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book