GRHS Library Information
Center Statististical Data
Ameristat
- A "one-stop source for U.S. population data" covering 13 subject
areas including Marriage & Family, Education, Migration, Income &
Poverty, and Mortality. Data provided in cealrly written text, charts,
and tables.
Bureau
of Labor Statistics - Up-to-date U.S. economic statistical information,
including the Consumer Price Index, the unemployment rate, and the Producer
Price Index. Especially useful is the Economy at a Glance section.
Individual state economic data can be obtained easily by clicking the state
on a color-coded map.
Polling
Report - An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American
public opinion. Subjects include Politics and Policy (President, Congress,
Issues, Elections), Business/Economy (Consumer confidence, Investing) and
American Scene (Sports, Hollywood, Work and play, Health). Information
t is updated whenever new polls are released.
Statistical
Resources in the Web - This University of Michigan Documents Center
site is a comprehensive portal to statistics. Iincludes information on
agriculture, business and industry, consumers, cost of living, demographics,
economics, education, energy, environment, finance and currency, foreign
economics, foreign governments, foreign trade, government finances, health,
housing, labor, military, politics, science, sociology, transportation
and weather.
U.S.
Census Bureau - The place to go for quick access to U.S. demographic
information. The "State & County Quick Facts" link helps to easily
locate information such as education and income levels of a given state.
The "American Fact Finder" helps users to easily obtain particular information
by state, county, county subdivision, or even a general "place." In addition,
the entire Census site is keyword-searchable.
