Data & Statistics

'Find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government.'

Access recent U.S. Census statistics, from population, housing, and poverty statistics to business statistics and much more! Start with American Factfinder for recent census data or within that, the Decennial Census page (2010). Also see separate gateways for 2000 census and the 1990 Census. Can't find what you need? Browse by subject.

Variety of economic indicators, including monthly wholesale trade, new home sales, U.S. International Trade in Goods & Services, and more. Includes links to time series data.

Interactive tables of data on U.S., State, and local personal income; U.S. and State GDP; GDP by Industry; Corporate Profits; International Economic Accounts (Balance of Payments, Trade in Goods & Services).

A database of over 3000 U.S. & international economic time series downloadable in Excel or text  files or viewable in chart format. For additional older statistics see FRASER (Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research).

Access recent U.S. Census statistics, from population, housing, and poverty statistics to business statistics and much more! Start with American Factfinder for recent census data or within that, the Decennial Census page (2010). Also see separate gateways for 2000 census and the 1990 Census. Can't find what you need? Browse by subject.

Shows how race has been recorded in each of the censuses of population historically,

Details on Middlebury's census holdings and additional online and print resources can be found in this Middlebury Government Document's handout.

Census data which allows enhanced searching of census data for download or mapping. Includes 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census data, 2000 Redistricting Data, 1990 Data in 2000 boundaries, and a neighborhood change database for tracking tract-level data 1970-2000 in original boundaries or normalized to 2000 boundaries. Get DVDs from Davis Family Library Circulation Desk, HA201.122 .C45 2004, pt.1-3 + print guides and install the software on a PC. See Documentation for getting started.

Published every 5 years. The latest available data  is 2007 (2012 data will begin appearing in March 2014).  Provides data on business establishments and industries (sales/revenue, employees, payroll).  Includes Survey of Business Owners; Business Expenses; Subject Series (includes product lines); and more.  For earlier years in print, see the Government Documents Census of Manufacturers guide.

'Census microdata for social and economic research' from the Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota. Provides access to: IPUMS-USA (Census and ACS microdata samples from 1850-2013+ and complete count microdata for 1880 and 1940),  IPUMS-International (Harmonized data for 1960 forward, covering 258 censuses from around the world), and IPUMS-CPS (Current Population Survey - monthly data 1989 - 2013+).

Provides, free of charge, aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2010.

Click on the data tab. Mainly population and migration data.

From the U.S. Census Bureau. "Includes statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with more than 5,000 people."

Washington : CQ Press

Interactive table creation for economic activity indicators for states, counties, and in some cases metropolitan / micropolitan areas. Includes GDP, personal income, employment, compensation, wages and salaries, personal current transfer receipts, personal current taxes, and per capita personal income statistics. Dates of coverage vary by indicator and geographic level.

Annual data by industry on the number of establishments, employment during the week of March 12, first quarter payroll, and annual payroll. Also includes metropolitan / micropolitan area statistics and zip code statistics (number of establishments by employment-size classes by detailed industry).

Available in print in Govt. Docs C3.134/2: in the Davis Family Library. Available online 1944 - 2000 from Univ. of Virginia Library.

Monthly survey of households which provides 'data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, persons not in the labor force, hours of work, earnings, and other demographic and labor force characteristics.' See also BLS CPS data.  Additional Historical data is available from NBER.

Contains citations of publications that use or study data from ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research).  See also their variables database and their main search page.

From the National Bureau of Economic Research. Includes business cycle dates, macro, industry, & international trade data, and more. See Also their working papers and other publications.

Statistics for inflation (CPI); employment; earnings & wages; productivity; spending & time use, industries, and more.

Data on financial services including banking, insurance, mortgages, securities, and more. Includes lots of tables and graphs with sources cited.

Older Editions in Print: Davis Family Library Govt Docs PrEx 2.8 and other areas.

Aggregates official election results from all 50 states + DC from 1860 to present (once available). Free access for state and national level data and maps. County and congressional-district maps are free. For county data, see a librarian for password-protected access to our purchased datasets.