Statistics Subject Guide LRC@TCC

Scope: Basic print and electronic resources for locating statistical data.
Call number areas to browse: HA, JS, AY
Keywords to search: *topic* AND statistics (ex. business AND statistics)
Subjects to search (Library of Congress): *topic* with "statistics" as a sub-heading 
(ex.1  War -- Statistics)  (ex.2  Gun control -- United States -- Statistics)

Books in our catalog: 
Gale Virtual Reference Library (r)
Statistical Abstract of the United States (online version)
Virginia Statistical Abstract (online version)
County and City Data Books (online version) 
World Almanac and Book of Facts (online version) 
Demographic Yearbook 
International Yearbook and Statesmen's Who's Who 

Library Resources (r): 
STAT-USA STAT-USA/Internet, a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the site for the U.S. business, economic and trade community, providing authoritative information from the Federal government. 

Are you looking for health statistics? Try our Health Statistics Subject Guide.

Internet Resources: 

Statistical Resources on the Web  Documents Center of University of Michigan offers links to statistics resources grouped by subjects such as agriculture, demographics, environment, government finance, health, labor, etc.

Statistics on the Web (presented by Donna Tolson, Head, Scholars’ Lab, University of Virginia Library)

• Local
  • American Fact Finder provides useful facts and information about your community, your economy, and your society. A  U. S. Census Bureau site.
  • Hampton Roads Economic Development Alliance provides statistics of the region nationally and internationally under the Hampton Roads banner.
  • Virginia Statistics from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at UVA offers a comprehensive collection of Virginia statistics including the Virginia Statistical Abstract and VAStats database.
    
• National
• American Fact Finder provides useful facts and information about your community, your economy, and your society. A  U. S. Census Bureau site.
• FEDSTATS "One stop shopping" for statistical information including agencies of Agriculture, Crime, Demographics, Economic, Education, Energy, Environment, Health, Income, Labor, National Accounts, Natural Resources, Safety, and Transportation.
• Joint Center Data Bank is a comprehensive warehouse of data on racial populations offering fact sheets, tables, etc. on topics such as hate crimes, family structure, welfare, and more.
• KIDS COUNT 2002 data is now available from an easy-to-use, powerful online database that allows you to generate custom graphs, maps, ranked lists, and state-by-state profiles.
  
• International
  • NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD allowing you to generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease.
  • OFFSTATS Offical Stats on the Web Free statistics from official sources, current data, time series are frequently available, many data are downloadable as text or spreadsheet files, data for individual countries can also be found in resources listed in the Regions and the Topic pages.
  • Government Statistics Agencies (International) arranged by continent and country.
  • Media Awareness Network Covering television, video and computer games, the Internet, film and video, and the print media. The emphasis is on Canadian statistics, but American and international figures are also included.
  • United Nations issues on the international agenda such as children, drug control, food, population, refugees, etc.