- ChildStatistics - This web site offers easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and
their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social
environment, and education.
http://www.childstats.gov/
- Crime and Justice Statistics Online - from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Provides statistics on crime and
homicide trends, law enforcement management and administrative statistics.
http://bjsdata.ojp.usdoj.gov/dataonline/
- Drug Statistics Master Page - Statistics about use and consequences of use of ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, and
OTHER DRUGS
- Facts about Newspapers - A statistical summary of the newspaper industry covering such topics as reading audience,
readership demographics, number of U.S. daily newspapers, U.S. newspapers circulation and much more.
http://www.naa.org/info/facts02/index.html
- Farm Labor Data - Compiles statistics on a number of aspects of farm labor such as socioeconomic conditions of
hired farmworkers, farm safety and, labor laws and regulations
http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/FarmLabor/farmlabor/
- Health, United States An annual report on national trends in health statistics. This year’s report includes a
highlights section, chartbook, and 147 trend tables
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm
- Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2000 - (National Center for Education Statistics) Provides statistics on
practically all aspects of violence and crime in the school environment
http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2001/crime2000/
- International Statistics - Links to government statistical agencies by country beyond the U.S.
http://www.census.gov/main/www/stat_int.html
- National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) http://nces.ed.gov/
- National Center for Health Statistics - check out their data warehouse, news releases, and fact sheets.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
- Religious Statistics - Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 49,000 adherent statistics and religious
geography citations. It provides references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation
statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures,
movements, ultimate concerns, etc. They present data from both primary research sources such as government
census reports, statistical sampling surveys and organizational reporting, as well as citations from secondary
literature which mention adherent statistics. http://www.adherents.com/
- State and Country Quick Facts - This new handy reference resource from the US Census Bureau allows users
to access frequently requested Census Bureau information at the national, state, and county level. The site is
navigated via a pull-down menu or interactive map, both of which produce tables of facts about the people,
businesses, and geography for that state compared to the country as a whole. Another pull-down menu (or map)
leads to similar information on the county level (compared to the state as a whole). In addition, each page offers
a link to more detailed information from the Census Bureau, such as income and poverty estimates, economic
censuses, county business profiles, and government finances, among other offerings.
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06000.html
- Uniform Crime Statistics 2000 {.pdf} - The FBI’s annual report on United States’ crime levels. Data in the
report are compiled from approximately 17,000 law enforcement agencies as part of the FBI’s Uniform Crime
Reporting (UCR) Program. The report, which contains detailed tables and charts throughout, is available in
seven sections in .pdf format only. Sections include a summary, crime index offenses reported and cleared, persons
arrested, an analysis of motor vehicle theft, and a section on law enforcement personnel.
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/00cius.htm
- United Nations CyberSchoolBus: Resource Source - statistics and facts on global trends, counties, cites, etc.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/res.html
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