Listed below are some of the print materials on statistics currently available in our collection.
A Statistical History of the American Electorate. Jerrold G. Rusk. CQ Press, 2001. JK1967. R87 2001.
Applying Statistics in the Courtroom: A New Approach for Attorney and Expert Witness. Phillip I. Good, Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2001. KF8968.75 G66 2001.
Datapedia of the United States: American History in Numbers. George Thomas Kurian & Barbara A. Chernow (eds.), Bernan Press, 2007. HA202. D378 2007.
Historical Statistics of the States of the United States: Two Centuries of the Census, 1790-1990. Donald B. Dodd, Greenwood Press, 1993. HA214 .D63 1993.
Prove It With Figures: Empirical Methods in Law and Litigation. Hans Zeisel et. al. Springer, 1997. KF320.S73 Z45 1997.
Statistical Abstract of the United States. 120th ed. GPO, 2000. HA202.S8.
Statistical Handbook on the Social Safety Net. Fernando F. Padro. Greenwood Press, 2004. HV51 .P33 2004.
Statistical Science in the Courtroom. Joseph L. Gastwirth (ed.) New York, Springer, 2000. K5485.S73 2000.
Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics. Douglas A. Lind, et. al. McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2010. HA29.M268 2010
The First One Hundred Justices: Statistical Studies on the Supreme Court of the United States. Albert P. Blaustein & Roy M. Mersky. Archon Books, 1978. KF8741. A152 B6
Vital Statistics of the United States: Births, Life Expectancy, Deaths and Selected Health Data. Bernan Press 2006. 2nd ed. HA203.V58 2006.
In this section, there are links to our premier subscription databases, followed by statistical sources by sector:
Proquest Multiple Database Search
Demographics:
U.S. Census Data and Statistics
D.C. Department of Corrections (Inmate Statistics)
Economics, Finance and Labor:
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Economic Census - US Census Bureau
FedScope - Office of Personnel Management
Education, Health, Agriculture and Science:
National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA)
National Center for Education Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics (CDC)
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
Public Health Database (Proquest)
Federal Statistics:
Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM)
Law and Justice:
Bureau of Labor Statistics (Provides statistics on lawyers and the legal profession)
Social Security and Taxation:
Office of Research, Evaluation and Statistics (Social Security Administration)
Transportation and Energy
The websites of state and local government agencies and departments are useful places to begin a search for statistics at the county or state level. If you are looking for statistics for a specific industry, the local or national regulating body usually provides statistics on that industry.
Below are some authoritative and current sources for finding county and state statistics in a variety of sectors:
Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances
Census Flows Mapper This interactive map includes tracking of county to county migrations. It is also cited in the section of this guide which deals with finding geospatial data.
Federal, State, and Local Government (US Census)
National Association of Counties
National Association of State Budget Officers
The library also has the following print sources on state and county statistics:
Congressional Quarterly's State Fact Finder, 2007. HN60.C68
Crime State Rankings 2010: Crime Across America. Kathleen O'Leary Morgan and Scott Morgan. Congressional Quarterly Press, 2010. HV6787.C75 2010
State and Metropolitan Area Data Book. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. HA 202.S84. Also available online through the U.S. Census Bureau (Updates as of February 4, 2009).
State Profiles: The Population and Economy of Each U.S. State. 4th ed. Bernan Press 2009. HA203.S7314
The Almanac of State Legislatures: Changing Patterns, 1990-1997. William Lilley, et. al. Congressional Quarterly, 1998. G1201.F7 L5 1998. This resource highlights changes with legislature maps over time.