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The sources listed here provide statistiscal tables drawn from the census and from other sources.
Check the source notes with each table for clues about additional sources of data.
Some of these sources include statistics that won't be found in the US census.
Useful for statistical data and for clues to sources of data
Proquest Statistical AbstractCall Number: Olin Library Reference, HA 202Proquest Statistical Abstract replaces Statistical Abstract of the United States, formerly published by the US Census Bureau compendia unit (closed in 2012).
For earlier editions, published by the US Census Bureau, see the US Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract Series
- County and City Data BookCall Number: Print edition: Olin Reference, HA202 .A34 + (2007) (Earlier editions in stacks)A local area supplement to the Statistical Abstract of the United States, now available online via US Census Bureau.
County and City ExtraCall Number: Latest ed. in Olin Library Reference, HA 202.A345 (earlier editions in stacks)Annual publication published by Bernan Press. Compiles up-to-date statistical information for states, counties, metro areas, congressional districts, and cities with a population of 25,000 people or more. See: Places, Towns, and Townships, below.- Places, Towns and Townships.Call Number: Latest edition in Olin Library Reference, HA203 .P53 +Published by Bernan Press. Compiles statistical info for all incorporated places -- from the largest city to the smallest village.
- Historical Statistics of the United StatesHistorical Statistics of the United States has long been the standard source for quantitative indicators of American history. This work is available in electronic form from Cambridge University Press. The data are readily available for charting, or statistical analysis, or regrouping across tables, which should greatly facilitate the efforts of scholars, journalists, students, and other researchers.
