It has many business statistics, such as: County Business Patterns , Census of Manufactures, Current Industrial Reports, and Census of Retail and Wholesale Trades.
It has government finance statistics, such as: Census of Governments, Finance Data for the Largest Cities in the U.S., Finance Data for the largest Counties in the U.S. , Local Government Employment and Payroll Data, State and Local Government Finance Estimates by State, State Government Employment and Payroll Data by State, State Tax Collection Data by State.
STATISTICS--DEFENSE
STATISTICS--EDUCATION
The Nation's Report Card
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006455rev
"The Nation's Report Card, the National Assessment of Educational Progress NAEP), is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas. Since 1969, assessments have been conducted periodically in reading, mathematics, science, writing, history, geography, the arts, and other fields. By making informationCondition of Education
on student performance -- and instructional factors related to that performance -- available to policymakers at the national, state, and local levels, NAEP is an integral part of our nation's evaluation of the condition and progress of education."
This book of statistics is published annually by the National Center for Education statistics. It contains statistics and discussion on 60 indicators that represent a consensus of professional thinking on the most significant national measures of the condition and progress of education to date.Projection of Educational Statistics to 2014
This report is published every year by the National Center for Education Statistics. It projects enrollment, graduates, expenditures and teachers projections for elementary, secondary, and colleges to about ten years into the future. It also has state enrollment and graduates projections for the states.Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988
First longitudinal study of eighth graders done, with follow up surveys done in 1990 and 1994 on the same students. Intended to find out longitudinal data on young people as they develop, attend schools, and embark on their careers.Integrated Post secondary Education Data System (IPEDS)
A system of surveys designed to collect data from colleges and universities. Contains statistics on enrollment, program completions, faculty and staff, and financing.National Household Education Survey
This is a series of surveys that provide data on: early childhood/school readiness, Parent/family involvement in education, school safety and discipline, adult education, household use of public libraries, civic involvement and more. The first survey was conducted in 1991, and other surveys were conducted in 1993, 1995, 1996, and 1999. The next survey will be conducted in the spring of 2001Private School Universe Survey
"The purposes of Private School Survey (PSS) data collection activities are: to build an accurate and complete list of private schools to serve as a sampling frame for NCES sample surveys of private schools; and to report data on the total number of private schools, teachers, and students in the survey universe. The PSS is conducted every 2 years with collections in 1989–90, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1997–98, and 1999-2000, 2000-2001, 2003-2004 school years. The next survey will be in the 2006–2007 school year."
Contains information on petroleum, coal, natural gas, nuclear energy, electricity, alternate fuels, renewable fuels (biomass, municipal solid waste, geothermal, wind, wood and solar power) statistics on energy usage in other countries, monthly energy usage in the United States, and Annual energy usage in the United States, energy prices, energy consumption, number of alternative fuel vehicles by state, and much more. Go to the list of A-Z topics to see all the kinds of information there is available.
Contains environmental statistics, such as: uses of land in the United States, erosion of non-federal land, forest land damaged by insects, timberland in the United States, recreational use of National Forest Service lands, forests damaged by fires, tree planting in the U.S., state and local government expenditures on the environment, pollution abatement costs and expenditures, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, spend fuel from nuclear reactors.
This agency comes out of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and contains United States Budget statistics and information for the current year and back to FY 1996.
The Opensecrets.org is maintained by "The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy. The Center conducts computer-based research on campaign finance issues for the news media, academics, activists, and the public at large. The Center's work is aimed at creating a more educated voter, an involved citizenry, and a more responsive government.
Contains information on elections, voting statistics, campaign finance statistics.
The Department of State contains statistical information buried in its site on very diverse topics, such as: adoption, military expenditures , Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control Agreements, bribery, Country Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices (annual),Country Commercial Guides Index (annual),("Country Commercial Guides (CCG's) are prepared annually by U.S. embassies with the assistance of several U.S. government agencies. These reports present a comprehensive look at countries' commercial environments, using economic, political and market analysis.") children' issues, economic sanctions, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, landmines , narcotics, refugees , international athletics, Country Background Notes (Background Notes provide information on geographic entities and international organization sand are updated periodically).
This place is where you can find statistical information about the homeless and housing. The American Housing Survey " can answer many of your questions about U.S. people and homes. It gives you data on apartments, single-family homes, mobile homes, vacant homes, family composition, income, housing and neighborhood quality, housing costs, equipment, fuels, size of housing unit, and recent movers." It is available at http://www.huduser.org/datasets/ahs.htm
Contains an overview of Drug Use in the United States, DEA arrests, meth lab seizures, Percent of Adult Males Testing Positive for Specific Drugs at Time of Arrest in 1998, Percent of Adult Males Testing Positive for Any Drug at Time of Arrest, and more.
Contains statistics on Criminal victimization, general, Characteristics of crimes, Characteristics of victims, drugs and crime, criminal offenders, firearms and crime, juvenile justice statistics, international criminal statistics, statistics on capital punishment, jails, prisons, probation and parole
"This factbook, developed under a BJS grant, provides narrative descriptions of the criminal justice systems of countries around the world. These 42 country descriptions-are written to a common template so that comparisons of similar functions in different countries can be easily made. They were completed in mid-1993, although the most recent data available for inclusion were sometimes for a year or two earlier."
Contains airline statistics, American Travel Survey, (provides information on state-to-state travel) The Commodity Flow Survey (CFS), which "obtains data on shipments by domestic establishments in manufacturing, wholesale, mining, and selected other industries. "Also publishes statistical data, like: the Bicycle and Pedestrian Data: sources, Needs, and Gaps 2000, National Transportation Statistics, which "presents detailed national-level data on the U.S. transportation system, its economic performance, safety record, energy use, and environmental impacts."
Contains statistics on accidents, such as: train accidents by state and by railroad, train-highway crossing incidents by state and by railroad and more.
"NHTSA is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes. This is accomplished by setting and enforcing safety performance standards for motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, and through grants to state and local governments to enable them to conduct effective local highway safety programs." The NHTSA contains statistics on traffic accidents and conducts research on traffic safety and driver behavior.
Contains statistics and information on tax revenues on tobacco, alcohol and firearms, number of tobacco products manufactured, report on firearms traffickers, arson statistics and more.
This agency publishes the Monthly Statement of the Public Debt, Public Debt to the Penny, Interest Expense on the Public Debt Investments and more.