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American FactFinder provides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. The data in American FactFinder come from several censuses and surveys.

Economic statistics that enable decision makers, researchers, and the public to follow the performance of the nation's economy.

A reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is the statistics, research, and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education. We are independent and non-partisan. Our mission is to provide scientific evidence on which to ground education practice and policy and to share this information in formats that are useful and accessible to educators, parents, policymakers, researchers, and the public.

Official statistics on the web- run by the University of Auckland Library

openICPSR is a research data-sharing service for social and behavioral sciences. It allows the public to access research data at no charge.

Basic individual account option allows you to access free statistics, save favorites, and download some data.

We currently have the print volumes in the Ready Reference section for statistics from 2014-2017.

Housing, income, poverty, business owners, health insurance - it's all here.

The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal (Includes Services, Topics, and Local-State-National Agencies)