LibGuides: CM 223: Argumentation &amp; Debate Research Guide: Statistical Sources

Statista

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Statista.com provides direct access to over 18,000 quantitative data sources on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets. Data sources include market research reports, as well as trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases.

Need to find statistics? The following sources are good places to start. When working with statistical data, be sure to ask yourself:

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Contains statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Available up to 2011 from the US Census Bureau. Subsequent years in print Reference.
FedStats
Contains statistical information from U.S. Federal Government agencies. Subjects covered include economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, etc.

USA Counties
County Populations by Characteristics: 2010-2016
American Fact Finder
Population, housing, economic, and geographic data at the local level.
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This is a small sampling of statistic websites, please contact a librarian for assistance if you can't find the information you are seeking.

US Census Population Data
Population statistics from decennial censuses, which counts the entire U.S. population every ten years.
Historical Census Browser
National Center for Health Statistics
Contains Statistical information on related health information, including aging, births, deaths, disease, and health care. .
National Center for Education Statistics
Contains statistical information on all levels of U.S. education - early childhood, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary.
USDA Agricultural Statistics
Contains statistics on domestic production of livestock and crops including brief trade data.
FBI Reports and Publications
Contains links to Uniform Crime Report statistics and reports on hate crimes, financial crime, gangs, terrorism, and law enforcement technology
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Contains statistical information on transportation data across every mode of transportation.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Contains statistical information on inflation, wages, productivity, occupations, business costs, industrial safety, demographics, statistical and geographic information about labor economics.
Vital Statistics of the United States
Contains statistical information on nationality, mortality, marriage, and divorce from 1937 to the present.

Havocscope
Statistics on the global black market collected from government agencies, academic studies, media reports, and reported data from sources.