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U.S. Census Bureau.
"U.S. Census Bureau". .

Provides US population data and projections, as well as data on housing, income and poverty, health insurance coverage and more.

United States. Bureau of the Census. Statistical Abstract of the United States. Vol. 1st- annual edition; 1878-. Washington,: Govt. Print. Off.  Provides social, political, and economic and economic data. Each section includes an introductory text that lists other sources providing more 	detailed information.

"Fedstats." <2006. http://www.fedstats.gov/>. Provides links to statistical information from various agencies within the federal government. This resource includes a subject index as well as 	a search feature.

United States. Bureau of the Census. County Business Patterns. Vol. Electronic coverage as of Sept. 1, 1999: 1993-. [Suitland, MD]: U.S. Census Bureau.< http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS547> Provides local economic and business data on the county level.

United States. Bureau of the Census. State and Metropolitan Area Data Book. Vol. 1979-. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce Bureau of the Census : For sale by the Supt. of Docs. U.S. G.P.O., 1980. Provides data relating to social and economic conditions in the fifty states and the District of Colombia.

United States. Bureau of the Census., and United States. Bureau of the Census. County and City Data Book. Vol. 1949-. Washington, D.C.,: Govt. Print. Off. Presents latest census data for each county and for larger cities.

Meltzer, Ellen. The New Book of American Rankings. Rev. ed. New York: Facts on File, 1998. This book uses 250 tables to describe geographic, demographic, and cultural differences of the 50 states. It is based on data from the 	Statistical Abstract of the United States.

Morgan Quitno Corporation. State Rankings : A Statistical View of the 50 United States. Vol. 1990-. Lawrence, KS: Morgan Quitno Corp., 1990. Provides statistical comparrison of the fifty states by providing data in a variety of areas including Agriculture, Crime and Law Enforcement, 	Defense, Economy, Education, Employment and Labor, Energy and the Environment, Geography, Government Finance, Health, Household 	and Housing, Population, Social Welfare, and Transportation. In each area surveyed the states are listed alphabetically and by rank (from 	highest to lowest).

== Health ==

Center for Disease Control. "National Center for Health Statistics". 2006. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. . Includes vital statistics, statistics on aging, health care, health insurance, and more.

National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.), and National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). Division of Data Services. Vital Statistics of the United States Vol. 1997-. Hyattsville, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics Division of Data Services, 2000. Reports present detailed vital statistics data, including natality, mortality, marriage and divorce. Historical

Carter, Susan B. Historical Statistics of the United States : Earliest Times to the Present. Millennial ed. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Provides statistics and accompanying essays on social, economic, political, and geographical development from 1610 through 2000.

Dodd, Don. Historical Statistics of the States of the United States : Two Centuries of the Census, 1790-1990. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1993. Provides state level statistics for all fifty states and the District of Colombia for the years 1790 to 1990. Series of statistics included are 	General population statistics, Agricultural statistics, General manufacturing statistics, and populations of cities having 100,000 or more 	inhabitants in 1990. Also included is a chart providing the date of each state's admission into the union and the land area of each state.

Crime

United States Department of Justice. "Bureau of Justice Statistics". U. S. Department of Justice. . Provides statistics on a wide variety of areas relating to criminal justice including offenders, victims, law enforcement, prosecution, corrections and a number of other topics.

Labor

United States Department of Labor. "Bureau of Labor Statistics". U. S. Department of Labor. . Provides a wide variety of statistics relating to employment, productivity, job related safety and health, specific occupations, demographics, and much more.

Opinion

"General Social Survey (Gss) ". 2006. National Opinion Research Center 2006. . A survey of attitude and opinion of US households on a wide variety of social issues conducted National Opinion Research Center. The topics 	surveyed in the GSS are chosen based upon the advice of social scientists to assist in social research. The General Social Survey was 	begun in 1972.