Find statistics compiled by U.S. government agencies

Find statistics compiled by U.S. government agencies

Links to statistics from over 100 U.S. government agencies. Browse alphabetically, by subject, or by state.
You can also search all agencies simultaneously for keywords (use quotes for phrase searches).
Sample search: "organic food" consumption.

BLS Gateway Site for finding statistics online.
Links to principal U.S. federal statistical agencies, international statistical organizations, and the national statistical agencies of many other countries.

The BEA's economists produce some of the world's most closely watched statistics, including U.S. gross domestic product, better known as GDP. They do state and local numbers, too, plus foreign trade and investment stats and industry data.

Labor statistics, including data on employment, prices, and inflation.

The Census Bureau produces economic data across the entire economy on a monthly, quarterly, yearly, and five-year basis.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. Indexes are available for the U.S. and various geographic areas. Average price data for select utility, automotive fuel, and food items are also available.

Virginia Workforce Connection website: data related to employment, occupations, and industries in the state of Virginia.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's searchable company filings.
Use EDGAR (the SEC's the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system) to locate the financial statements, 10-K forms, annual reports, letters to shareholders, and other SEC filings that public companies are required to submit to the SEC

Annual survey by the U.S. Census Bureau to assist with U.S. budget allocations.
The ACS is is the premier source for detailed population and housing information about our nation.

Data.gov is the replacement for American FactFinder, and it is intended to simplify and streamline access to Census data.
Use Data.gov to search Census data, Economic Census data, American Community Survey data, and more.
(American FactFinder has been decommissioned and is no longer available )

Census records from 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000: 1st floor Simpson Reference HA 201 and HA 202
Census data back to 1790: 3rd floor Simpson Stacks HA 201

Download U.S. Census Data Tables & Mapping Files
Provides easy access to summary tables and time series of population, housing, agriculture, and economic data, along with GIS-compatible boundary files, for years from 1790 through the present and for all levels of U.S. census geography, including states, counties, tracts, and blocks.

Education finance data include revenues, expenditures, debt, and assets [cash and security holdings] of elementary and secondary public school systems. Statistics cover school systems in all states, and include the District of Columbia.

A program of the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics that annually collects fiscal and non-fiscal data about all public schools, public school districts and state education agencies in the United States.

The DRC is a national center assisting in the design, development, documentation and public dissemination of user friendly information about, data findings on and datasets and codebooks for the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH).

Guide to education statistics from Harvard's Gutman Library

U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) annual report to Congress

A project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and a premier source of data on children and families. Each year, the Foundation produces a comprehensive report — the KIDS COUNT Data Book — that assesses child well-being in the United States. The indicators featured in the Data Book are also available in the Data Center.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), first administered in 1969, is the largest continuing and nationally representative assessment of what our nation’s students know and can do in subjects such as mathematics, reading, science, and writing. Standard administration practices are implemented to provide a common measure of student achievement.

Teachers, principals, parents, policymakers, and researchers all use NAEP results to assess progress and develop ways to improve education in the United States. The results of NAEP are released as The Nation’s Report Card, and are available for the nation, states, and in some cases, urban districts.

NAEP is a congressionally mandated project administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).​

The NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.
Longitudinal studies, school district demographics, crime statistics, urban and rural school statistics, and much more.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports results at the state level, most often in grades 4 and 8, in four subjects—mathematics, reading, science, and writing. Because NCES administers the same assessment in every state, NAEP provides a common measure for student achievement in public schools across the country.

Rankings & Estimates is an annual report that the National Education Association’s Research Department has produced for 70 years. The report consists of two parts:

1. Rankings, which shows how states compare on a variety of education and funding measures, such as average teacher salaries, enrollment, student-teacher ratios, general financial resources, and revenue and expenditures for the most recent school year; and

2. Estimates, which shows how education funding in each state has changed over time, plus presents projections of public school enrollment, personnel employment and compensation, and finances for the school year that is underway.

Conducted in the United States by NCES, the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international assessment that measures 15-year-old students' reading, mathematics, and science literacy every three years.

The State Preschool Yearbook is an annual publication which has tracked the funding, access, and policies of state-funded preschool programs.
From the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers Graduate School of Education.

Each year, UNICEF’s flagship publication, The State of the World's Children, closely examines a key issue affecting children. The report includes supporting data and statistics.

Conducted in the United States by NCES, this study provides reliable and timely data on the mathematics and science achievement of U.S. students compared to that of students in other countries.

Compare education statistics across the world

VDOE reports a variety of data on public education in the commonwealth, including information on enrollment, demographics, student achievement, finances and safety.

Reviews the existing research on different programs, products, practices, and policies in education.
From the Institute of Education Sciences (IES)

Statistics related to public health; from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Includes data on such topics as Access to Health Care and Breast Cancer, and also provides data searchable by ethnic group (Hispanic/Latino Health, Black or African American Health, American Indian or Alaska Native Health, White Population Health, etc.).

Data gathered through American Community Survey, U.S. Census Bureau

Interactive map showing food availability and costs, fast food expenditures, physical activity levels, and other factors that contribute to or detract from community health.

Includes population surveys, vital statistics, provider surveys, and more.

From the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
Includes maps and tables covering state partisan composition, legislative careers, and legislator compensation, as well as state legislative session calendars and the Legislatures at a Glance tool.

Provides statistical data and analysis on the business of the federal Judiciary. Specific publications address the work of the appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts; the probation and pretrial services systems; and other components of the U.S. courts.