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American FactFinder

American Religion Data Archive (ARDA) includes quantitative data on American religion and allows comparisons across data files: churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups (individuals, congregations and denominations).

The Black population in the United States US Census Bureau

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

County & city data book US Census Bureau

Digest of Education Statistics compiles nationwide statistical information on American education from prekindergarten through graduate school.
SML, Reference Desk HA202 A23 1975 (LC)+

Educational achievement and black-white inequality

FedStats

Historical census statistics on population totals by race, 1790 to 1990, and by Hispanic origin, 1790 to 1990, for the United States, regions, divisions, and states

Historical Statistics of the United States Colonial Times to 1970

Housing in metropolitan areas : Black households

LexisNexis Statistical Searches, at the table level, U.S. Federal Government (1974-present), international intergovernmental (1983-present), state government and privately published documents (1981-present) that contain statistics.

MapStats: United States

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development US Statistics

Population Reference Bureau

Social Statistics

StatCat: Social Science Data Search
Information about numeric datasets in the Yale Social Science Data Archive, as well as datasets available in the Yale University Library and on the Internet. Subject coverage includes: public opinion surveys, census data, health data, economic and social indicators, surveys of electoral behavior. Data are available for the United States and foreign countries; datasets may cover a single country or multiple countries. Historical and contemporary data are included.

Statistical Abstract of the United States Summary of statistics on the social, political and economic organization of the United States.

STAT-USA (U.S. Bureau of the Census) Economic, business, and international trade information produced by the U.S. Federal government.

US Statistics Infoplease

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