Data Sources from the Federal Government

The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts hundreds of surveys every year and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture. Production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, farm finances, chemical use, and changes in the demographics of U.S. producers are only a few examples.

The mission of the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) is to facilitate research in criminal justice and criminology, through the preservation, enhancement, and sharing of computerized data resources; through the production of original research based on archived data; and through specialized training workshops in quantitative analysis of crime and justice data.

The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

The U.S. Federal Government's principal vital and health statistics agency.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. Its mission is to collect, analyze, and disseminate essential economic information to support public and private decision-making.

A variety of topics are covered in the Census Atlas, ranging from language and ancestry characteristics to housing patterns and the geographic distribution of the population. A majority of the maps in the Census Atlas present data at the county level, but data also are sometimes mapped by state, census tract (for largest cities and metropolitan areas), and for selected American Indian reservations.

Data.census.gov is the new platform to access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Find data about the U.S., such as maps and population, demographic, and economic data.

Is Local, at the state, county and sub county level.
- Supplies statistics on Employment, job creation, turnover, and earnings by industry, age and sex.
- Provides Dynamic information on the rapidly changing economy.

People QuickFacts
Business QuickFacts
Geographic QuickFacts (land area & density)

The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.

Find data about the U.S., such as demographic and economic data, population, and maps. Get information about the 2020 U.S. Census.