Basic Statistics

• City Rankings / United States Bureau of the Census
• MapStats The United States Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy - FedStats
• State, County & Local Statistics / The United States Federal Interagency Council on Statistical Policy - FedStats
• State & County QuickFacts / United States Bureau of the Census
• States Exports to Countries and Regions / International Trade Administration, U. S. Department of Commerce
• State Rankings / United States Bureau of the Census

Databases

• American FactFinder (AFF) / United States Bureau of the Census
  AFF is the Census Bureau's official interactive web site from which users may retrieve Census of Population and Housing data for all available geographic locations and variables.
• County Business Patterns 1998- (NAICS) / United States Bureau of the Census
  County Business Patterns (CBP) is an annual series that provides subnational economic data by industry. CBP is useful for studying the economic activity of small areas; analyzing economic changes over time; and as a benchmark for statistical series, surveys, and databases between economic censuses. Data are provided by industry in the following economic divisions: agricultural services, forestry, and fishing; mining; construction; manufacturing; transportation and public utilities; wholesale trade; retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services.
• Gross State Product / United States Bureau of Economic Analysis
  Provides data on gross product for the United States and states, including manufacturing shipments, business taxes, compensation of employees, and income.
• The Nation's Report Card: State Profiles / United States National Center for Education Statistics
  State Profiles present key data about each state's student and school population and its NAEP {National Assessment of Educational Progress} testing history and results. The profiles provide easy access to all NAEP data for participating states and links to the most recent state report cards for all available subjects. NAEP 2000 performance for all participating states may be compared for grade 4 and grade 8 mathematics and grade 4 and grade 8 science.
• Quick Stats: the Agricultural Statistics Data Base / USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
  Quick Stats provides access to significant US and State information (some series go back to 1866) and the ability to query by commodity, state(s) and year(s). The county data (What is available?) include totals for the Agricultural Statistics Districts (county groupings) and the State. The county query is limited to five years because the dataset may be very large.
• REIS Regional Economic Information System, 1969- / United States Bureau of Economic Analysis
  The web site offers interactive access to the tables CA1-3: personal income summary estimates, Detailed county annual tables (including employment and regional economic profiles) and CA34: wage and salary summary estimates.
• Zip Code Business Patterns 1998- (NAICS) / United States Bureau of the Census
  Zip Code Business Patterns (ZBP) presents business data summarized for nine employment-size classes by hundreds of SIC codes and about 30,000 ZIP codes nationwide.

Online Publications

• County & City Data Books, 1988 & 1994 / Source: United States Bureau of the Census; Host: University of Virginia
  Over 220 data items for states and counties; almost 200 data items for cities; and 33 items for places of 2,500 or more. Vintage of data: 1987 through 1992. Examples: age, money and personal income, population, education, health care and human services, housing ownership and value, births, deaths, poverty, local government finance, employment, etc. In addition, tables show data on business, banking, climate, elections, and social programs. Data come from the Census Bureau, other Federal government agencies and private organizations. Geography: Fifty states and the District of Columbia; 3,141 counties; nearly 1,100 incorporated cities of 5,000 or more persons; and nearly 11,000 places (including, in 11 states, minor civil divisions) of 2,500 or more persons.
• Guide to State Statistical Abstracts / United States Bureau of the Census
• State & Metropolitan Area Data Book / United States Bureau of the Census
• Statistical Abstract - Section 29 / United States Bureau of the Census
• Statistical Abstract - State Data - Index pp. 997-998 / United States Bureau of the Census