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Federal Government Information and Statistics

Federal Government Search Engines:

FirstGov.gov: The U.S. Government's Official Web Portal (FirstGov is a very powerful search engine and it contains links to government agencies, information, laws, citizen issues, statistics, and to information on many topics.)
FedWorld: Links to Top Government Web Sites (Click on one of the topics in the left menu or select a topic from the dropdown menus; site covers government jobs, databases, reports, and other information.)

Federal Agencies:

Federal Agencies Directory (click on complete alphabetical list of federal agencies or do a keyword search for an agency)

Government Information:

U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder: Your Source for Population, Housing, Economic, and Geographic Data (has information such as: population, maps, people, housing, fact sheets for a race or other group, businesses, surveys, American Indians, a kids' corner, etc.)
Government Resources on the Web (This page is very long. Scroll way, way down to federal, state, and international governments' websites, a guide to government documents, political science resources, and 10 years of documents in the news, from the Cussing Canoeist to O. J. Simpson.)
Infomine (put a keyword in the search box or scroll down the page to Browse Options and click on subjects or keywords)
GPO Access: Browse Topics (Scroll down to the topics listed alphabetically to find links to gov't information, documents, and reports.)

Statistics of the United States:

U. S. Census Bureau Statistical Abstract: The National Data Book (has U.S. statistics on many topics, such as diseases, food consumption, entertainment; also has links to state, city, and county data; and state rankings)
FedStats: The Gateway to Statistics from Over 100 U.S. Federal Agencies (select statistics by agency, topic, or geography; has profiles of states, counties, cities, congressional districts, and federal judicial districts; or search across agency web sites [bottom left of the page] and a search screen will come up where you can type in a phrase or keyword that will search 70+ agency web sites all at once)
Statistical Resources on the Web (statistics organized according to topic: agriculture, business, foreign trade, cost of living, labor, health, military, science, sociology, etc.)

World Statistics:

GeoHive (GeoHive has data and statistics for individual countries, global statistics, charts on population and other topics, links to other organizations that keep statistics, etc.)

Last modified: 1-31-2007. 9:00 a.m. BLJ.