Social/Demographic Information
Government and legal information available at WIU on related topics:
- Census Bureau
- A wealth of information including social, demographic and economic statistics is offered through this searchable database. See also:
- Illinois Quickfacts
- Includes data for counties and available 2000 Census information
- American FactFinder
- Quickly find census data by state, county, or place; also access the American Community Survey.
- Census 2000 Data Products Listed by Subject
- This is an alphabetical list of information items, from 'ability to speak English' to 'year structure built', which points (not links) to the data product(s) where the information can be found.
- TIGER Map Service
- This service will produce maps from state-level to block groups with selected variables. Visit early a.m. as it tends get swamped.
- FEDSTATS
- A good starting point for federal statistical information, this site is a search engine that leads you to agency pages containing information pertinent to your topic.
- School District Demographics
- Provides acess to school district geographic and demographic data useful for describing and analyzing characteristics of school districts, children, and K-12 education
- Social Statistics Briefing Room
- This site disseminates demographic statistics such as poverty, household income, crime, education, and health statistics. It also has up-to-the-second world and U.S. population estimates.
- University of Virginia County and City Data Book
- Interactive! The good people of the University of Virginia Social Sciences Data Center have created an interactive database that lets users customize their own data sets. A wide variety of variables for states, counties, cities and places is at your disposal.
- County Business Patterns
- Interactive! Employment, wage, and establishment data for both states and counties is presented here. CBP 1977-forward. Or try CBP from the Census Bureau -- 1993 thru forward.
This database lets you find earnings by occupation, education, age, race, and gender. - Gross State Product
- This site provides access to state data for information such as wage and salary disbursements by industry, personal income by major source and earnings by industry.
- McDonough County Census Statistics
- Links include STF 1A & STF 3A tables, as well as files from USA Counties and County Business Patterns. Link to other counties from here as well.
- Historical, Social, Economic and Demographic Data from the U.S. Decennial Census
- Interactive! This site lets you choose variables within a given census (1790 to 1960), then provides you with a table showing the results.
- Current Population Survey
- Find reports and tables on earnings, employment problems, education & training, labor force projections, international comparisons and poverty, to name a few.
- U.S. Census Bureau International Database
- Demographic and socio-economic statistics from all countries--some data back to 1950. There is summary data for each country or choose from a list of tables that include population breakdowns, vital rates, lifetables, migration rate, marital status, contraceptive use, religious affiliation, language, and literacy. Includes options for browser display and downloading into spreadsheets, and also a user-configurable option.
- Geospatial & Statistical Data Center
- Use the interactive databases to find statistics, and social and economic data.
