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Statistics and Data Sources by Subject

United States Government Sites

Bureau of Economic Analysis

From the U.S. Department of Commerce, the sites provide national regional, international, and interactive data.

Bureau of Justice Statistics

BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. 

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

A massive amount of statistical information available on U.S. Government this website. 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

The mission of OST-R is to transform transportation by expanding the base of knowledge to make America’s transportation system safer, more competitive and sustainable.

Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)

Historical data for series in the selected news releases from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National)

FedStats

A trusted source for federal statistical information since 1997. FedStats supports a community of practice for over 100 agencies engaged in the production and dissemination of official federal statistics, and provides the public with a showcase of information, tools and news related to official Federal statistics (source:website)

Follow the Money

From the National Institute on Money in State Politics

The nonpartisan, nonprofit National Institute on Money in State Politics compiles comprehensive campaign-donor, lobbyist, and other information from government disclosure agencies nationwide and makes it freely available. The Institute receives its data in either electronic or paper files from the disclosure agencies with which candidates must file their campaign finance reports. The Institute collects the information for all state-level candidates in the primary and general elections and then puts it into a database. Data is broken down into numerous industry and business classifications within 19 general economic sectors. (source: website) Refer to "What's On This Website?" page for an overview of the data on the website. 

Open White House

Browse White House datasets

Social Security Administration (SSA): Research, Statistics, & Policy Analysis

Program statistics and data files are filterable by: release date, subject, title, and type. The website also provides access to public-use data files.