Library Guides: Guide to Finding Statistics: Core Resources

Statistics at the University of Missouri

This guide is intended as an introduction to finding statistics resources in the MU Libraries and beyond.

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American FactFinder
This site will guide to to data on your community. Choose:-Fact Sheet for quick access to basic demographic, social and economic data on your city, town, county or state or ZIP Code.-People to find more popular tables on a variety of topics (age, education, income, race and more) for your area.-Housing to find popular tables on home values, ownership, housing characteristics and mortgage.-Business and Government for data on housing starts, government finances, foreign trade and more.

Data-Planet Statistical Data Sets
Provides data visualization for more than 500 datasets from government and private industry, both domestic and international. Emphasis is in 20th century U.S. economic data and includes diverse subjects such as health, politics, demographics, social services and environmental data. Time spans vary by topic. Charting, plotting and mapping options available. Export data into MS Excel, XML, PDF, or into shape files for GIS.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
The Statistical Abstract of the United States is a comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Editions from 2013-present are available.

Created by Emily Smart, Graduate Reference Assistant 2011-2012.