Librarian
Eric Novotny
Contact:
W321 Pattee Library
814-865-1014
Historical Statistics
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Social ExplorerProvides easy-to-use tools for visual exploration of demographic information.
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National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS)Provides population, housing, agricultural, and economic data, along with GIS-compatible boundary files, for geographic units in the United States from 1790 to the present.
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Decennial Census Population and Housing Counts by DecadeData on population, labor, health, income, prices, slavery, migration, communications, national defense, immigration and more.
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Statistical Abstracts of the United States (1878-2012)This is the official, authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Published by the US Census Bureau.
Many Statistics can be found in the Annual Reports issued by executive agencies, e.g the Annual Report of the Agriculture Dept.