| Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| The BJS publishes most of its reports on its WWW pages as well as in print. Statistics are maintained in the areas of law enforcement, prosecution, courts and sentencing, corrections (including capital punishment), and expenditure and employment. |
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| Electronic Databases at CUNY Libraries |
| Links to E-Journals & Reference Databases that are available for use by the patrons of all the CUNY libraries. This list of databases will vary from year to year. Some databases include the full text of electronic books, others include the full text of articles from journals, magazines and newspapers and others may be compilations of statistics and facts. |
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| Fedstats |
| The "gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies," allows you to browse or search for thousands of statistical tables maintained by the U.S. government. |
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| International Data Base (IDB) |
| The International Data Base (IDB) is a computerized databank containing statistical tables of demographic and socioeconomic data for all countries of the world. Create your own tables. |
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| My Neighborhood Statistics |
| Lets New York City residents know how City agencies are performing in their neighborhood by viewing locally mapped performance statistics using a street address or intersection. Color-shaded maps also allow for easy comparisons of highs and lows in different neighborhoods. |
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| Nation Master |
| Specializes in ranking countries of the world on the basis of a specific statistic within broad statistical categories. For example within the category of crime there is a ranking of countries by number of jails per capita. The statistics are gathered from sources published by the UN, the CIA World Factbook, the World Bank and other authorative sources. Use the Encyclopedia link on the top right to see the statistics available by category. Caution: Since we are not a sponsor of the site, you will not be able to use the option for making your own graphs based on selected countries and categories.
If you click on the name of a country in a ranking list, you will be given a statistical profile of that country. However, statistical profiles in the CIA World Factbook are more current. |
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| National Association on Counties |
| News, economic and demographic data, county ordinances, policies, and more. Browse by state or search. Surveys of United States counties in relation to finances and homeland security.
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| National Center for Health Statistics |
| Includes FASTATS which are statistics that can be retrieved quickly on health subjects from AIDS to Work-loss days (includes supporting docuemnts as well as statistics).
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| National Criminal Justice Reference System: Corrections |
| The NCJRS provides a wealth of online publications (sorted by topic or date) and links to a multitude of Internet resources (by topic subdivisions). A must-see site for the state of corrections in the United States. |
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| New York City Department of City Planning - Reference |
| The Department of City Planning provides a Census Factfinder with information available by census tract or community district and Profiles of the 59 community districts. Among the reports here is New York: A City of Neighborhoods, which offers maps of neighborhood names and community district boundaries along with geographic, demographic and economic statistics. |
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| New York City Documents |
| Columbia University's Document Service Center presents a selective guide to official documents by and about New York City and its agencies. Some documents of interest include Archives of the 107th Mayor, Rudolph W. Giuliani, Community District Profiles, Weekly Crime Statistics, Rent Guidelines, and numerous reports on Rebuilding Downtown New York City. A section on New York City Statistics provides links to a multitude of statistics on NYC. |
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| New York State Statistics |
| The New York State Statistics website, presented by the Rockefeller Institute of Government, provides extensive statistical information on the demographics, economics, elections, government finance, public safety, housing, education, health, energy. |
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| NYCdata |
| A compendium of data, primarily statistical about New York City, drawn from various governmental sources, with links to the sources. |
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| Official City Sites |
| State, city, and county links for the United States (Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands and New Zealand, too). Includes census information, city maps, chambers of commerce, and convention and visitor bureaus. |
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| Social Explorer |
| Based at Queens Collge, Social Explorer is dedicated to providing easy access to demographic information for United States. It has hundreds of interactive data maps of the United States, including historical data back to 1940 and can be used to visualize changes in distribution of people by income, race, education, etc. |
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| State and County QuickFacts |
| Census 2000 data by state and county. USA QuickFacts as well. |
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| State of the Cities Data Systems |
| This site from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development provides economic, demographic, crime, building and government finance data for individual metropolitan areas, central dities, and suburbs.
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| Stateline.org |
| Operated by the Pew Center on the States, a research organization administered by the University of Richmond. State government and public management issues such as budget, taxes, crime and prisons, environment, income and poverty, insurance, population, campaign finance, education, healthcare and transportation. Special features include state of the state speeches and state comparison charts. |
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| Statistical Abstract of the United States |
| From the U.S. Census Bureau. |
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| Statistical Abstract of the United States |
| This site provides access to the premier U.S. government statistical source as well as quick links to the State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, USA Counties, and County and City Data Book; as well as Map Stats, a site that provides quick access to facts about particular states and counties. |
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| Statistical Resources on the Web |
| University of Michigan Documents Center presents sources of statistics on a wide range of topics. |
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| U.S. Census Bureau |
| Comprehensive site for current and historical U.S. demographic data. Browse by topic or use American FactFinder or State & County Quick Facts to access data. Links to federal, state, and international statistical resources as well. |
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| U.S. Census Bureau: Federal State and Local Governments |
| Census Bureau data on local, state and federal agencies and activities. Includes government organization, public employment and payroll, finance, public employmee retirement systems, tax collections, federal expenditures, and public school systems. |
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| U.S. Courts |
| The official site of the Federal Judiciary. Some hightlights include a Library with Federal Judiciary publications and statistics, Federal rules of practice, procedure and evidence for all federal courts, and Understanding the Federal Courts, an introductory textbook on the federal judicial system, its organization, and relationship to the legislative and executive branches of the government. |
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| UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
| This site maintains global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication. Particularly useful are the the Statistical Tables on education, culture, and science. |
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| United Nations - Statistics |
| Web pages from the UN's Department of Economic and Social Affairs provide Statistics and economic indicators concerning men and women in countries around the world. Statistics focus on general topics of population, families, education, health,work, and political participation. The latest data is provided, but it may be a few years old. |
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| University of Michigan Documents Center |
| A central reference and referral point for government information--local, state, federal, foreign or international. Includes government, political science, statistical data, and news.
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