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Department of Commerce

Comprehensive Sources

• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  • Statistics on social, economic, and international subjects from many governmental agencies

• Stat-USA
  • Business, trade and economic information; free access from UCSB domains

• Bureau of Economic Analysis
  • Regional Economic Accounts Local area economic data for states, counties, metro areas 1969+
  • National Income and Products Accounts Value and composition of Nation's output and distribution of income generated in its production; includes gross domestic product (GDP), 1929+

• Economics and Statistics Administration
  • Economic Indicators

• Patent and Trademark Office
  • Research in Patents and Standards

• National Telecommunications & Information Administration

• National Technical Information Service: NTIS
  • NTIS Catalog 1964 to present - summaries of scientific, technical, engineering, and business information products acquired by NTIS. The NTIS Database combines unclassified input from the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and NASA, with that of numerous other government agencies, among which are the Environmental Protection Agency, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and Department of the Interior.
  • NTIS via Biblioline 1990 to present; fuller descriptions of reports
  • NTIS full text reports selected reports 1964-2000; access in the UCSB Library Government Information Center

Bureau of the Census

• Contacts at the Census Bureau

• Gateway to the 2000 Census of Population and Housing
  • American Factfinder
  • Guide to the 2000 Census of Population and Housing
  • 2000 Census: State and County QuickFacts
  • Census 2000 data for California
  • Census 2000 questionnaires
  • Housing and Household Economic Statistics includes links to historical data

• Current Population Survey  Monthly survey of about 50,000 households; information on population and labor force characteristics
  • Current Population Reports
  • Current Population Reports and other Population Reports Index
  • Voting and Registration Data - Historical Time Series Tables from the CPS

     

Economic Census 1992-2002

• County and City Data Book 2007

• County and City Data Books, 1944 - 2000 University of Virginia

• County Business Patterns 1993+ Census Bureau

• County Business Patterns, 1977-2001 University of Virginia

• Census of Governments 1992-2007

Historical Censuses

• Historical Statistics of the United States

• Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 freely available

• 1990 Census of Population & Housing Census Bureau

• Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States

• Selected Historical Census Population and Housing Counts

• Historical Census Browser ICPSR
  • people and the economy of the U.S. for each state and county from 1790 to 1960

• IPUMS: Integrated Public Use Microdata Samples University of Minnesota
  • Series consists of a series of compatible-format individual-level representative samples of the U.S. population, spanning the years 1850 to 1990

• Census Questions, 1850-2005
  • UCSB Library owns individual census records for California, 1850-1930

• Federal Population Censuses: Catalog of NARA Microfilm