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Statistics Briefing Room
Straight from the Whitehouse, Web site, that is. Current statistics gathered from all federal sources. Select from:
Demographics/Population

Health

Education

Crime

Prices

Money, Credit, and Interest Rates

Transportation

International Statistics

Employment, Unemployment, and Earnings

Income, Expenditures, and Wealth

Output

Production, Sales, Orders and Inventories

United States Population Clock
From the U.S. Census Bureau - a new American every 14 seconds.

CIA's World Fact Book
Pick any country, any ocean, most any geographical location you can think of. The CIA knows all about it and will tell you most of it, right here.

Current National Debt
The Bureau of the National Debt shows us how much America owes right now. Guaranteed to make you feel better about your Visa bill.

Criminal Offender Statistics
How many go to prison? What for? How many come back? How many crimes involve guns? Drugs? These Justice Department figures track the war on crime.

Economic Statistics
The Bureau of Economic Analysis reports the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the Gross State Product (GSP), national personal income figures, and more.

FedStats
Statistics from over 70 government agencies. Many agencies provide statistical reports in the form of downloadable .PDF files only. You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) to view and print them.

FBI's Ten Most Wanted
The FBI is always looking for a few really bad people. Do you know any of these?

Email Addresses of the U.S. Congress
From the Library of Congress. Find out who represents you in Washington and how to send them email.

Justice (Crime) Statistics
From the Bureau of Justice -- crimes and victims, drugs and crime, firearms and crime, law enforcement, corrections, more.

Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the home of the CPI - Consumer Price Index. Also stats on employment, labor force, job injuries, and many more workforce-related items.

Published Health Statistics from the CDC
The Centers for Disease Control presents a massive statistical study of the health of Americans. Categories include overweight, diseases, births and deaths. Data is presented in easy-to-read tables.

University of Michigan Document Center
Nicely formatted links to the statistical information Web sites of every government agency that publishes statistics. Which would be most of them.

Transportation Statistics
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics provides stats on aviation, fatal accidents, international travel, and highway statistics archives for 1994 and 1995.


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Index to U.S. Government Web Space
Links to over 250 agencies, bureaus, commissions and offices in all three branches of government.

Federal Job Openings and Resources
40,000 people will get U.S. Government jobs this year. Want to be one of them?


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