To find more information about statistical information on the Internet, see Paula Berinstein's book called Finding Statistics Online: How to Locate the Elusive Numbers You Need. Located at the Information desk in the SE library.

• University of Michigan Documents Center-Statistical Resources on the Web
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html
Contains statistical information from many different sites on many different topics
• The Rand Corporation
http://www.rand.org
RAND has a long history of research on issues relating to the national security and public welfare of the United States, and it publishes the results of this research to serve the public interest. Its work involves most of the major disciplines in the physical, social, and biological sciences, with emphasis on their applications to problems of policy and planning in domestic and foreign affairs.


• The Official Yearbook of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/Product.asp?vlnk=5703
• Farmers Almanac
http://www.almanac.com/
• United Nations Statistics Division
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/default.htm
• UN Data
http://data.un.org/Default.aspx
• OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web
http://www.offstats.auckland.ac.nz/
• Learn2.com
http://www.learn2.com/#ad
A place to go to learn how to do many different things, offering step-by-step instructions, that cover a wide spectrum of skills, activities and tasks.

• Abortionfacts.com
http://www.abortionfacts.com/statistics/statistics.asp
Contains abortion statistics by state, race, by weeks of gestation when aborted, by type of procedure, and more.

• Fortune
  
  http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/
  Fortune contains lots of business and financial statistics. It publishes these statistics in its magazine. It also publishes lots of statistics on its web page. It has the Fortune 500 (largest companies in the US by revenues), the Fortune e-50,("includes 50 companies selected from the following subsectors: E-Companies, Internet Communications, Internet Hardware, and Internet Software and Services") the Global 500 (500 largest companies in the world) the 25 World's Most Admired Companies, America's Most Admired Companies, the 100 Fastest Growing Companies, America's Best Companies for Minorities, and 100 Best Companies to Work For.
• Forbes


http://www.forbes.com
This is the online edition on the popular business magazine. You can get the full text of back issues to 1997 at this site. You can also get some of Forbes' list that they publish every year, such as: The Forbes Riches 400 People in America,  The Forbes Celebrity 100 (richest celebrities), The Forbes World's Richest People, the Forbes 500's Annual Directory (the largest public companies in America measured by sales, profits, assets and market value), Forbes Best Places(the 500-600 best metro areas in the country, by rank. Things considered are: wage and salary increase, job growth rate, high tech companies)The Forbes Best 200 Small Companies in America, the 500 Largest Private Companies in the U.S., The Forbes Platinum 400 (best performing Big Companies in the U.S.) The Forbes International 800 (the largest non-U.S. companies based on revenues), The Forbes Corporate America's Most Powerful People (the top 800 earners) The Forbes Top 40 Athletes, America's Top Technology Companies (the world's top 100), The Ramp Champs ((The definition of a ramp: "it's what happens when a startup taps into a new and exploding market and suddenly finds itself experiencing skyrocketing revenue growth (typically 400% in a single year)This list gives the top 100)) .
• Big Charts


http://www.bigcharts.com/
"BigCharts is the world's most comprehensive and easy-to-use investment research web site providing access to professional-level research tools like interactive charts, quotes, industry analysis, intraday stock screeners, as well as market news &commentary. We combine these tools with an interface that incorporates compelling graphics and intuitive navigation to make your research experience productive, yet entertaining and fun. Best of all, BigCharts is a FREE service supported entirely by our site sponsors." BigCharts offers numerous products for the self-directed investor. Following is a brief description of some of our site's capabilities &features. Over 50,000 Symbols Covered, covers all NYSE, NASDAQ, OTC, AMEX, TSE, VSE, MSE, ASE, WSE Stocks, covers all NASDAQ Quoted Mutual Funds, covers all major financial indexes, covers End-of-day data provided by Interactive Data Corp., a world-leader providing historical data to more than 90% of US Banks and Brokerage Firms, Intraday Data provided by S&P ComStock, and news provided by Reuters New Media, COMTEX, and CBS MarketWatch.
• CI: Corporate Information


http://www.corporateinformation.com/
At this site you can research a company from 350,000 profiles, research a country's industry, research companies and industries by Country, find in depth research reports on 15,000 companies, get company profiles in French and Spanish where the language in the country is French or Spanish, figure out company "Extensions", which are letters that follow a company's name, such as GmbH or S.A. de C.V., find currency exchange rates, do company research by State, and get a list of the largest companies in the world.
• TheStreet.com


http://www.thestreet.com/
This is a good place for investing, financial, and stock information, with the latest from the wires, stock market news, international news and commentary, analyst rankings,stock market quotes and research tools, investing basics, and more.
• FT.com  The Financial Times


http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Collection&cid=IXLYK5HZ8CC&hpreg=usreghp
Global business news search and analysis from the Financial Times It has information on markets, such as Markets home, US Equities,  UK Equities,  European Equities, Asia Pacific Equities,  Currencies, Bonds, Commodities, Emerging markets, World indices,  LSE Equities Search, Managed funds, Economic calendar, Analysts' rankings. Also information on industries and companies.
• AdvertisingAge--Data Center


http://adage.com/datacenter/
• Dataplace.org


http://www.dataplace.org/
Contains population, housing, income and other social statistics.
• ERSYS (Earth Resource System)


http://www.ersys.com/
• United Nations


http://www.un.org
• Forecastcenter.com


http://www.forecastcenter.com
• International Monetary Fund: Data and Statistics


http://www.imf.org/external/data.htm
• International Monetary Fund: World Economic Outlook Databases
http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28
• International Monetary Fund: International Financial Statistics Browser
http://www.imfstatistics.org/imf/
• International Monetary Fund: External Debt Statistics: Joint IBS-IMF-OECD World Bank Statistics
http://www.imf.org/external/np/sta/ed/joint.htm
• U.S. Government Business Statistics
http://www.se.edu/lib/govdocs/businessgov.html
• UK Statistics Authority
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/
• Bank of England Statistics
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics/
• HM Treasuary (England)
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/
• OFFSTATS: Univ of Auckland Library
http://www.offstats.auckland.ac.nz/
• Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development: OCED.Stat
http://stats.oecd.org/wbosdos/default2.aspx
• Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland: Statistics on Debt of public Budgets
http://www.destatis.de/jetspeed/portal/cms/Sites/destatis/Internet/EN/press/abisz/SchuldenOeffentlicheHaushalte__e.psml
• World Economic Outlook Databases: International Monetary Fund
a href="http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=28

• College and University Rankings
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/edx/rankings.htm
• Measuring Up: The National Report Card on Higher Education
http://measuringup.highereducation.org/

• International Energy Agency Statistics


http://www.iea.org/Textbase/stats/index.asp

• Earthtrends: Environmental Information
http://earthtrends.wri.org/

"EarthTrends is a comprehensive online database, maintained by the World Resources Institute, that focuses on the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world."

• How Far Is It?
http://www.indo.com/distance/
"This service uses data from the US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them."
• WorldClimate
http://www.worldclimate.com/
"What the weather is normally like for tens of thousands of places
 worldwide!" ...WorldClimate.com contains over 85,000 records of world climate data (historical weather averages) from a wide range of sources. See about worldclimate for details and instructions. At present, all placenames  and COUNTRIES are shown with the names they had at the time the data was  recorded."

• 50States.com
http://www.50states.com/
At this site you can find out information about each state in the United States, such as: area, state flag, state capital, state song, state flower, who the governor is, highest and lowest point, population, names of colleges, and much more. You can also access each state's page on the Internet.
• StateScape
http://www.statescape.com/
StateScape is the only web-based state monitoring service that offers its clients comprehensive legislative and regulatory reporting. Substantive analysis and activity forecasting complement this monitoring, creating targeted intelligence updated on a daily basis. With 30 dedicated staff members, StateScape provides its clients with in-depth coverage of all 50 states on a myriad of issues, driven by client need. StateScape's unique approach to offering clients "real time" access to legislative and regulatory summaries and analysis in an easy-to-use, online format sets our service apart from the competition. Contact us to discover how StateScape can become an integral, effective component in your organization's government relations strategy.

• World Health Organization Statistical Information System


http://www.who.int/whosis/en/

Contains data from the World Health Statistics Annual.. Contains mortality data for countries of the world by major disease category, and also contains causes of infant death, life expectancy and age-standardized death rate. Also contains data from the World Health Report. Contains information on diseases, HIV/AIDS statistics, vaccination requirements and health advice for travelers, population statistics, such as: Population of all countries in 1998, Population of all countries in 2050 (Medium Variant Projection), World population growth from year 0 to 2050, Countries with a population of 50 million or more (1950, 1998 and 2050), Demographic impact of HIV-AIDS, Ageing, World population estimates and projections. Also contains links to national health sites of countries, WHO Estimates of Health Personnel (Physicians, Nurses, Midwives, Dentists and Pharmacists) (around 1998) in the countries of the world.

• Healthfinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov/
This site has been selected as a top ten medical site by the Medical Library Association, and it is maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It contains much medical and health information, such as: medical errors, latest health news, information about disease prevention, first aid, links to medical databases, and a nine point list of what to check on medical sites on the Internet, plus a whole lot more information!

• United States Historical Census Data Browser (GeoStat)

http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census/
This site, at the University of Virginia Library, contains statistical information about the United States from 1790 to 1790. It contains information about the population, religion, agriculture, libraries, manufacturing, education, literacy, slave population (before 1870) white population, marriages, births, deaths, other racial groups (Indians, Asians) starting in 1860, slaveholders, taxation and property (after 1870), place of birth (starting in 1880).


• The History Place: Statistics of World War II

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/statistics.htm
Contains death statistics for different countries of the world that were involved in World War II.


• EH-Net: Economic History Resources

http://www.eh.net/ehresources/

"EH.Net provides an on-line location for researchers in economic history to make their data series available to other professionals and interested scholars. Several data series have been given to EH.Net and are available as downloadable files, while many other titles may be accessed through our Database Registry." Contains statistical information such as: purchasing Power of the Dollar, 1720 - Present, Purchasing Power of the British Pound, 1660 - Present, Inflation Rates for the U.S. (1721 to 2000), and Great Britain (1661 to 2000), 3 to 6 Month U.S. Commercial Paper Rates, 1831 - 1997.

• Complete Guide to Internet Statistics and Research

http://internet-statistics-guide.netfirms.com/
• Internet World Stats

http://www.internetworldstats.com/index.html
• Computer Industry Almanac

http://www.c-i-a.com/index.htm
• Hitwise Competitive Intelligence

http://www.hitwise.co.uk/other/who-we-are.php

• National Archive of Criminal Justice Data

http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/welcome.html

"The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) is a branch of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of Michigan. NACJD acquires, archives, processes, and provides access to computer-readable criminal justice data collections for research and instruction. The NACJD website provides downloadable access to over 550 criminal justice data collections free of charge."

• Community Information by ZIP Code


http://library.csun.edu/mfinley/zipstats.html



• Population Reference Bureau


http://www.prb.org./

"The Population Reference Bureau is the leader in providing timely and objective information on U.S. and international population trends and their implications. " There web site "contains data on 72 demographic variables for 221 countries in the world, for 28 world regions and sub-regions, for the world as a whole, for the United States as a whole, and for the 50 states and the District of Columbia". (Not all countries have data on all variables.)"


• GeoHive: Global Statistics
http://www.xist.org/default1.aspx

• Monitoring the Future Study

http://monitoringthefuture.org/

Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults. Each year, a total of some 50,000 8^th, 10^th , and 12^th grade students are surveyed (12^th graders since 1975, and 8^th and 10^th since 1991.) In addition, annual follow-up questionnaires are mailed to a sample of each graduating class for a number of years after their initial
participation.

• Roper Center

http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/

The Roper Center is located at the University of Connecticut, and claims to be the "largest library of public data in the world".

• The Gallup Organization
href="http://www.gallup.com/
This site contains results of many polls conducted by the Gallup organization.
• StateLine
http://stateline.org/
• Europa Public Opinion Analysis
http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/index_en.htm
• PollingReport
http://www.pollingreport.com
• European Social Survey

• Smoking from All Sides--Statistics

http://smokingsides.com/docs/stat.html
• Fact Sheet-Smoking Statistics-

http://www.nsma.org.au/figures.htm
Contains smoking statistics from Australia

• Institute for Social Research
http://www.isr.umich.edu/home/
• EUROPA: Key Facts and Figures about Europe and the Europeans
http://europa.eu/abc/keyfigures/index_en.htm
• The EU's Human Rights Report
http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/human_rights/doc/

• NCAA Sports Statistics

http://www.ncaa.org/stats/
• Ballsports.com: Online Interactive Historical Sports Statistics Databases

http://www.bballsports.com/
• STATS: The Global Leader in Sports Statistics and Information

http://www.stats.com/

GENERAL


• 2005 Urban Mobility Report

http://molibity.tamu.com
• American Public Transportation Association

http://www.apta.com

"APTA serves and leads its diverse membership through advocacy, innovation, and information sharing to strengthen and expand public transportation." Statistical information is accessed by clicking on the Statistics link on the main page. This site contains statistics on buses, commuter rail, ferryboats, trolleybus, and van pool.  There is statistical information on fares, employees, operating and capital expenses, capital and operating funding, mileage, safety and performance, number of riders, and more.


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AIRLINES


• Air Transport Association Statistics

http://www.airlines.org/home/default.aspx

"The ATA is the Air Transport Association of America. Founded by a group of 14 airlines meeting in Chicago in 1936, it was the first, and  today remains, the only trade organization for the principal U.S. airlines."  The statistics page contains statistics about the airline industry, such as:  passenger traffic (monthly and annual), cargo traffic (monthly and annual), airline cost index, airline fare prices (average, by month), Domestic Airfare Report, Industry Earnings History, air travel survey, airline safety history, fuel cost and consumption (monthly report) and more.

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RAILROADS

• Association of American Railroads

http://www.aar.org

Click on the Stats and Facts link on the main page, and you will be taken to statistical information, such as: economic impact that railroads have, public opinion and railroads, the number of railroads, number of miles of railroad track, total number of carloads of freight, total rail employees, top commodities moved by rail ,and more.

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AUTOMOBILES
• AI Online: Industry Statistics

http://ai-online.com/stats

"Automotive Industries covers the automotive engineering, design and  manufacturing field, consisting of the manufacturers of passenger cars, trucks and  buses, construction equipment, tractors and agricultural equipment, recreational  vehicles, parts, accessories and components, engines, and other vehicle  manufacturing. "  The statistics contain automobile production statistics from all over the world.  The statistics are by automobile plant.

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