Lafayette College Library

Comparative data for all 50 states in six areas: fiscal and economic, public safety and justice, energy and environment, transportation, health and human services, and education. From the Council for State Governments.

Contains data on thirty different languages spoken throughout the United States by geographic region, percentage of speakers, number of speakers, and age. The data is taken from the 2000 U.S. Census and the 2005 American Community Survey (ACS).

Annual data on sentences imposed on convicted criminals in the U.S.

Crime data for the nation and individual states. From the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports series.

County and state level statistics on community access to healthy food from the USDA. Includes 90 indicators of food environment in three categories: food choices, health & well being, and community characteristics.

Data on the amount of time people in the U.S. spend on various activities, such as sleeping, eating, housework, grocery shopping, etc. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Data on savings and investments, insurance, banking, mortgages, and other parts of the financial services industry in the U.S.

From the Annie E. Casey Foundation, this site publishes data on the condition of children and families in the US, on community, city, state, and national levels. Find over one hundred indicators of child well-being, including economic status, health, safety, and risk factors.

Detailed data from individual and business tax filings. From the Statistics of Income Division of the IRS.

Data on sales and prices of homes for the U.S. plus state-by-state existing-home sales and metropolitan area home prices. From the National Association of Realtors