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The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.

Allows public access to statistics generated by the Executive branch.

Celebrating over 10 years of making statistics from more than 100 agencies available to citizens everywhere

the most comprehensive source of information about the individual counties and cities in the United States. It includes data for all U.S. states, counties, and cities with a population of 25,000 or more. It contains additional data for places with a population of 100,000 or more. Also included is a complete set of state maps showing all counties, places of 25,000 or more population, and metropolitan areas.

Home site of the United States Census

The official entry portal to U.S. Government Information Resources.

GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.

MetaLib is a federated search engine that searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles, and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online.

A directory which links to all branches of federal, state, and local governments and court resources. The local government directory breaks down each state by counties and cities (townships, villages, etc.).

Points to business and technical information sources, including reports, forms, standards, tax, and customs. Some sources require payment.

American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.

From the Library of Congress, some of the most important documents in US history in digital format