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Best Places Net
 
  • Compare two U.S. cities by crime, housing, economic, education, health and climate factors
  • Compare climates in foreign countries
Best Places to Live (Money Magazine)
  • Ranks over 500 cities to live in by economy, health, crime, housing, education, weather, leisure, transit, arts
  • Arranged by ranking and alphabetically by city
  • City pages include a description and relocation information as well as statistical data on the quality of life and the cost of living
  • Interactive interface permits the user to create own best place
Census Bureau Web Site
  • Press releases of current demographic, economic, and housing trends
  • Historic income and poverty data; national population projections
  • American Factfinder
    • The Census Bureau's premier database for accessing Decennial Census, Economic Census, and American Community Survey data
CityTownInfo
  • Detailed entries for 20,000 U.S. cities provide everything from area codes, time zones, latitude and longitude to ancestry of the population
  • Compares population, income, housing and crime to the state
  • Includes political contributions, lists of high schools, travel highlights, mortgage rates
  • Separate section for many of the cities with their most popular professions and corresponding annual salary ranges
 
Community Information by Zip Code (Cal State - Northridge)
 
  • Guide to web sites and paper products providing data by zip code for the U.S. and especially for California
  • Includes business, demographics, education, health, and the environment
County and City Data Book
  • Summary demographic and vital statistics; employment, education, government, housing, production and weather data. The population and economic censuses form the basis data also includes copyrighted material on community hospital beds.
  • For states, counties, and all cities of 25,000+
  • Statistics are a compilation from various sources, including the Census
  • To choose multiple geographic areas, click on the first area with a mouse; press the control key and click on the next area
Data Ferret (BLS/Census)
  • Data sets from the Current Population Survey and Survey of Income and Program Participation for easy or expert manipulation
    • Surveys update and enhance the Decennial Census with national, state, and metropolitan area information
    • Subjects include income, poverty, employment, education, health insurance, housing, aging, household and marital status
    • Income, poverty, and health insurance were the trial data sets as of May 31, 1997
Data on the Net (UC-San Diego)
  • Searchable and browsable data base of approximately 800 numeric data sites, data archives, catalogs, and commercial vendor web sites
  • All entries are annotated and provide direct links to the web site
FactSearch (UMich Only)
  • Index to over 1000 newspapers and periodicals since 1984 containing statistical facts (e.g. pet ownership)
  • Web equivalent of A Matter of Fact
  • Record includes citation to the original and an abstract with the information
Federal Statistics Briefing Room (White House)
  • The latest summary statistics on demographic, health, crime, and economic subjects
  • Numerous charts and links to the source agency
  • Some data available in Excel format
 
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