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ACF Marriage Calculator and State Marriage Policies Database (Dept. of HHS)

The Marriage Calculator provides a tool to analyze the financial issues of marriage for low-income families, including also providing information regarding changes in tax status and public assistance
The State Marriage Policies Database provides information on how cohabitation and marriage decissions can be influenced by state law
The ACF also provides a few prepared tables to help illustrate the influence of income on marriage decissions of low-income families

Adherents

Statistical data on 4000+ religions
Arranged alphabetically by religion with world, country, and state estimates
Information varies but may include date of estimate, number of churches, number of members, and the source or quotation

Administration for Children and Families (U.S.)

Statistics/Data Link (under Policy/Planning heading) provides a number of good statistical resources for researchers
Press Releases (in the right hand column of the page provide information about the latests data releases

Administration on Aging Data Sources

Statistical profiles of the aging population, projections, and health trends
Links to statistical reports from other federal agencies, including the Census Bureau, on aging

Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (DHHS)

America's Military Population (Population Reference Bureau)

Demographic characteristics of the military in 2001/2002
Includes religion, sexual orientation, sex, race, occupation and rank, and state
Article appearing in Population Bulletin, December 2004

American Factfinder

Primary vehicle for the distribution of 2000 Census data with numerous files from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing, American Community Survey, and the 2002 Economic Censuses (employment, payrolls and receipts of business establishments)
Main navigation section is on the lefthand side. It includes Data Sets and Maps.

American Immigration Law Foundation

American Laws Regulating Immigration and Asylum

American Religion Data Archive (Purdue)

Statistical data sets on the general U.S. population, religious groups, religious professionals, and individual denominations (the latter currently Nazarenes)
Churches and Church Membership data for states and counties for 1952, 1971, 1980 and 1990
Data may be downloaded in various formats
Codebooks include frequencies and percentages
A paper copy of the 1990 volume is in the Reference Room (BR 526.C481)