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HIST 267: Archival Research (Terronez)

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Historical Statistics
Contemporary Statistics

Some U.S. historical statistics have been made available online by the United States Census:

Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1957
"Compiled by the Bureau of the Census with the cooperation of the Social Science Research Council, this new historical supplement to the Statistical Abstract of the United States presents in compact and convenient form more than 8,000 statistical time series (mostly on an annual basis) which cover periods from 1610 to 1957."

For additional historical statistics, consult these books in the 2nd-floor reference collection:

Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the Present
Call Number: HA202 .H57 2006 (2nd floor reference collection)
Publication Date: 2006

Library Database:

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Statista provides users with an innovative and intuitive tool for researching quantitative data, statistics, industry information.

Web Resources:

United States Census Bureau
Portal to data collected by the United States census.
Our World in Data
"Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems." Includes articles and data visualizations. All charts, maps, and text are licensed with a Creative Commons CC-BY license and, therefore, free to use in your own work as long as you cite them properly.