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National Agricultural Statistical Service 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, statistics on virtually every aspect of agriculture

Bureau of Economic Analysis 

U.S. Department of Commerce, statistics on the U.S. economy

Economic Research Service 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, stats on agribusiness

Tax Stats 

Internal Revenue Service, taxation in the U.S.

Census Bureau 

U.S. Department of Commerce, demographic, economic, and social statistics

Explore Census Data

Tool that allows users to quickly demographic information on cities, counties, and communities.

National Center for Education Statistics 

U.S. Department of Education, statistics on all aspects of education

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2021

Key indicators of children's well-being: family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health.

National Center for Education Statistics--Annual reports

Brings together data from several sources published by the National Center for Education Statistics, including the Condition of Education, Digest of Education Statistics and more.

Energy Information Administration 

U.S. Department of Energy, statistics on all sources of energy

National Center for Health Statistics 

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, statistics on all aspects of health

Clinical Trials from NIH

CDC Wonder

Data on public health, including Aids, cancer, birth and cause of death statistics, etc

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2021

Key indicators of children's well-being: family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health.

CDC National Vital Statistics System 

Statistics done by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about birth, death, marriage, and divorce.

Bureau of Justice Statistics 

U.S. Department of Justice, criminal justice statistics

Uniform Crime Reports (FBI)

Official data on crime from U.S. law enforcement agencies gathered by the FBI. Data aggregated to the city, county, state, and other geographic levels

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics 

National Science Foundation, leading provider of science and engineering data

Social Security Administration Office of Research, Evaluation, & Statistics 

Social Security Administration, social security programs

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. travel and transportation stats

State of the Cities Data System (HUD)

Data for individual Metropolitan Areas, Central Cities, and Suburbs--demographics, employment, crime, public finance, building permits, housing affordability.

Homelessness Counts

Statistics on homelessness in the U.S.