If you need to look up census data (population, income, etc.), try:
- State & County QuickFacts - down to the county, can download data in spreadsheet format (scroll down to the bottom of the table)
- Fact Sheets - down to the city; if you click on the Show More button, you can then download the newly generated table into Excel
- "Enter a Street Address" - can generate tables from an address; remember that the smallest geographic unit you can get the social and economic characteristics is a Census Tract
If you need data for some other geography or a more complex search, you'll have to use American FactFinder Data Sets.
For more detailed information about census data, go to Find Census Data.
Illinois-specific statistical & census data sites:
If you need other statistics, try:
- FedStats - Portal for federal government statistical information available from federal government agencies.
- Illinois Statistical Abstract (1997-present) [REF HC107.I3 I63, 1987-present] - General compilation of statistics, compiled by the Bureau of Economic & Business Research, and now the Institute of Government & Public Affairs, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- LexisNexis Statistical - Covers state, federal and international statistics. Power Tables offers around 30,000 full-text statistics, usually 1995 to the present. Abstracts offers citations to statistical publications back to 1973, and if available online, a URL is provided. Otherwise, the library has some of the publications in microfiche format, or it is citing a periodical article.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States (1878-present) [also DOC C 3.134: 1924-present] - published annually by Census Bureau with over 1500 tables of statistics gathered from all agencies and other organizations. Source at the bottom of each table, so if you cannot find exactly the information sought, at least you should be able to find out what agency will collect that particular data.
For more subject-specific resources, see:
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