General Sources
Historical Censuses
U.S. Census volumes from 1790 through the nineteenth century are available in the Finley Room in Seymour Library.
Historical Statistics of the United States
Includes over 37,000 data series. Topics range from migration and health to crime and the Confederate States of America and are placed in historical context by a recognized expert in the field. Data is downloadable in Excel and CSV formats.
Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970
In print: Seymour Library Reference HA 202.B7 1976. Summarizes statistics for the U.S. as a whole on population, environment, the economy, and more.
Statistical History of the United States From Colonial Times to the Present
In print: Seymour Library Reference HA 202.A385 1976. Summarizes statistics for the U.S. as a whole on population, environment, the economy, and more.
World Almanac
In print: Seymour Library Main Stacks AY 67.N5 W7, volumes for 1902-present. Content in almanacs varies with the times, but generally they contain information about demography and population, some socio-economic data, transportation, commerce and environmental data, and usually data on more popular or cultural themes such as sports and entertainment.
From the Federal Reserve, St. Louis, provides a single source of historical continuations of statistics regularly published in the Federal Reserve Bulletin, 1976-2002. Contains economic and financial data, including interest rates, monetary aggregates, banking deposits and reserves, as well as historical mortgage rates, and production information.
Did you know?
The World Almanac has published a variety of interesting facts over the years.
For instance, the 1913 Almanac reported that Pennsylvania had the most brewers of any state in the Union in 1911 at 247, followed by New York with 194 brewers and Wisconsin with 151 and Illinois with 116. Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina and Vermont had no registered brewers in their states.
