Poverty, Hunger and Homelessness: Statistics Sources: Primary and Secondary

Listing individual countries and International Organizations

Last version [discontinued] September 2012; 49 pages - For the latest ILC key indicators by country, see the Country at a Glance feature.

Example from 2009, see Chapter 6.

"Although BLS is the premier source for U.S. labor statistics, the Bureau is also widely recognized for providing comparable international data. BLS provides information on employment, unemployment, productivity, compensation costs, and other labor-related measures for countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia and the Pacific."

As of October, 2011, the U.S. Census Bureau terminated the collection of data for this free source. You can still use it to find more recent info by referring to the organizations cited in the source notes for each table of the Statistical Abstract.

AKA "The National Data Book"; "The authoritative & comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, & economic organization of the US. Use the Abstract as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web. Look for >> Major statistical summaries. See sections:

>Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings
>Income, Expenditures, and WealthSection
>Construction and Housing

A working group of Federal agencies that collect, analyze and report data on issues related to children and families. There are 22 Federal agency partners and partners from private research organizations.

Brought to you by the Economics and Statistics Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Its mission is to "provide timely access to the daily releases of key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau.}

Publications & Products; Surveys & Programs; Data Tools; Tables and Figures; see DATA TOOLS >> State Education Data Profiles; Census 2010 School District Profiles [part of School Districts Demographic System]

A major reference source from print to online, provides a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. Currently can search from 2011-1995. Select year to see list of available tables; e.g. 2009 Chapter 5. Outcomes of Education >> Workforce Characteristics

Includes National, International, Regional, Industry sites. Maps (some interactive), charts, data sets, PDFs, paper/working papers; "US Economy at a Glance", and more!

Select item/s from a list of of choices

Monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, persons not in the labor force, hours of work, earnings, and other demographic and labor force characteristics.

Several charts

13 pages

September 2010 "Spotlight on Statistics"; PDF and Audio. Charts! with links to the original sources

"Helping you make informed decisions"

"An ongoing survey that provides data about your community every year"; get Fact Sheet for city, town, county, zip, state. Use this link for for data from the
American Community Survey, the Economic Census,
and Population Estimates.

For the more serious researcher, teacher, etc.; 37 page PDF.

Released November 7, 2011; new research on the Supplemental Poverty Measure. This page links to the Report [24 pp.], plus materials from 11/7/11 webinar, and background materials. This research "complements, but does not replace, the nation's official poverty measure."

Look at standard tables for several censuses; design your own data sets!

Useful for anyone who is going to be needing to find statistics here. Once you sign up, you will receive a list of specific topics upon which you wish to receive information.

Quick and easy links to the latest data on racial and ethnic populations in the United States: select Hispanic/Latino, Black/African-American, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native. Then find Decennial Census info, Social, Economic characteristics, profiles, news releases, additional info sources

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