The US Census Bureau has population statistics, information about the economy, businesses, education, employment, etc. There are maps and infographics ("An infographic uses a set of tables, graphs and maps to display statistical findings in easy-to-understand manner").
Census.gov United States Census Bureau. US Department of Commerce.
Menu bar at top of page has: Topics, Geography, Library, Data, Surveys/Programs, Newsroom, and About Us.
Main page has:
- Population clock for US and the world. Click on Learn More >> to see components of the changes; top most populous countries; select a date for US population on that date (April 2010- ); and other population in the US information.
- QuickFacts provides state by state access to facts about people, business, and geography.
- U.S. Census Bureau Economic Indicator has.RSS feed; get to archived and historic time series (select years only) via top bar or View All
- Latest News
- Stat of the Day
- Footer with menu of shortcuts to specific topics on the Census site, arranged by: About Us; Find Data; Business & Industry; People & Households; Special Topics; and Newsroom.
Topics
Under Topics find:
- Population ("statistics cover age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, migration, ancestry, language use, veterans, as well as population estimates and projections.")
- Economy ("official source of statistical data tracking the national economy.")
- Business ("key information about businesses")
- Education ("educational attainment and school enrollment to school districts, costs and financing.")
- Emergency Preparedness (latest events, data, data-tools, and news)
- Employment ("state of the nation's workforce, including employment and unemployment levels, weeks and hours worked, occupations, and commuting.")
- Families & Living Arrangements ("trends in household and family composition, describe characteristics of the residents of housing units, and show how they are related.")
- Health ("statistics on insurance coverage, disability, fertility and other health issues")
- Housing ("measure the housing and construction industry, track homeownership rates, and produce statistics on the physical and financial characteristics of our homes.")
- Income & Poverty ("the gauge many use to determine the well-being of the U.S. population. Survey and census questions cover poverty, income, and wealth.")
- International Trade ("U.S. export and import statistics and regulations governing the reporting of exports from the U.S.")
- Public Sector ("data for the Federal, state and local governments as well as voting, redistricting, apportionment and congressional affairs.")
Geography
"Geography is central to the work of the Census Bureau, providing the framework for survey design, sample selection, data collection, tabulation, and dissemination. Geography provides meaning and context to statistical data."
Under Geography find:
- Latest Information--this does not appear to be up-to-date as of early December 2015.
- About (who--Geographers, Cartographers, Statisticians, and Information Technology Specialists--and what they do)
- Education ("Find resources on how to use geographic data and products with statistical data, educational blog postings, and presentations that we have given at conferences and other events")
- GSS Initiative ("a continuous plan to provide the most current, accurate, and complete address, feature, and boundary data to the Census Bureau’s customers and data users.")
- Interactive Maps ("interactive mapping tools from across the Census Bureau.")
- Maps & Data ("geographic data and products such as the TIGER/Line Shapefiles, KMLs, TIGERweb, cartographic boundary files, geographic relationship files, and reference and thematic maps.")
- Metropolitan & Micropolitan ("geographic entities delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for use by Federal statistical agencies in collecting, tabulating, and publishing Federal statistics.")
- Partnerships ('partnerships with federal, state, local, and tribal governments as well as commercial partners.")
- Reference "The what, why, and how of Census geography. What are the definitions of geographic terms, why are geographic areas defined, and how we define geographic areas.")
- Research ("research on geographic topics such as how to define geographic areas and how geography changes over time. We also conduct research and development on how to collect changes in geographic boundaries, how to collect address data, and how to maintain a large spatial database.")
Library
- Latest Information (new publications, annotated)
- Audio ("access to official audio files from the Census Bureau, including "Profile America," a daily series of bite-sized statistics, placing current data in a historical context.")
- Infographics ("a set of tables, graphs and maps to display statistical findings." Infographics are sorted by date, first year being 2012. Many are in multiple colors. Code for embedding infographic on one's own Web pages is provided, in addition to high resolution image and PDF version.)
- Photos (arranged by category; see multimedia usage policy.)
- Publications (recent publications listed first; browse back in time to 1793--see one item--to see other publications of the US Census Bureau. Sampled publications in PDF.)
- Videos ("Watch official videos about the Census Bureau's latest projects, operations and activities." See multimedia usage policy.)
- Working Papers (Most recent working papers listed first. 1985- . Sampled publications in PDF.)
