INFO Sequence Research Guide (INFO 1010, INFO 2020, etc.): Agriculture - Environment

Statistics related to agriculture in the United States.

From the U.S. Department of Agriculture, this service provides production statistics for agricultural goods.

In addition to being a full-text article database, BSC provides statistics published in various sources, such as Barnes Reports. To obtain industry statistics from the Barnes Reports once you have accessed BSC, enter your NAICS code in the first search box (be sure to change the default to IC NAICS Code or Description), enter "Barnes Reports" (in quotes) in the second search box and change the default to TX All Text, then click on the Search button. You can search for NAICS codes at https://www.census.gov/eos/www/naics/.

This source can help you analyze patterns for a U.S. industry. Use the first three digits of your NAICS code to identify the appropriate report. From the U.S. Census Bureau.

Web tool for accessing U.S. merchandise trade statistics at both the national and state levels.

Provides U.S. export and import information on more than 18,000 commodities for current month and previous month; cumulative year to date, current year and prior year; and annual two year and historical data. Use Schedule B or the NAICS code to find data. You will need to register to access.

U.S. Census Bureau home page. The official site for U.S. economic, demographic, and social statistics.

This web site offers easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment,and education. Reports include America's Children, the annual Federal monitoring report on the status of the Nation's children, and Counting Couples, among others.

"Annual report on child well-being, finds that children in the United States continue have made gains in the areas of health, safety and education since 1990."

This freely available data warehouse, a subset of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), contains data sets covering corrections, courts, crime and delinquency, the criminal justice system, hate crimes, homicides, international crime, police, victimization, violent crimes, and several other areas. To download data public users may create an account with the system, or download anonymously.

Provides criminal victimization data obtained annually from a nationally representative sample of about 79,800 households and 143,210 persons interviewed each year. NCVS data describe the frequency, characteristics and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States.

U.S., international, regional, and industry statistics.

Datasets on employment, earnings, consumer and producer price indexes from U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Go to Data Tools for list of datasets. See Public Data API for tools to retrieve.

Formed from the consolidation of the Financial Management Service and the Bureau of the Public Debt. Publications include the Financial Report of the United States Government, Monthly Treasury Statement, and the Monthly Statement of the Public Debt.

This page provides links to data and charts for over 100,000 economic time series.

This source can help you analyze patterns for a U.S. industry. Use the first three digits of your NAICS code to identify the appropriate report. From the U.S. Census Bureau.

FRASER, Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research, is a database of historical information and data on the U.S. economy.

FRED, Federal Reserve Economic Data, is a database of over 200,000 U.S. and international time series, ranging from banking to consumer price index to regional data on different industries.

2014 ed. of this source presents data on consumer spending, including apparel, entertainment, financial products and services, health care, gifts, housing, and transportation. Provides an overview of spending trends.

Statistics of income -- returns filed and collections.

These indicators summarize important developments and trends. A Congressionally mandated annual report on these indicators is provided to the White House and Congress each year.

A compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

A unit of the U.S. Department of Education, NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations. Included are statistics and other education data. Publications include Digest of Education Statistics, and special reports, such as Trends in Educational Equity of Girls & Women.

Since 1920, the Clerk of the House has collected and published the official vote counts for federal elections from the official sources among the various states and territories.

Trends in American public opinion.

From the U.S. Department of Energy, data includes greenhouse gas; electric power plant emissions; long standing statistical publications on petroleum, natural gas, coal, nuclear energy and uranium, renewable and alternative fuels; projections.

Data Collections; Datasets/Datastreams from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information.

Acreage, commercial and recreational use.