Statistics

Library's Electronic Subscriptions

Outside the library, these resources are only available to Lincolnwood Library cardholders.

• Global Issues in Context

  Statistics on nations of the world. Search by country name and scroll down to see statistics.
  Outside the Library, this resource is only available to Lincolnwood Library card holders.

Gateways to Statistical Information

• Fedstats

  Access statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know which Federal agency produced the statistics.

• Statistical Abstract of the U.S.

  Authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.

Children & Families

• ChildStats.gov -- Forum on Child and Family Statistics

  Part of the Forum's mission is to coordinate and report the Federal data on children and families. The Forum's annual report, America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, provides a summary of national indicators of child well-being.

Crime

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Uniform Crime Reports

  Crime statistics on homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, theft, motor vehicle theft, hate crimes, and other, less serious, offenses.

Education

• National Center for Education Statistics

  Current condition of education, projections, education indicators and international perspective can all be found here.

Employment

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

  Go to this site for statistics on employment, earnings, prices, and foreign labor statistics. For best results, click on Data or New Releases instead of doing a keyword search.

Energy

• U.S. Energy Information Administration

  Comprehensive source of U.S. energy data from U.S. Department of Energy. Also includes international energy statistics.

• International Energy Agency

  Comprehensive source of global energy statistics. Information on energy efficiency, climate protection, energy technology, etc.

Financial/Economic

• The Economics and Statistics Administration

  Provides access to the daily releases of key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau.

• Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
• U.S. Census Bureau

  Statistics on the U.S. population and economy.

Foreign Country Data

• CIA World Factbook

  Find statistics on countries of the world.

• UN Data

  International data from the United Nations.

• World Bank

  Search by country, topic, and/or indicators.

Health

• Kaiser Family Foundation

  A non-partisan source of facts on health care issues.

• National Center for Health Statistics

  Statistics on a wide range of health-related topics.

Library Science

• Library Research Service

  National and state level data on libraries provided by the Colorado State Library and Colorado Department of Education.

Local Statistics

• Chicagoland Police Department

  Search for reported crimes by address, intersection, school or police beat.

• About Illinois

  Gateway to Illinois facts from Illinois.gov, the official Illinois website.

• Lincolnwood Community Profile

  See "Community Profile" link. Population, housing and economic statistics of Lincolnwood.

Population

• Population Reference Bureau

  Global population information. Statistics organized under topic areas such as: children, education, marriage/family, migration, and race/ethnic.

• U.S. Census Bureau

  Statistics on the U.S. population and economy.

Public Opinion

• Gallup

  Public opinion polls from around the world.

Transportation

• EPA's Green Vehicle Guide

  Provides information about the environmental performance of vehicles.

• National Transportation Safety Board

  Transportation accident statistics. Includes information on aviation accidents.