Published since 1878, the Statistical Abstract , provides summaries of a wide variety of social, political, and economic statistics. The focus of the Statistical Abstract is national data. However, many of the data tables include state and regional statistics.
Information is collected from many different public and private sector sources.
Because the Statistical Abstract relies on so many different data sources it is extremely valuable as a guide to other sources of data. These sources usually contain additional related data and often a discussion of the data collection methods, statistical analysis techniques , and an analysis of the results. Unfortunately, only a small fraction of the information contained in the Statistical Abstract is available through this Web site. This Web site also includes state rankings on a variety of measures. These are only a sampling of the information available through the Statistical Abstract Web site.