About the U.S.A.

Statistics of the United States

Statistical Abstract of the United States (by U.S. Census Bureau)

Survey of Current Business (by Bureau of Economic Analysis)

Current Federal social statistics from the White House Social Statistics Brief Room:

• Crime Statistics
  violent crime measures, homicide rates by age, violent crime rates by gender of victim, property crime rates, arrests for drug abuse violations, and national correctional populations.
• Demographic Statistics
  current population of the U.S., current population of the world, household income, poverty, household wealth, homeownership, 'what's your house worth?' and earnings and field of degree.
• Education Statistics
  international comparisons in reading literacy, reading achievement, mathematics achievement, trends in academic progress, dropout rate, the high school transcript study, postsecondary enrollment of 18- to 24-year-old language minorities, volunteer service, doctoral degrees awarded in science and engineering fields, percent of doctorate awards in science & engineering awarded to women, graduate enrollment in science and engineering, percent of full-time S&E graduate students supported by research assistantships.
• Health Statistics
  vital statistics trends, health care coverage and utilization, health behaviors.

Current Federal economic indicators from the White House Economic Statistics Brief Room:

• Output
  gross domestic product, nonresidential fixed investment, residential investment, personal saving rate, corporate profits, quarterly financial report - retail trade, quarterly financial report - manufacturing, mining and trade, personal consumption expenditures, national expenditures for R&D by performing sector, federal obligations for research and development and R&D plant.
• Income
  disposable personal income, per capita income, farm sector income, household income, poverty, household wealth.
• Employment
  civilian labor force, unemployment, unemployment rate, employees on nonfarm payrolls, average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, employment cost index, productivity.
• Production
  housing starts, advance report on durable goods manufacturers' shipments and orders, manufacturers' shipments, inventories, and orders, advance retail and food service sales, manufacturing and trade inventories and sales, quarterly financial report - retail trade, quarterly financial report - manufacturing, mining and trade, industrial production, capacity utilization.
• Prices
  gross domestic purchases prices, consumer price index, producer price index, prices received by farmers, prices paid by farmers, crude oil prices.
• Money
  money stock and components, aggregate reserves and the monetary base, bank credit at all commercial banks, interest rates and bond yields.
• Transportation
  domestic flights: air passengers: available seat-miles, revenue passenger-miles, unused seat-miles; domestic flights: air freight: available ton-miles, unused ton-miles, revenue ton-miles; domestic revenue load factors: passenger revenue load factor, overall aircraft revenue load factor, freight revenue load factor; domestic flight availability and distance: revenue aircraft departures, flight stage length; major U.S. air carrier on-time performance: number of scheduled flights, percent of flights not arriving on time, percent of flights not departing on time, percent of cancelled flights, percent of diverted flights; domestic airline jet fuel: for nonscheduled airlines, for scheduled airlines; U.S. foreign waterborne freight: total waterborne metric tons; U.S. surface trade with Canada: truck, rail, pipeline; U.S. surface trade with Mexico: truck, rail, pipeline.
• International
  balance on current account, U.S. international trade in goods and services, R&D expenditures as a percent of GDP, net oil imports.

Economic Indicators - prepared and published monthly for the Joint Economic Committee, by the Council of Economic Advisers

The Foreign-Born Population (by U.S. Census Bureau)

International Economic Accounts (by Bureau of Economic Analysis - U.S. Department of Commerce)

International Investment Position of the U.S.

• U.S. Direct Investment Abroad (by Bureau of Economic Analysis)
  • Detailed annual country by industry tables
    • Position Abroad on a Historical-Cost Basis, 2005
    • Position Abroad on a Historical-Cost Basis, 2004
    • Position Abroad on a Historical-Cost Basis, 2003
    • Position Abroad on a Historical-Cost Basis, 2002
    • Position Abroad on a Historical-Cost Basis, 2001
    • Position Abroad on a Historical-Cost Basis, 2000
    • Position Abroad on a Historical-Cost Basis, 1999
    • Position Abroad on a Historical-Cost Basis, 1998 (Updated: June 28, 2001)
    • Position Abroad on a Historical-Cost Basis, 1997 (Updated: June 29, 2000)
    • Position Abroad on a Historical-Cost Basis, 1996 (Updated: July 7, 1999)
    • Position Abroad on a Historical-Cost Basis, 1995 (Updated: July 6, 1998)
    • Position Abroad on a Historical-Cost Basis, 1994 (Updated: July 6, 1998)

• Foreign Direct Investment in the United States (by Bureau of Economic Analysis)
  • Detailed annual country by industry tables
    • Position in the United States on a Historical-Cost Basis, 2005
    • Position in the United States on a Historical-Cost Basis, 2004
    • Position in the United States on a Historical-Cost Basis, 2003
    • Position in the United States on a Historical-Cost Basis, 2002
    • Position in the United States on a Historical-Cost Basis, 2001
    • Position in the United States on a Historical-Cost Basis, 2000
    • Position in the United States on a Historical-Cost Basis, 1999 (Updated: July 10, 2002)
    • Position in the United States on a Historical-Cost Basis, 1998 (Updated: June 28, 2001)
    • Position in the United States on a Historical-Cost Basis, 1997 (Updated: June 28, 2001)
    • Position in the United States on a Historical-Cost Basis, 1996 (Updated: July 7, 1999)
    • Position in the United States on a Historical-Cost Basis, 1995 (Updated: July 20, 1998)
    • Position in the United States on a Historical-Cost Basis, 1994 (Updated: July 20, 1998)

U.S. Foreign Trade Figures

• Press Releases: FT-900: U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services (by U.S. Census Bureau)
  • Prior Issues & Historical Data

• Foreign Trade Statistics: U.S. Trade (Imports, Exports and Balance) by Country (by U.S. Census Bureau)
  • U.S. Trade Balance with China
  • U.S. Trade Balance with Hong Kong
  • U.S. Trade Balance with Macao
  • U.S. Trade Balance with Taiwan

• U.S. Foreign Trade Highlights (by International Trade Administration)

• Top U.S. Trade Partners (monthly trade data for the top thirty U.S. trading partners)
• U.S. Commodity Trade With 80 Largest U.S. Trade Partners, 2000-2004
  • U.S. Trade by Commodity with China, 2000-2004 (Last updated 5/31/2005)
  • U.S. Trade by Commodity with Hong Kong, 2000-2004 (Last updated 5/31/2005)
  • U.S. Trade by Commodity with Macao, 2000-2004 (Last updated 5/31/2005)
  • U.S. Trade by Commodity with Taiwan, 2000-2004 (Last updated 5/31/2005)

• U.S. Aggregate Foreign Trade Data:
  • U.S. Total Exports to Individual Countries, 1998-2004 (Last updated 03/30/2005. Next update Summer 2005.)
  • U.S. Total Imports from Individual Countries, 1998-2004 (Last updated 04/04/05. Next update Summer 2005.)
  • U.S. Total Trade Balances with Individual Countries, 1997-2003 (Last updated 09/03/04. Next update Spring 2005.)
  • Top 50 Partners in Total U.S. Trade in 2003 (Last updated 4/27/2004. Next update Spring-Summer 2004.)
  • Top 50 Purchasers of U.S. Exports in 2004 (Last updated 3/31/2005. Next update Summer 2005.)
  • Top 50 Suppliers of U.S. Imports in 2004 (Last updated 4/04/2005. Next update Summer 2005.)
  • Top 50 Surplus Countries in U.S. Trade in 2003 (Last updated 4/27/2004. Next update Summer 2004.)
  • Top 50 Deficit Countries in U.S. Trade in 2003 (Last updated 4/27/2004. Next update Summer 2004.)
  • U.S. Manufactures Exports to Individual Countries, 1998-2004 (Last updated 4/06/05. Next update expected in Summer 2006.)
  • U.S. Manufactures Imports to Individual Countries, 1998-2004 (Last updated 4/07/05. Next update in June-August 2006.)
  • U.S. Manufactures Trade Balances with Individual Countries, 1998-2004 (Last updated 04/12/05. Next update expected in June-August 2006.)
  • Top 30 Purchasers & Suppliers of U.S. Manufactures Products in 2004 (Last updated 4/06/05. Next update in May-July 2006.)
  • U.S. Total Agricultural Exports to Individual Countries, 1998-2004 (Last updated 04/22/05. Next update Fall 2006.)
  • U.S. Total Agricultural Imports from Individual Countries, 1998-2004 (Last updated 04/18/05. Next update Fall 2006.)
  • U.S. Total Agricultural Trade Balances with to Individual Countries, 1998-2004 (Last updated 04/21/05. Next update Fall 2006.)
  • Top 30 Purchasers & Suppliers of U.S. Agricultural Products in 2004 (Last updated on 4/22/05. Next update Summer 2006.)
  • U.S. and China's Shares of Imports by Top-50 Importers, 1994 & 2003 (Last updated 01/11/05. Next update late 2005.)

• TradeStats Express™ (Presented by the Office of Trade and Industry Information (OTII), Manufacturing and Services, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.)
  • National Trade Data - U.S. merchandise exports, imports, trade balances
  • State Export Data - State and regional exports of merchandis

• Shifts in U.S. Merchandise Trade 2006 -- China (8/13/2007) (by United States International Trade Commission)

• Monthly Tourism Statistics - 2007 (by the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries)
  • 2007 Monthly Arrivals to the United States - Table C
    • Section 5: United Kingdom, Japan, S. Korea, PRC & Hong Kong, ROC(Taiwan)

 

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