History Department Research Guide  Tags: history reference databases primary_sources  

The latest edition of the Statistical Abstract of the United States (census.gov) provides historical statistics on a range of topics including population, immigration, marital status, households, births and deaths, etc.

Statistical Resources on the Web - Extensive, well organized directory designed to assist researchers find statistics online. Keyword search the Experimental Statistics Database or simply browse by topic (University of Michigan Documents Center).

These Manhattanville databases provide statistics useful for historical research.

• Selected Historical Decennial Census - Population and Housing Counts (U.S. Census Bureau) - Includes three important sources:
  
  
  • Historical Census Reports in PDF format back to 1790;
  • Measuring America, offering individual histories of each census including original questionnaires and instructions; and
  • Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 (c1975, PDF doc). Also available in print, but see above for access to the more recent 2006 edition.
    Historical U.S. Census Browser (University of Virginia Library, Geospatial and Statistical Data Center) - Easy mapping / manipulation of historical U.S. census data from 1790 to 1960