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New! Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition

The Libraries new online resource for historical researchers - scholar, student or hobbyist - is all about the numbers. The Millennial Edition is divided into five sections broadly covering: population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, economic sectors, and governance and international relations. Data relates to the social, behavioral, humanistic, and natural sciences including history, economics, government, finance, sociology, demography, education, law, natural resources, climate, religion, international migration, and trade.

Historical Statistics of the United States includes over 37,000 data series and statistics from more than 1,000 sources. The database covers the Colonial period until the year 2000.

Users can access Historical Statistics of the United States from the front page of the Libraries website, either through IRIS or by following the path: Research Resources > Indexes & Databases > General & Multidisciplinary > Government Publications > Historical Statistics of the United States.