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There comes a time when you just need the facts. Or, you stumble upon some facts that so amaze you, you want to check them out so you can write about them. There are so many facts and statistics out there, I couldn’t possibly list them all, but here are some of the more popular resources for facts and figures for the US and World.

• US FedStats - Statistics from the US Government
• US Freedom of Information Act
• US Department of Labor - Labor Statistics
• Population Reference Bureau
• US National Center for Education Statistics
• US Energy Information Administration
• US Center for Disease Control - Data Warehouse for National Center for Health Statistics
• Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
• FBI Crime Report Statistics
• US Bureau of Justice Statistics Data for Analysis
• Crime.org - Crime Links and Statistics
• World Health Organization - WHO Statistical Information System
• US National Institutes of Health
• City-Data - US Cities Data and Statistics
• Cornell Law - Legal Information Institute
• Library of Congress - Thomas Search the Laws
• Louisiana State University - Libraries Federal Agencies Directory
• USDA Economics, Statistics and Market Information System
• USDA State Facts
• Find Law
• US FedWorld
• The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education
• US Department of Defense
• National Conference of State Legislatures - State Legislatures Internet Links
• Cornell - US Code
• CIA World Factbook
• Defense Statistics
• Pentagon Facts & Figures
• CIA World Fact Book
• Securities and Exchange Commission - EDGAR - Research Companies
• US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
• US National Traffic Safety Board (NTSB)
• I Want Media - Facts, Statistics, Links and Media Resources
• Statistics Every Writer Should Know
• Jonathan Oatis - How to Get Public Records Online
• WWW Virtual Library - International Affairs Resources
• Nation Master - Compare Nations
• Hyperstat Online Textbook - Statistics
• Stats.org
• Statistics.com
• United Nations Statistics Division
• US Government Documents - Statistics on the Web by University of Michigan
• Acronym Finder
• US Census Bureau
• Info Please
• US State Department
• World Wide Web Virtual Library - Demography and Population Studies
• Electronic Frontier Foundation - Freedom of Speech Resource Center
• TRAC.SYR.EDU - Transactional Record Access Clearing House - Tracking US Government News
• Google Scholar Search - Search for Scholarly Resources
• United Nations Population Information Network
• National Statistics for the UK
• Statistical Resources on the Web Environment

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