"A lesson in reading between the lines of the U.S. census to uncover the stories behind the data"--

CQ's Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census represents a unique and definitive collaboration among the leading experts on all aspects of the U.S. Census. Drawing from academia, government, and the private sector, CQ Press and the editorial board have commission-ed more than 100 concise, definitive articles on the decennial census and related topics. Subjects covered include: -- Content of the census. What the census tracks, and when it began to ask specific...

Overview: Published annually by the Federal Government since 1878, The Statistical Abstract of the United States is the best-known statistical reference publication in the country, and perhaps, the world. You'll find it behind nearly every reference desk in U.S. libraries as the authoritative go-to source. Librarians value the Statistical Abstract as both an answer book and a guide to statistical sources. As a carefully selected collection of statistics...