Natural Hazards & Disasters
Climatic Extremes and Weather Events: historical and
current.
Disasters
and Emergencies: lists of federally declared disasters from
the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Extreme
Weather Sourcebook: economic and other societal impacts
related to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, lightning, and other
U.S. weather phenomena.
Wildland Fire
Statistics: from the National Interagency Fire Center.
Natural
Hazard Statistics: information on fatalities, injuries and
damages caused by weather related hazards from the National
Weather Service. 1995-
Natural Hazards
Data: earthquake, tsunami and volcano data.
Religion
American
Religion Data Archive: Interactive maps and reports of U.S.
church membership for states, counties and metropolitan areas.
Also includes other surveys.
Science & Technology
National Science
Foundation: statistics on R & D funding, science and
technology funding, education, employment and work force
including state profiles.
Small Business
Small Business
Administration: national, state and local statistics on small
business finances, performance and activity, small business
owners and employees.
Small Business State Profiles: "baseline statistics on each state's small business economy - number of firms, small business income, industrial composition, job growth and data on minority and women-owned businesses." PDF only.
Social Issues
HIV/AIDs
HIV/AIDS
surveillance report: tabular and graphic information about
U.S. AIDS and HIV case reports, including data by state,
metropolitan statistical area, mode of exposure to HIV, sex,
race/ethnicity, age group, vital status, and case definition
category. Published Semi-annually.
UNAIDs
HIV/AIDS Information and Data: Includes global HIV/AIDS
surveillance by country.
Social Security and Social Welfare
Green Book
Social
Security Administration: Data by subject, date or type.
Taxation
Internal
Revenue Service: statistics compiled from tax and information
returns.
Transportation and Travel
Bureau of Transportation
Statistics: general travel and transportation statistics,
airline on-time statistics and other airline statistics including
airline finances, transportation indicators, FAA Statistical
Handbook of Aviation and transportation-related geospatial data.
Comprehensive site.
Government Transportation Financial Statistics: interactive access to federal, state and local government transportation revenues and expenditures. 1977-present.
Highway
Statistics: Annual publication. Fuel use and taxation,
vehicle registration by type of vehicle, driver licensing,
highway financing, road lengths and usage.
National Aviation
Safety Data Analysis Center: access to Aviation Safety
Reporting System (ASRS), FAA Accident /Incident Data System
(AIDS) (incidents since 1978), Near Midair Collision System
(NMACS) and the World Aircraft Accident Summary (WAAS).
National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Traffic Safety, Fatal
Accident and Crash Statistics.
National Transit Library: financial, operating, safety, performance and mileage data for mass transit agencies.
Office of Safety Analysis: railroad safety information including accidents and incidents, inspections and highway-rail crossing data.
TransStats: data from multiple agencies, a searchable index of more than 100 transportation-related databases, selective data download, interactive analytical and mapping tools.
Veterans
Veterans
Administration: social and economic information about
veterans, demographic and geographic veteran information,
statistical information by veteran program areas and veteran
survey information.
Women
Genderstats:
interactive database from the World Bank. Country demographic,
labor and education statistics.
The
World's Women: Annual U.N. publication.