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Data Sources

We rely exclusively on data from government agencies – over 70 at last count. While these are the most reliable and current data, they may sometimes contradict themselves or get revised by the original sources.

In addition to the sources cited below, we conduct our own analysis on a number of government sources to produce the data presented on government and individual finances.


Read more at the USAFacts financial methodology page.


Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

  • Consumer Complaint Database


Consumer Product Safety Commission

  • Annual Reports
  • National Electronic Injury Surveillance System


Department of Agriculture

  • Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
  • Economic Research Service
  • U.S. and State-Level Farm Income and Wealth Statistics
  • Food Safety and Inspection Service
  • Food and Nutrition Service


Department of Commerce

  • Bureau of Economic Analysis
  • Fixed Asset Accounts
  • National Data
  • National Income and Product Accounts
  • Non-residential Detailed Estimates
  • Census Bureau
  • American Community Survey
  • American Housing Survey
  • Census of Governments
  • Current Population Survey
  • Historical Census of Housing Tables
  • U.S. Census 2000 Brief: Veterans
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • A Patent and Trademark Office Review
  • Performance & Accountability Report


Department of Defense

  • Defense Manpower Data Center
  • Demographics Reports


Department of Education

  • Federal Campus-Based Programs Data Book
  • Federal Pell Grant Program Annual Data Reports
  • National Center for Education Statistics
  • Digest of Education Statistics
  • Education for Homeless Children and Youth


Department of Energy

  • Energy Information Administration


Department of Health & Human Services

  • Administration for Children & Families
  • AFDC Caseload Data
  • TANF Caseload Data
  • Children’s Bureau
  • Child Maltreatment Series
  • AFCARS Report
  • Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center (ECLKC)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, MMWR Surveillance Surveys, Abortion Surveillance System
  • Mortality Archive (CDC WONDER)
  • National Center for Health Statistics
  • National Lead Surveillance System
  • National Vital Statistics Report
  • Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  • Statistics Reference Booklet
  • National Health Expenditures Accounts
  • 2016 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds
  • Food and Drug Administration


Department of Homeland Security

  • Customs and Border Protection
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Disaster Declarations Summary
  • OpenFEMA
  • U.S. Fire Administration
  • Fire Loss in the United States Report
  • Transportation Security Administration


Department of Housing and Urban Development

  • Office of Community Planning and Development
  • Annual Homeless Assessment Report
  • Office of Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity
  • Annual Report to Congress - FY 2008 - 2012/2013
  • Office of Policy Development and Research


Department of the Interior

  • Bureau of Land Management
  • Oil & Gas Statistics
  • Fish and Wildlife Service
  • National Park Service


Department of Justice

  • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and explosives
  • Firearms Commerce in U.S. Report
  • Bureau of Justice Statistics
  • Annual Parole Survey
  • Annual Probation Survey
  • Annual Survey of Jails
  • Arrests Data Analysis Tool
  • Census of Jail Inmates
  • Jail Inmates at Midyear Report
  • National Corrections Reporting Program
  • National Prisoner Statistics Program
  • Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Uniform Crime Reporting
  • National Instant Criminal Background Check System


Department of Labor

  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
  • Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
  • Occupational Employment Statistics
  • Consumer Price Index
  • Employee Benefits Security Administration
  • Private Pension Plan Bulletin
  • Mine Safety and Health Administration
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  • Wage and Hour Division


Department of State


Department of Transportation

  • Bureau of Transportation Statistics
  • National Transportation Statistics
  • Transportation Statistics Annual Report
  • Federal Highway Administration
  • Highway Statistics
  • National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Safercar.com


Department of the Treasury

  • Internal Revenue Service
  • Statistics of Income
  • Treasury International Capital (TIC) System


Department of Veterans Affairs

  • Expenditures Tables


Environmental Protection Agency

  • Air Emissions Inventories


Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

  • Charge Statistics


Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

  • Historical Statistics on Banking (HSOB)
  • National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households


Federal Reserve

  • Data Download Program
  • Survey of Consumer Finances


Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago


Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis

  • FRED Economic Data


Federal Trade Commission

  • Consumer Centenial Network Data Book
  • Hart-Scott-Rodino Annual Reports
  • National Do Not Call Registry Data Book


Freddie Mac

  • Primary Mortgage Market Survey


Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission

  • MACSTATS


National Interagency Fire Center

  • Historical Wildland Fire Information


National Labor Relations Board

  • Charges and Complaints


National Science Foundation

  • Higher Education Research and Development Survey
  • National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
  • Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development


Nuclear Regulatory Commission


Securities and Exchange Commission

  • Annual Reports


Small Business Administration

  • Loan Program Performance


Social Security Administration

  • Annual Statistical Supplement
  • Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund
  • Supplemental Security Income Report


US Agency for International Development

  • Foreign Aid Explorer


US Courts

  • Judicial Facts and Figures


US Congress

  • Congressional Budget Office
  • Joint Committee on Taxation


White House

  • Office of Management and Budget
  • Historical Tables
  • Office of Personnel Management


Additional data from:

  • Economic mobility generated from government sources by the Equality of Opportunity Project
  • Stock indices from Yahoo Finance