Data 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