Over 1000 pages with information on American life - who they are, where they live, what they do, what they eat and where they work. This valuable reference is filled with thousands of statistical tables covering 31 key areas ranging from demographics and government spending to transportation and construction. Within its pages the reader will find the answers to questions such as: What are the biggest, fastest-growing and slowest-growing US industries?; What is the rate of mortgage delinquency and foreclosure?; How many new businesses are started each year?; How many fail?; What are the wealthiest and poorest areas of the country?; How has the purchasing power of the dollar changed over time?; How many US companies have been acquired by foreign companies?; What kind of Internet access services are being provided in public libraries?; How many bankruptcy cases are filed in each state?; What are the trends in corporate profits?; Has the rate of marriage and divorce changed in this decade?; How many people are employed in various types of retailing?
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"One of the worldÕs great reference books." -- Newsweek
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This review is from: Statistical Abstract of the United States 2000: The National Data Book (Hardcover)
Like the 1999 version of same, this Statistical Abstract is the gold standard of reference books--far more statistics than the World Almanac or its private competitors, in about the same number of pages. Only in the Statistical Abstract can you learn things like: the budgets of individual states, crime rates of individual cities, and economic data about foreign companies. How does the Census Bureau do it? They cut out the drivel about celebrities' birth dates, the Year in Review, etc. -- and pass the savings on to you in the form of additional hard data! If you are the sort of person who likes to have a reference book by his or her bedside (and if you aren't, you probably aren't reading this anyhow) then buy the Statistical Abstract.
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