Historical Statistics of the United States
Cambridge University Press.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
Published in 2006 as a five-volume set, HSUS is a database of over 37,000 data series (statistical categories) from U.S. and Colonial history. The database also contains extensive essays on the measurements of U.S. history. Data are available as published tables, spreadsheet files (Excel), PDF documents, and custom graphs or charts. This is the first update -- and major expansion -- of a two-volume set published by the U.S. Census Bureau in 1976.
The search and display functions of this database take a while to get used to, so if you have any questions, please let me know.
Links will be maintained in several location in our Web site, including here.