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FedStats |
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Easy access to the full range of statistics and information produced by more than 70 agencies of the US federal government. |
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American Housing Survey |
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Data on apartments, single-family homes, mobile homes, vacant homes, family composition, income, housing and neighborhood quality, housing costs, equipment, fuels, size of housing unit, and recent movers. |
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Clemson University Ask-A-Tiger Network |
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The Ask-A-Tiger network needs your help! The Ask-A-Tiger network is an online database of Clemson alumni, faculty and friends who volunteer to share information about their careers with Clemson students and fellow alumni. We are currently seeking alumni to serve as mentors on the network. If you would like to share information about your career with Clemson students and alumni, just go to the web site to sign up. |
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SC Asset Network: County Reports |
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Data and information on social environment, education and human development, community health, public safety, economic vitality and housing for all counties in South Carolina. Designed to sere as discussion-starters in talking about community development. |
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SCTLC - South Carolina Teaching Learning Connecting |
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An S.C. Department of Education web site with a searchable database containing thousands of lesson plans, test items and links to curriculum resources. The curriculum standards outline what material students should know by the end of each school year. The material is tested on the Palmetto Achievement Challenge Test (PACT), the primary measure used in the state report cards.
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Child Trends DataBank |
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This site provides an online information resource featuring the most up-to-date data and research on over 70 indicators of child and youth well-being, with new indicators added each month. Child Trends is a nonpartisan, nonprofit research firm and a national leader in the field for over 20 years.
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Regional Economic Information System |
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This database provides local area economic data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas for 1969-1996. Statistics in the data base include: personal income and earning variables, full and part time employment variables, transfer payments variables, and farm income and expenses variables.
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Demographics Journal |
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Reports on wages/employment, population trends, government, and other original statistical reporting on topics like lifestyles, gross state product, sports franchises, and consumer spending.
Can search reports and specify number of articles. Tables can be downloaded in Excel or text format.
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USDA Report on Farmland Lost to Sprawl |
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Dec.7, 1999--Releasing a new national study that shows America's
conservation efforts falling short, Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman today
called for a renewed national commitment to preserving private land.
The Department of Agriculture said Monday that from 1992 to 1997, nearly 16
million acres of agricultural and forest land were developed. We are now losing 3 million acres per year of forest and agricultural land, double what was lost each year from 1982 to 1992. Nearly 2 billion tons of soil is eroding into waterways each year. Despite significant gains in erosion control during the past 15 years, there has been no additional improvement since 1995. Gross
wetland losses have increased to 54,000 acres annually on agricultural land
(Wetland gains are nearly 30,000 acres.) Tree and forest cover in urban areas is declining at an alarming rate. In the Chesapeake Bay region, for example, tree canopy has declined from 51% cover to 37% in the last 25 years.
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Socioeconomic Data for Economic Development: An Assessment
The assessment provides an analysis of the strengths
and weaknesses of the current federal data system, and recommendations for
improving the relevance, timeliness, and accessibility of socioeconomic data
for research and practice. The report was funded by the U.S. Economic
Development Administration.
More specifically, the report provides:
- an explanation of the federal system for producing regional socioeconomic
data, including key agencies, coordination mechanisms, operating guidelines,
and recent critiques;
- a profile of socioeconomic data users, based on the survey results;
- data user ratings and comments on over 50 federal and other data series
and sources;
- findings concerning many practitioners' lack of education about data
resources, the complexity of the federal system, insufficient federal
budgets for regional data, and the lack of ongoing communication between
data users and providers; and
- recommendations for actions to address these concerns by federal
statistical agencies, the Office of Management and Budget, EDA, and the
trade associations representing data users.
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