The 2008 Statistical Abstract: Population.
Statistics on the growth, distribution, and characteristics of the U.S. population.
The 2008 Statistical Abstract: Labor Force, Employment, & Earnings.
Statistics on the labor force; its distribution by occupation and industry affiliation; and the supply of, demand for, and conditions of labor.
The 2008 Statistical Abstract: Natural Resources.
Statistics on the area, ownership, production, trade, reserves, and disposition of natural resources. Natural resources is defined here as including forestry, fisheries, and mining and mineral products..
U.S. Population Hits 301 Million. By
Carolee Walker
USINFO Staff Writer.
Washington Post: Census 2000.
This page links to an extensive series of articles on the 2000
census that delineate the changes which have occurred in the U.S.
population over the 90s. In addition, the site provides links
to a census timeline, sample forms and a useful collection of
background documents and resources.
Diversity
Spreads Out: Metropolitan Shifts in Hispanic, Asian, and Black
Populations Since 2000
The Brookings Institution, March 2006
New
Marriages, New Families: U.S. Racial and Hispanic Intermarriage
(PDF 593k)
Population Reference Bureau, June 2005
Marriage
and Family in a Multiracial Society
Russell Sage Foundation and the Population Reference Bureau, December
2004
(excerpt of a report)
Immigration
and a Changing America
Russell Sage Foundation and the Population Reference Bureau, November
2004
(excerpt of a report)
The
Lives and Times of the Baby Boomers
Russell Sage Foundation and the Population Reference Bureau, October
2004
(excerpt of a report)
Immigration
and Fading Color Lines in America
Russell Sage Foundation and the Population Reference Bureau, July
2004
(excerpt of a report)
U.S. Growing Bigger, Older, and More Diverse
Population Reference Bureau, April 2004
Population:
A Lively Introduction (PDF 260k)
Population Reference Bureau, December 2003
Politics and Science in Census Taking
Russell Sage Foundation and the Population Reference Bureau, October
2003
(excerpt of a report)
Changing
Faces: Immigrants and Diversity in the Twenty-First Century
(PDF)
Brookings Institution, June 2003. This is chapter 7 of Agenda
for A Nation, published in 2003 by Brookings Institution
Immigration:
Shaping and Reshaping America (PDF 369k)
Population Reference Bureau, June 2003
Now
That I’m Here: What America’s Immigrants Have to Say about Life
in the U.S. Today
Public Agenda, January 2003