Chiefly tables. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sec. 1 Population -- Sec. 2 Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces -- Sec. 3 Health and Nutrition -- Sec. 4 Education -- Sec. 5 Law Enforcement, Courts, and Prisons -- Sec. 6 Geography and Environment -- Sec. 7 Elections -- Sec. 8 State and Local Government Finances and Employment -- Sec. 9 Federal Government Finances and Employment -- Sec. 10 National Security and Veterans Affairs -- Sec. 11 Social Insurance and Human Services -- Sec. 12 Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings -- Sec. 13 Income, Expenditures, Poverty, and Wealth -- Sec. 14 Prices -- Sec. 15 Business Enterprise -- Sec. 16 Science and Technology -- Sec. 17 Agriculture -- Sec. 18 Forestry, Fishing, and Mining -- Sec. 19 Energy and Utilities -- Sec. 20 Construction and Housing -- Sec. 21 Manufactures -- Sec. 22 Wholesale and Retail Trade -- Sec. 23 Transportation -- Sec. 24 Information and Communications -- Sec. 25 Banking, Finance, and Insurance -- Sec. 26 Arts, Recreation, and Travel -- Sec. 27 Accommodation, Food Services, and Other Services -- Sec. 29 Puerto Rico and the Island Areas -- Sec. 30 International Statistics -- Appendix I Guide to Sources of Statistics, State Statistical Abstracts, and Foreign Statistical Abstracts -- Apendix II Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: Concepts, Components, and Population -- Appendix III Limitations of the Data -- Appendix IV Weights and Measures. The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the best-known statistical reference in the country. As a comprehensive collection of statistics of the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States, it is a snapshot of America and its people." --