I have the sort of day job where someone is always asking for statistics -- and the source must be highly credible. Which means a lot of time poking around in government websites. That is why I am always happy to find a good pathfinder put together by knowledgeable folks -- such as this one from the America Library Association's Government Documents Round Table (GODORT).
This guide is simple but elegant. On the left side, you'll find a list of links to General Topics and Sites -- which include "the usual suspects" like the Census Bureau's American FactFinder, Fedstats, and the Statistical Abstract of the United States. But there was also a link to one resource here that was completely new to me -- this comprehensive Statistics and Demographics resource from the University of Texas Libraries.
Also on the left side are links to some useful pages assembled by the GODORT folks:
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