Sources for Statistics, Demographics, and Supporting Data

Making the case for funding often requires collecting and presenting information from diverse sources. The following sites offer access to the kinds of data, research, reports, and analysis that can help strengthen your proposal.

FedStats
http://www.fedstats.gov

The National Center for Health Statistics (CDC)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov

Department of Commerce Bureau of Economic Analysis – State and Local Data http://www.census.gov

Federal Poverty Guidelines and Research
http://aspe.hhs.gov/POVERTY

National Institutes of Health News Releases
http://www.nih.gov/news/feed.xml

State Health Facts (compiled by the Kaiser Family Foundation)
http://www.statehealthfacts.org

U.S. Department of Agriculture State Fact Sheets (includes local poverty and income data)
http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts

Texas DSHS Center for Health Statistics
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/thcic

Texas Association of Counties
http://www.county.org/resources/countydata/toolutl.asp

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
http://www.rwjf.org/pr

Children's Defense Fund - Research Data and Publications
http://www.childrensdefense.org/child-research-data-publications

The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
http://www.kff.org/about/kcmu.cfm

Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
http://hpi.georgetown.edu