U.S. Statistical Abstract: Federal Summary of National Statistics Since 1878

The United States is the geographic scope of this official federal summary of statistics, first published in 1878. It provides over 1,400 tables of benchmark measures on the demographic, housing, social, political, and economic condition of the country. The dataset was authored by Cindy Gillham and is aggregated from paperswithcode.

Use Cases

• Analyze demographic trends based on the benchmark measures mentioned in the description
• Model economic indicators based on the federal summary statistics
• Study housing and social condition metrics based on the provided tables
• Conduct comparative political analysis based on the statistical measures

Strengths

• Over 1,400 tables of benchmark measures
• Official federal summary of statistics with a publication history dating to 1878

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Cindy Gillham

Collection Method

Aggregated from paperswithcode platform.

Time Range

Publication began in 1878; specific temporal coverage of the data is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated is unknown.

Geography

United States