Historicalstatistics.org
USA
This page presents historical data on USA, mainly external links.
Historicalstatistics.org is a portal for historical statistics, with the main focus on macroeconomic data on Sweden in the 19th and 20th centuries. The editor and webbmaster of the portal is Rodney Edvinsson, PhD in Economic History, Stockholm University. For more information, email to historia@historia.se.
How much could 10 Swedish crowns in 1898 buy in today's American dollars? What was the worth of 1 billion German mark in 1923 or 1000 Polish zloty in 1980 in today's American dollars? Was a sum of 1000 dollars in 1830 much compared to the wage rates at the time? To answer these questions click on the Historical currency converter.
External links:
Bureau
of Economic Analysis
Presents historical series mainly of GDP, balance of payment, prices,
profit and fixed assets for USA, but also for other countries.
Data and Program Library Services
Economic
Policy Institute - Research and Ideas for Working People (The Datazone)
Presents historical figures on wages and income in USA
from 1947 onwards.
EH.net
(European Economic History Services)
Supported by Economic History Association, and contains
economic-historical data for various countries, mainly Britain and
USA, for example interest rates in USA 1790-2001, the purchasing power
of the British pound 1264-2004, and the exchange rate between dollar
and pound 1791-2004.
Federal Reserve Economic Data - FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis)
Historical
Census Browser (University of Virginia Library)
Presents data on American censuses from 1790 to 1960.
Historical Data for S&P 500 Stocks
Historical Statistics for Mineral and Material Commodities in the United States
Historical Statistics of the United States
Historical Statistics on Banking
Inflation Conversion Factors for Dollars 1665 to Estimated 2015
Integrated
Public Use Microdata Series (University of Minnesota)
Presents data on American censuses from 1850 to 1990.
National
Agricultural Statistics Service (Historical Data)
Presents agricultural statistics on USA and Puerto Rico.
NBER
Macrohistory Database
Presents, for example, a business cycle chronology back
to the 1850s.
Penn
World Tables
Presents data on population, GDP, GDP per capita, price levels,
investment shares, consumption shares and savings for 168 countries,
including USA, covering the period 1950-2000. No data is presented for
the period before 1950.
The Federal Reserve Board - Statistics: Releases and Historical Statistics
U.S. Customs House Data, 1854-59
World
Population, GDP and Per Capita GDP, 1-2003 AD (Angus Maddison)
Contains economic data on population, GDP and GDP per capita for a
number of countries from 1 to 2003 AD, including USA within present
borders.