Research Guides: HIST 211: Manassas (Fall 2024): Historical Statistics (General)

General Historical Statistics

You may need historical statistics for comparative purposes (ex local wages vs national wages).

In those cases, it is helpful to use compiled sources of Historical Statistics (Ex 19th century US Historical Statistics in our collection)

University of Missouri Libraries, Prices and Wages by Decade
This guide points to consumer prices and wages reported in primary sources for each decade back to the 1700s. Whenever possible, we refer to retail price and wage averages as reported in government publications. When those are not available, we use figures listed in other contemporary sources such as commercial catalogs, travel guides and newspapers.

Social Explorer
Use Social Explorer to visualize and interact with data, create maps, charts, reports and downloads. Explore hundreds of thousands of built-in data indicators related to demography, economy, health, politics, environment, crime and more. Social Explorer is designed to provide quick and easy access to historical census data and demographic information from 1790 to the present.
Historical Statistics of the United States
Quantitative data for all aspects of American history. Electronic version of Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition (Cambridge UP, 2006). Coverage: 1790-1996.

The value of a dollar : colonial era to the Civil War, 1600-1865
Ch. 1. 1600-1749: The development of the colonies -- ch. 2. 1750-1774: The run up to the War of American Independence -- ch. 3. 1775-1799: The Revolution births a debt-plagued nation -- ch. 4. 1800-1824: Another war, manufacturing, self-sufficiency and prosperity -- ch. 5. 1825-1849: Western expansion, canal transportation and American confidence -- ch. 6. 1850-1865: Railroads, slavery and a nation at war with itself.
The value of a dollar : prices and incomes in the United States, 1860-2014
Inflation Conversion Factors for years 1774 to estimated 2028
This site provides Inflation Conversion Factors for dollars of years 1774 to estimated 2028, based in dollars of recent years.

Included on these pages are Consumer Price Index (CPI) conversion factors to determine the value of dollars of 1774 to estimated 2028 in dollars of estimated 2018 and final 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, CPI (1982-84), and three special CPI measures, CPI-U-X1 (starting 1950), CPI-U-RS (starting 1947), and "chain-weighted" CPI for recent years.
Statistical Abstracts Series 1878 - Present
The U.S. Census Bureau terminated the collection of data for the Statistical Compendia program effective October 1, 2011. The Statistical Compendia program is comprised of the Statistical Abstract of the United States and its supplemental products—the State and Metropolitan Area Data Book and the County and City Data Book. To access the most current data, please refer to the organizations cited in the source notes for each table of the Statistical Abstract.