Company & Industry Research: Demographics & Consumer Behavior

The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. 2012 is the most recent report as of 11/14.

In 1990 the first Human Development Report introduced a new approach for advancing human wellbeing. Human development – or the human development approach - is about expanding the richness of human life, rather than simply the richness of the economy in which human beings live. It is an approach that is focused on people and their opportunities and choices.

Statistical information from the census bureau, with the emphasis on data from the later half of the 20th century.