CIA World Fact Book -- http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html -- Facts about the countries of the world, including maps and statistics.

Fedstats: Fast Facts -- http://www.fedstats.gov/fast.html -- Statistical sources from the federal government, including the Statistical Abstract of the United States and sources on health and education in the U.S.

Finding Data on the Internet -- http://www.robertniles.com/data/ -- Links to reliable Internet sources for statistical information.

MEL: Michigan Statistics --http://web.mel.org/viewtopic.jsp?id=1713&pathid=3187 -- Statistics on the state of Michigan, its regions, its counties, and its localities, from the Michigan Electronic Library. This is the place to start for statistics about Michigan industry, education, transportation, and demographics.

National Association of Investors Corporation - Youth and Investing -- http://www.better-investing.org/youth/youth.html -- Download Young Money Matters, NAIC's investment newsletter for teens, and find links to other teen websites with financial information.

The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research -- http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/ -- An archive of public opinion polls and surveys from the Roper Center.

Statististical Resources on the Web -- http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stats.html -- Governement Documents Librarian at the University of Michigan, Grace York, has compiled local, state, national, and international statistics in a handy table, arranged by topic.

The Stock Market -- http://library.thinkquest.org/3088/stockmarket/introduction.html -- A great online tutorial that explains the stock market in regular language.

U.S. Census Bureau -- http://www.census.gov/ -- Access statistical data regarding the entire U.S., regions, states, or localities. Includes a population clock of the U.S., updated every 5 minutes.

U.S. Gazetteer -- http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer -- Type in a place and state, or type in a zip code, and access the U.S. Census Bureau's statistics on that area.