Anthropology

National Center for Education Statistics

 https://nces.ed.gov/Partners/fedstat.asp

• The US government counts nearly everything. Chances are good that it has collected statistics on your topic.
• Search by topic using individual Federal Government and Statistical Agencies links.

Data.gov

•   "The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government."
• Search by tag, format, community, organization, etc.

Data & Statistics Search Guide

http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference-Shelf/Data.shtml

• From USA.gov
• Find links to data on several topics 

US Census Bureau

www.census.gov

• Use American FactFinder to get data on population, economics, and communities
• decennial Census
• Governments Census covering federal, state, & local governments
• Economic Census
• See your Congressional District  

USA Spending

http://www.usaspending.gov/ 

The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) of 2006, full text of the Transparency Act ( ), requires that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) establish a single searchable website, accessible to the public at no cost, which includes for each Federal award:

1. the name of the entity receiving the award;
2. the amount of the award;
3. information on the award including transaction type, funding agency, etc;
4. the location of the entity receiving the award; and
5. a unique identifier of the entity receiving the award.

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics - University at Albany

Colorado Statistics & Information