The information series on current topics

Contains facts, charts, and articles that provide information about the status of America, discussing population characteristics, families and households, the labor force, income and poverty, health, education, voter participation, crime, spending, and housing.

A current statistical look at crime in the United States, including ordinary crime, victimization, jails and prisons, the judiciary, justice expenditures and employment, victim compensation, and the American response to crime and how it affects our lives.

A current statistical look at crime in the United States, including ordinary crime, victimization, jails and prisons, the judiciary, justice expenditures and employment, victim compensation, and the American response to crime and how it affects our lives.

A factual account about youth coming of age in contemporary America emphasizing children and their relationship to family, parenting, money and poverty, education, employment, crime, drugs, and child abuse.

Contains facts, tables, charts, and statistics that provide current and historical information about the importance of water in the environment and discusses the chemical properties of water, distribution of water rights, oceans and estuaries, the causes of acid rain, and more.

Presents facts, tables, charts, and statistics on several aspects of the gun control issue in the U.S.

Contains facts, tables, charts, and statistics that provide current and historical information about energy and fossil fuels and discusses the changes in energy consumption, oil and natural gas resources, renewable energy, electricity, and energy conservation.

Covers all phases of endangered species, from what is an endangered species to how to save them.

A compilation of statistics and information on alcohol and drug abuse in America.