Permanent Legal Immigration to the United States: Policy Overview

"The pool of people who are eligible to immigrate to the United States as legal permanent residents (LPRs) each year typically exceeds the worldwide level set by the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). In an effort to process the demand for LPR visas fairly and in the national interest, LPR admissions are subject to a complex set of numerical limits and preference categories that give priority for admission on the basis of family relationships, needed skills, and geographic diversity. The INA further specifies that each year, countries are held to a numerical limit of 7% of the worldwide level of U.S. immigrant admissions, known as per-country limits or country caps..."
Permanent Legal Immigration to the United States: Policy Overview

U.S. Periods of War and Dates of Current Conflicts

"Many wars or conflicts in U.S. history have federally designated “periods of war,” dates marking their beginning and ending. These dates are important for qualification for certain veterans’ pension or disability benefits. Confusion can occur because beginning and ending dates for “periods of war” in many nonofficial sources are often different from those given in treaties and other official sources of information, and armistice dates can be confused with termination dates..."
U.S. Periods of War and Dates of Current Conflicts

Social Security: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)

"The windfall elimination provision (WEP) reduces the Social Security benefits of workers who
also have pension benefits from employment not covered by Social Security. Its purpose is to
remove an advantage or “windfall” these workers would otherwise receive as a result of the
interaction between the Social Security benefit formula and the workers’ relatively short careers
in Social Security-covered employment. Opponents contend the provision is basically imprecise
and can be unfair..."
Social Security: the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)

Options for Taxing U.S. Multinational Corporations

"In 2008, 12 percent of all federal revenues came from corporate income taxes; about half was paid by multinational corporations reporting income from foreign countries.1 How the federal government taxes U.S.
multinational corporations has consequences for the U.S. economy overall as well as for the federal budget..."
Options for Taxing U.S. Multinational Corporations

National Strategy for Information Sharing and Safeguarding

"...This National Strategy for Information Sharing and Safeguarding (Strategy) aims to strike the proper balance between sharing information with those who need it to keep our country safe and safeguarding it from those who would do us harm. While these two priorities—sharing and safeguarding—are often seen as mutually exclusive, in reality they are mutually reinforcing. This Strategy, therefore, emphasizes how strengthening the protection of classified and sensitive information can help to build confidence and trust so that such information can be shared with authorized users..."
National Strategy for Information Sharing and Safeguarding

Projections of Education Statistics to 2021

"This edition of Projections of Education Statistics provides projections for key education statistics, including enrollment, graduates, teachers, and expenditures in elementary and secondary public and private schools, as well as enrollment and degrees conferred at postsecondary degree-granting institutions. Included are national data on enrollment and graduates for the past 15 years and projections to the year 2021... "
Projection of Education Statistics to 2021

Consumer.gov

Find consumer information at a new one-stop center which combines services from a number of federal agencies.

Consumer.gov

Women’s earnings by occupation, 2011

"In 2011, women working full time in management, business, and financial operations jobs had the highest median weekly earnings of any major occupational category ($977). Within this occupation group, women who were chief executives and computer and information systems managers had median weekly earnings of $1,464 and $1,543, respectively..."
Women's Earnings by Occuation, 2011

The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases

"Total federal debt can increase in two ways. First, debt increases when the government sells debt to the public to finance budget deficits and acquire the financial resources needed to meet its obligations. This increases debt held by the public. Second, debt increases when the federal
government issues debt to certain government accounts, such as the Social Security, Medicare,
and Transportation trust funds, in exchange for their reported surpluses. This increases debt held
by government accounts. The sum of debt held by the public and debt held by government accounts is the total federal debt. Surpluses reduce debt held by the public, while deficits raise it..."
The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases

American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

Find the full text of the recently law that avoids the fiscal cliff - H.R.8 - American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.
American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

2012 Population and Housing Estimates

Find the latest population and housing estimates for the United States, Puerto Rico, regions and states. 
2012 (July 1) Population and Housing Estimates

2010 Census: Centenarians

"The 2010 Census counted 53,364 people age 100 and older in the United States, and they were overwhelmingly female. For every 100 centenarian women, there were only 20.7 centenarian men.

These figures come from a special report released today based on the 2010 Census that provides a portrait of the centenarian population in the United States describing their age, sex, race, Hispanic origin and living arrangement characteristics. The report, Centenarians: 2010, also compares centenarians with other age groups in the older population..

2010 Census: Centenarians

2012 National Population Projections

"The Population Projections Program produces projections of the United States resident population by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. The 2012 National Projections are based on the July 1, 2011 population estimates, which are based on the 2010 Census, and provide projections of the population for July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2060. The projections were produced using a cohort-component method and are based on assumptions about future births, deaths, and net international migration. The Census Bureau releases new national projections periodically..."
National Population Projections

Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) for School Districts, Counties, and States

"The U.S. Census Bureau, with support from other Federal agencies, created the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program to provide more current estimates of selected income and poverty statistics than those from the most recent decennial census.

Estimates are produced for school districts, counties, and states. The main objective of this program is to provide updated estimates of income and poverty statistics for the administration of federal programs and the allocation of federal funds to local jurisdictions.  Estimates for 2011 were released in December 2012. These estimates combine data from administrative records, postcensal population estimates, and the decennial census with direct estimates from the American Community Survey to provide consistent and reliable single-year estimates..:

Small Area Income Estimates

American Community Survey Estimates, Most Detailed Portrait of Every U.S. Community

"The U.S. Census Bureau today [12/6/12] released estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) for the combined years from 2007 to 2011, providing the only statistics down to the neighborhood level on school enrollment, jobs, housing and many other measures. These estimates are ideal for measuring trends for areas with populations of less than 20,000..."
American Community Survey Estimates