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Subject Guide for California Statistics

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GENERAL

California Statistical Abstract. 2000-ongoing. Dept. of Finance.
Also available in print. Location: F275.S8 1962-2003. (in GovPubs/CA stacks)
This resource is an annual "compilation of data on social, economic and physical aspects of the State."

Counting California. California Digital Library. University of California.
This site provides a wide variety of information, facts, and data about the state.

Department of Finance
This site provides access to recent California state budget, financial, economic, and demographic information.

RAND California.
Includes an extensive database on California and its counties and cities; reports on theCalifornia economy; and bulletins on state and federal policy developments.

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BUSINESS & FINANCE

Financial Statistics. 2004-ongoing. Dept. of Financial Institutions.
Profiles and selected data for credit unions, foreign banks, savings and loans, and other finance institutions.

Research. California Travel & Tourism Commission.
Statistics and reports pulled from other sources on tourism in California including travel spending, economic impacts and international travel statistics.

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CLIMATE

CIMIS. 1982-ongoing. Dept. of Water Resources.
Daily and monthly temperature and precipitation data for California counties with weather stations.

Precipitation/Snow Information. mid-1980's-ongoing. Dept. of Water Resources.
Daily and monthly precipitation averages and totals.

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CRIME

California Criminal Justice Profile. 1998-ongoing.
California Office of the Attorney General. State and county statistics for arrests by gender, offense, arrest rate, etc. See also: Criminal Justice Profile. Statewide. 1977-2001. Location: J250 C7rs Calif Criminal Justice Profile. San Diego County. 1978-1999. Location: J250 C7rs S24 Criminal Justice Profile. (County Name). 1986-1999.
Location: J250 C7rs (A3-Y8). (in GovPubs/CA stacks).

California Prisoners and Parolees. 1951-ongoing. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Location: C1225 M26 P6 (in Gov/Pubs/CA stacks)
Institutions populations, new admissions, behavior of inmates, violators returned to custody.

Facts and Figures. Latest quarter. California Department of Corrections. Latest quarter. California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Location: C1225 F322 1995-1999. (in GovPubs/CA stacks)
Basic data on state prisons providing populations, characteristics, construction and budget.

Crime in California. 1996-ongoing. California Office of the Attorney General.
Location: J250 C75 1952-2003. (in GovPubs/CA stacks)
Criminal statistics "showing the amounts ... and types of offenses and actions taken by the criminal justice system."

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DEMOGRAPHICS

Demographics California.

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ECONOMIC INDICATORS

California Consumer Price Index 1914-ongoing. Dept. of Industrial Relations.
CPI for California, San Diego and other counties in California.

California Economic Indicators. 1998-ongoing. Dept. of Finance.
Location: F275 E2 1968-2000, (in GovPubs/CA stacks)
"Summary of economic trends and data relating to the State of California."

Economic Report of the Governor. 2000-ongoing.
Location: G275 E2 1964-2000 (in GovPubs/CA stacks)
Economic condition of the state including data for market trends, income growth, industry and resource data and international outlook.

Demographic, Economic and Financial Research. Reports and Periodicals. Dept. of Finance.
Links to data on county profiles, dynamic revenue analysis and tax expenditure reports.

Newsstand. 1997-ongoing. California Association of Realtors.
News releases containing quarterly and annual data available for real estate prices and percent of change.

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EDUCATION

Elementary and High School

ED-DATA Education Data Partnership. 1992/93-ongoing. Education Data Partnership.
"Fiscal, demographic and performance data on California K-12 schools." State, county, district and school profiles are provided with enrollment, class size, technology, ethnicity, financial statements and expenditures per pupil.

DataQuest. Dept. of Education.
This site allows you to create tables by level (state, county, district or school) and by subjects including school performance, test scores, student demographics, student misconduct and intervention and school staffing.

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College

Chancellor's Office Data Mart. Dates vary. California Community Colleges.
Enrollment data and student demographics (age, gender and ethnicity) and characteristics (academic level, day or evening status and unit load) for the 106 California Community Colleges.

California State University. Analytic Studies. Statistical Information. Recent years. California State University.
Provides a wide variety of statistical information on the California State University system, including the Statistical Abstracts . 1992-ongoing. CSU Office of the Chancellor. Also available in print: 1971-2002
Location: S4088 S8 (in GovPubs/CA stacks)
These abstracts provide data on enrollment by campus, by ethnicity, by degrees awarded, financial aid awarded, library holdings etc.

Detailed Data. California Postsecondary Education Commission.
Information on California higher education including data on California students, flow of community college students and high school graduates to public colleges and universities, and public high school data.
See Also: Fiscal Profiles. 1992-ongoing.
Location: E190 F57(in GovPubs/CA stacks)
Student tuition and fee changes, state financial aid, enrollment, per-capita spending and state funding.

Custom Data Reports. California Postsecondary Education Commission.
Customized data reports. Data on higher education enrollment, transfer to institutions, degrees awarded and degrees completed.
See also:  Student Profiles 1990-2000.
Location: E190 S78 (in GovPubs/CA stacks)
Enrollment data for high schools, all college and university students, freshman and new students and transfer students for school fiscal services, SAT scores and enrollment data.

Statistical Summary and Data on UC Students, Faculty, and Staff. 1992-ongoing. University of California.
Enrollment data, degrees conferred and personnel headcount for the nine University of California campuses.

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HEALTH & HOSPITALS

Health

Statistics. Dept. of Public Health. Dates Vary.
Birth statistics, births and deaths by zip code, breastfeeding statistics, communicable disease data, fetal death statistics and HIV/AIDS statistics
See also: Vital Statistics of California. 1965-ongoing.
Location: H900 R4sv (in GovPubs/CA stacks, latest in Ref/CA)

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology. 1997- ongoing. Office of AIDS.
"Cases by gender, age, race/ethnicity, exposure and half-year of diagnosis"

Center for Health Statistics Vital Statistics Query System. 1994-ongoing.
Provides "interactive Internet interface to obtain tabular summaries and statistical reports from California's birth and death vital statistics databases." It can be searched by year, county or entire state, and event.

Communicable Disease Summary Tables. 1999-ongoing. Dept. of Health Services.
Monthly communicable disease summary reports of cases of AIDS, Botulism, E.Coli, Encephalitis, Hanta Virus, Hepatitus, etc.

County Health Status Profiles. 1993-ongoing. Dept. of Health Services.
Location: H1150 C68 (in the GovPubs/CA stacks; latest in Ref/CA)
Health status indicators of morbidity and mortality per 100,000 population, birth cohort of infant mortality under one year per 1,000 live deaths and natality per 100 live births.

Health Data Summaries for California Counties.1980-ongoing. Dept. of Health Services.
Location: H987 H41 (in GovPubs/CA stacks; latest in Ref/CA)
Individual county summaries on poverty level, number of dentists and physicians, income, births and causes of death.

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Hospitals

How to Find Data. Mid 1990's-ongoing. Office of Statewide Health Planning & Development.
Construction, facility, financial and utilization data for hospitals, long-term care facilities, hospice and licensed clinics; patient level data and healthcare community data are provided.

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LABOR & EMPLOYMENT

Pay Scales. - Latest Edition. Dept. of Personnel Administration.
Salaries of Civil Service occupations, salary conversion rates, merit adjustments, overtime rate and pay scales by occupation.

Division of Labor Statistics and Research. 1990's-ongoing. Statistics Dept. of Industrial Relations. Dept. of Human Resources Development.
Data on fatal and nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses by occupation, event, type of injury, activity and location.

Labor Market Information. Data Library. Dates vary. Employment Development Department.
"Gateway to the detailed labor market information". Provides labor force data, data by business and industry, data by occupations, census and population data and local area profile which gives an overview of the labor market in a particular area within California.

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NATURAL RESOURCES

Agriculture

California Agricultural Statistics. 1993-ongoing. Also available in paper 1961-ongoing.
Location: A625 C8p (in GovPubs/CA stacks)
Statistics for dairy information, commodities, exports, crop production, cash value, and acreage.

Bi-Annual and Annual Summaries. 2002-ongoing.
Mid-year and annual dairy statistics including number of milk cows, retail prices, size of dairy farms, etc. Also available in print California Dairy Statistics & Trends. 1945-ongoing.
Location: A625 D3i (in GovPubs/CA stacks)

California Agricultural Resource Directory. Latest Edition.
Statistics on California agriculture including top commodities, fruit and nut crops, field crop & floriculture production, livestock & dairy, vegetable & melon crops, and agricultural exports.
Also available in print 1996-2002.
Location: A609 C34 (in Gov Pubs/CA stacks)

Air Quality

California Air Quality Data. Years vary. California. Air Resources Board.
Summaries of annual air quality data, air basin maps, daily air quality summaries, PM2.5 site locations, using monitoring stations data.

Energy

Annual Report of the State Oil and Gas Supervisor.
Location: C815 R4 (in GovPubs/CA stacks)
Data on oil and gas produced, well activity and off shore activity.

Electricity in California. California Energy Commission.
Data on electricity generation/production, demand, consumption, prices, power plants and other documents related to electricity.

Natural Gas in California. California Energy Commission.
Data on natural gas receipts, demand, supply by source and other statistics.

Oil & Petroleum in California. California Energy Commission.
Reports, forecasts and historical data on petroleum and crude oil.

Wind Energy in California. California Energy Commission.
Reports and statistics on various aspects of wind energy.
See also: Wind Project Performance Summary. Years Vary.
Location: E2015 W558 (in GovPubs/CA stacks)

Fire and Forestry

Fact Sheets. California Dept. of Forestry & Fire Protection.
Fire season summary, dollar damage, structures destroyed, and, largest fires wildland fires by acres burned and structures destroyed.
See also Wildfire Activity Statistics. 1972-ongoing. Dept. of Forestry.
Location: F770 F51 (in GovPubs/CA stacks).
Statewide and county data per dollar amount of damage, acres burned, cause and number of fires.

Fish and Wildlife

Final California Commercial Landings. Latest Edition. Dept. of Fish and Game.
"Amounts and values of marine resources caught by California commercial fisheries", fish dealers, processors, and operators of sportfishing vessels. Data provided is species, weight, price paid and location of the catch.
Also available in print. Location: F650 F5Lx 1991-ongoing. (in GovPubs/CA stacks).

Department of Fish and Game Statistics. Dept. of Fish and Game.
Statistics on number of licenses given for sport fishing, hunting, and commercial fishing.


Water

California Data Exchange Center. Dept. of Water Resources.
"Access point to the Department of Water Resources Operational hydrologic data."Data includes: current river conditions, reservoir data, water supply, precipation and snow, snowpack status, river/tide forecasts and weather forecasts.

Water Conditions. Dept. of Water Resources.
Data on hydrology and water supply including drought information, river conditions and forecasts, reservoir conditions, groundwater, and water quality.
See also: Water Conditions in California.
Location: W750 B9 no.120-year. 1950-ongoing. (in GovPubs/CA stacks)
North coast, Sacramento River, San Joaquin River, San Francisco Bay, Central Coast, South Coast, Colorado River, North and South Lahontan region data on snowpack, precipitation, reservoir storage and runoff.

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SOCIAL SERVICES

Research and Data Reports. Dept. of Social Services.
This webpage gives links to reports and statistics on various social service programs including CalWorks, food stamps, various children’s programs (adoption, child welfare caseloads, demographics, etc.), community care licensing, disability and adult programs, etc.

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TRANSPORTATION

Annual Report of Fatal and Injury Motor Vehicle Traffic Collisions. 1997-ongoing. California Highway Patrol.
Also available in print: 1937-ongoing.
Location: H325 S8 (in GovPubs/CA stacks)
Data by age, hour of day, types of collisions, victims, alcohol involvement, truck involvement and location.

Teenage Driver Crash Statistics. California Dept. of Motor Vehicles.
Statistics on teen crashes by state, involvements per 1,000 drivers, citations per 100 drivers, accidents involving drinking, fatalities, total violations and more.

Traffic and Vehicle Data Systems Unit. Dept. of Transportation
Traffic volumes, peak hours, milepost, and peak months for average daily traffic.
See Also: Traffic Volumes on California State Highways. 1971-ongoing. Dept. of Transportation.
Location: T988 T71 (in GovPubs/CA stacks)
Data on peak hours and month for traffic, annual volume per highway location.

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