General Population, Social and Demographic Resources

• U.S. Census Bureau
• 'CensusScope' Portal to U.S. Census data (graphs and charts)
• Census 2000 Data Access and Use
• Census Bureau 'Population Profile of the U.S. Population, 2000'
• Mapping Census 2000: The Geography of U.S. Diversity (pdf)
• Statistical Abstract of the United States
• 'America.Gov: Telling America's Story' (U.S. State Dept. Multimedia Resources)
• Digital Atlas of the United States
• NationMaster.Com Guide to the United States (extensive data on many fields)
• Uncle Sam's County and City Data Book (population & housing data, 2000 census)
• U.S. Center for Immigration Studies
• Pew Center on the United States: 'Trends to Watch'

Government, Politics and Constitutional Law

• The White House (Executive Branch) website
• U.S. Senate website
• U.S. House of Representatives website
• Supreme Court of the United States
• Thomas: US Congress Legislative Information on the Internet
• U.S. Congress Voting Database Since 1991
• Congressional Directories for the 110th (and previous) Congress(es)
• How U.S. Laws Are Made (USG 'Thomas" Reference Service)
• FED101: Teaching Introduction to the Federal Reserve Banking System
• Understanding the U.S. Federal Court System (pdf, 47 pages)
• Landmark Supreme Court Cases
• Famous Constitutional Law Cases in American History
• Cornell Law School "Historic Cases of the U.S. Supreme Court, Topic Index"
• Cornell University 'Legal Information Institute'
• C-Span Resource Line for Public Affairs
• 'Our Documents': Milestone Documents in American History
• National Archives 'Digital Archives' (historical documents and images)
• Crime in the United States, 2003 [FBI]

Banking, Business, Economics, Financing, Wealth

• Research Library of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• FORBES Magazine Interactive Wealth Statistics by State
• U.S. Census Bureau 'Small Area Income & Poverty Estimates (States, Counties)
• United States 'Small Business Administration' Resources
• Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Military and Defense

• 'DefenseLink' Master Site for U.S. Military Information On-line

Regional Culture and History

• Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement
• Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande
• Latino Community and Research Links in the U.S. Midwest (Michigan State U.)
• Annenberg/CBC "A Biography of America" (interactive, requires Flash)
• New York Public Library: "Heading West: Mapping the Territory"
• 'Camping with the Sioux': Fieldwork Diary of Alice Cunningham Fletcher
• Edwin S. Curtis North American Indian Photographic Images Collection
• American Family Immigration History Center at Ellis Island (searchable ancestry records)
• (Historic Newspaper) The Brooklyn (N.Y.) Daily Eagle Online (1841-1902)

Agriculture, AgriBusiness, Forestry, and the Food & Fiber Industry

• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) website
• USDA National Agricultural Library Online
• U.S. National Forest Service Website (USDA)

General Topical Resources

• American Studies Recommendations by Richard P. Horwitz, University of Iowa
• History Matters: U.S. Survey Course on the Web
• CIA World Factbook
• 'Taken on the Road': American Mile Markers
• "Language of the Land": Journeys into Literary America
• 'Eye-Level' (Smithsoninan Institute Blog on reflection of U.S. history in its art)