Department of Commerce

This resource provides data on how teachers’ salaries compare to their similarly educated peers, when accounting for age and sex. Although teachers are among the nation’s most educated workers, they earn far less on average than most other highly educated workers and their earnings have declined since 2010. Learn more.  ...
This public data tool provides access to U.S. population and workforce statistics, in real-time, for areas being affected by natural disasters. The tool allows users to retrieve reports containing detailed workforce, population, and housing characteristics for hurricanes, floods, wildfires, winter storms, and federal disaster declaration areas. Learn more.  ...
This webpage highlights census data about the LGBTQIA+ community in honor of Pride Month 2022, which takes place throughout the month of June. Learn more. 
This website provides COVID-19 demographic and economic information, datasets, and tools. The Data Hub is designed to help guide the nation as it recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic by providing economic and demographic data. Learn more.  
This resource contains an overview of Black History Month’s origins in addition to two valuable handouts for educators. The Fun Facts fact sheet (PDF, 1 page) offers a compilation of statistics on Black/African American populations, occupations, and educational attainment. The Teaching Guide (PDF, 2 pages) provides a list of ideas ...
This report (PDF, 204 pages) is a compendium of 41 key indicators about America’s young people’ well-being and monitors changes in them. The indicators fall under seven domains: family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health. Learn more (PDF, 204 pages). ...
The U.S. Census Bureau provides free classroom materials across multiple subjects for students in pre-K through 12th grade.
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