CityTownInfo.com — Information on people, housing, transportation, mortgages/real estate, crime, commuting, jobs, and more for thousands of towns and cities across the United States.
Country Profiles – BBC News — Instant guides to countries’ histories, politics, economic backgrounds, including their territories and key institutions. Includes audio and video clips from BBC archives.
Country Studies/Area Handbooks — For country-by-country data on politics, economics, education, health, environment, and population.
Sperling’s Best Places — Demographics on thousands of U.S. cities. Find the best place to live based on cost of living, schools, crime rates, and other factors.
U.S. Gazetteer — Downloadable files for congressional districts, places, counties, county subdivisions, census tracts, American Indian areas, school districts, state legislative districts, urban areas, and ZIP Code tabulation areas (ZCTAs).
World Factbook — Regional, world, and country maps; flags of the world; guide to country comparisons; country data compiled by the CIA.