• AmeriStat
• Area Code Look-ups
• Journalist's Guide to Economic Terms

AMERISTAT

AmeriStat bills itself as the "one-stop source for U.S. population data." I must admit, it is a pretty nifty site. Statistics are divided into easy-to-navigate categories such as Marriage and Family, Race and Ethnicity, Migration, and Labor Force & Employment, just to name a few. Within each category are sub-groupings of data. Each provides a summary, charts or graphics, a link to the related U.S. Census Bureau page(s) and, most importantly, a bibliography with links to data sources. You can also download data tables in tab-delimited ASCII or Excel formats.

http://ameristat.org/

AREA CODE LOOK-UPS

There are a number of sites that are helpful for finding an area code or area code changes. Here are just a couple that offer look-ups.

Whitepages.com
Find a zip or area code for a city or the city of an area or zip code. Also find the international calling code for a country.

http://whitepages.com/

Jay Computer Service Area Code Functions
Look up zips in an area code, area code split details, area code changes and area codes by state. Jay also offers zip code look-ups.

http://www.jcsm.com/

The Big Number
Check changes to area codes for phone numbers in the United Kingdom at:

http://www.numberchange.org/

JOURNALIST'S GUIDE TO ECONOMIC TERMS

Ever read a company report, trying to figure out if the company is doing well, and come across an economic term, like Accelerator, and scratched your head in puzzlement? Puzzle no more . . . find definitions here. Although some definitions need other definitions.

http://www.facsnet.org/tools/ref_tutor/econo_term/glossary.html

Chris Mildner