There has been a lot of discussion and suggestions about the pending demise of the Census Bureau's Statistical Compendia Branch and along with it the elimination of the Statistical Abstract of the United States and all other titles produced by that branch (State and Metropolitan Area Data Book, County and City Data Book, USA Counties, Quick Facts). See the US Census Bureau's budget estimates for 2012 (PDF).
Not only the documents librarian community but librarians around the country are beginning to mobilize. Please send your e-mail/letter/fax to our senators and congressmen about your concern on this issue: continue funding for the Statistical Compendia Branch because there is no other existing source to find this statistical information in a similar format.
VA Senators: Jim Webb and Mark Warner
Congressmen (District 11): Gerry Connolly.
Here's your contact of the congressional delegation.
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