American Factbook

The American Factbook is a continuously updated reference of public data about the United States. Every figure is the result of a checked-in query against a published government dataset, dated and linked to its source.

Topics

• Federal spending

  Federal awards, contracts, grants, and agency obligations, as reported by agencies to USAspending.

  U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service

• Crime and justice

  Offense and arrest counts reported by law enforcement agencies to the FBI’s Crime Data Explorer.

  Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division

• Immigration and the border

  Encounters, apprehensions, and enforcement actions published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

  U.S. Customs and Border Protection

• Health

  Drug approvals, adverse-event reports, provider records, and hospital data published by federal health agencies.

  U.S. Food and Drug Administration · Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

• Nonprofits

  Tax-exempt organizations as they appear in IRS Form 990 filings and the Exempt Organizations Business Master File.

  Internal Revenue Service

What changed this week

• USAspending API v2September 18, 2026

  Federal obligations for fiscal year 2026 refreshed across every agency and state.

  U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service · source

Every figure published here is the result of a query checked in alongside the text that uses it. Read the methodology or the corrections log.