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Websites & Reports

US Census Bureau
Comprehensive source for data collected by the Federal government. This site provides access to many online statistical resources including Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
CIA World Factbook
World maps, individual country maps, and regional maps prepared by the US Central Intelligence Agency for the use of US government officials, as country information.
UN Habitat: World Cities Report 2020, Statistical Annex
Urban population sizes and rates of change.
UN Habitat: Regional State of the Cities Reports
Most recent reports are from 2013. Download pdf and then use Ctrl+F to search for instances of a city name. These are holistic reports of cities in a region, not a city-by-city report.

Country Info

Don't muddle country info up with city info -- but you are researching a major city that is likely to be discussed in the course of profiling a country, what with major cities being major economic and cultural drivers.

ABI/Inform Collection (ProQuest)
1. Click into "advanced search."
2. Create your search:
a. Enter the country name and/or city into a search field.
b. Check the Full Text checkbox (under the search fields).
c.In the search options, select Country Report under Document Type.
d. You can also limit by publication year to get more recent info. There are some historic reports included!
3. Hit search.
4. Peruse results.

Includes access to The Economist, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Maclean’s, and U.S. News & World Report, among other news, scholarly, and trade publications.

BBC Country Profiles
Country overviews with links to major media and government pages for each country.

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