https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data-visualization/teen-births/
Interactive tool that offers maps and trend lines for each of the 50 states by individual year or all years. From the National Center for Health Statistics
https://gapanalysis.usgs.gov/padus/
The official inventory of public parks and other protected areas in all U.S. states and territories. Includes 200,000 parks and protected areas covering three billion land and marine acres. From the U.S. Geological Survey
https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/maps/rxrate-maps.html
Thematic maps which show the geographic distribution at both state and county levels of retail opioid prescriptions dispenses per 100 persons in the past decade. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program/tri-data-and-tools
Offers a list of tools to allow for searching of toxic chemical releases down to the state and county level. From the Environmental Protection Agency
Analyzes the changes in Virginia’s population as some localities continue to grow by double digits while others deal with slowing growth rates or declining population. From the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia
https://govbooktalk.gpo.gov/2016/12/19/the-u-s-governments-santa-tracking-mission/
Explains the history of how the Continental Air Defense Command got into the business of playing Santa Claus in 1955 because of an erroneous newspaper ad. Also tries to sell some
GPO merchandise. From the Government Publishing Office’s Government Book Talk Blog
Follow the countdown. Because tis the season! From the North American Aerospace Defense Command
http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2016/acs/acsgeo-1.pdf
Highlights the history of how the concept of “rural” has been defined by the Census Bureau, the current delineations of urban and rural areas, and the relationship that exists between decennial censuses, the American Community Survey, and geography. From the Census Bureau