Census of Governments: Federal, State and Local Governments
http://www.census.gov/govs/www/
Access to mostly statistical information on various levels of governments, including employment, finance/tax data and Census of Governments (conducted every 5 years.)
Council of State Governments
http://www.csg.org/
Founded in 1933, the Council of State Governments is an organization for the community of states, commonwealths and territories of the U.S. The Book of the States (since 1935) provides especially useful information on states - available in the Govinfo reference room. Check also Statenews - a journal of CSG.
GODORT: State Blue Books
http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/State_Blue_Books
Government documents librarians' bookmarks of online blue books of various states. A state blue book is generally an almanac of state government affairs and statistics.
Index to Current Urban Documents
http://turing.library.northwestern.edu/login?url=
http://gem.greenwood.com/ip.asp?c=O1073
A guide to reports and research that are generated by local government agencies and other organizations of selected cities in the Midwest region (IL, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, MS, NB, ND, OH, SD, WI.)
StateHealthFacts.org
http://www.statehealthfacts.org
Statehealthfacts.org is a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family foundation (www.kff.org) and is designed to provide free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 states.
Open Government Guide
http://www.rcfp.org/ogg/index.php
The Open Government Guide, formerly called "Tapping Officials' Secrets," is a complete compendium of information on every state's open records and open meetings laws. Published by The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
State and Local Government on the Net
http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
The State and Local Government Internet directory.
Stateline.org
http://www.stateline.org
Stateline.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan online news site that practices journalism in the public interest by reporting on emerging trends and issues in state policy and politics.
USA Counties
http://censtats.census.gov/usa/usa.shtml
USA Counties is the most comprehensive source for data on counties in the United States, featuring over 5,900 data items for the United States, States and counties from a variety of sources.
USA.GOV: State and Local Government
http://www.usa.gov/Government/State_Local.shtml
Government resources for state and local government employees, formerly known as "U.S. State & Local Gateway".
USA.GOV: Statistics at the State and Local Levels
http://www.usa.gov/Government/State_Local/
Statistics.shtml
Links to various online statistical resourses for all the states - including Illinois.
