For factual areas that don't change much Wikipedia can be exceptionally good. You're not likely to have a drawn-out edit war over a mathematical topic (I'm sure there are examples, but the final admin decision is likely to be "show both sides".
Same with the census detail pages you find everywhere; they're probably accurate for that point in time, because nobody really cares.
Same with the census detail pages you find everywhere; they're probably accurate for that point in time, because nobody really cares.