LibGuides: Useful Websites: Statistics

Statistics

American Fact Finder — portal by the U.S. Census Bureau for population, housing, economic, and geographic data
Association of Religion Data Archives — data about churches, membership, individuals, congregations and denominations across the world
Bureau of Labor Statistics
(U.S.) Census of Population and Housing — population statistics and characteristics from 1790 to present
CrimeReports — community policing & neighborhood crime statistics integrated with the Google Maps tool
Data Ferrett — a data analysis and extraction tool to customize federal, state, and local data to suit your requirements
FastStats — by the CDC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically
Gallup Poll
MetaLib.gpo.gov [federated, government search engine] — by the GPO. Searches multiple U.S. Federal government databases, retrieving reports, articles and citations while providing direct links to selected resources available online
National Center for Education Statistics — primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education
National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) — provides population, housing, agricultural, and economic data, along with GIS-compatible boundary files, for geographic units in the United States from 1790 to the present
Pew Research Center — numbers, facts and trends shaping your world
PollingReport.com — public opinion stats on federal/state elections and current political issues
Population Index on the Web — database of over 46,000 abstracts of demographic literature published in Population Index from 1986-2000
Population Reference Bureau — find data and statistics on a variety of population trends – aging, education, fertility & mortality, gender, marriage & family, urbanization and more – for the U.S. and the world
QDR (Qualitative Data Repository) — social sciences data repository
ReferenceUSA — directory information for millions of businesses and persons. Data can be sorted by location and radius, company size, business description, and can be mapped. Demographic, lifestyle, and economic information can also be mixed and matched and overlaid on maps. Find churches, childcare centers, doctors, or compare neighborhoods by home values, density, and household income. UTD users only
Social Explorer — 220 years of demographics data on thousands of maps and hundreds of profile reports
Sperling’s Best Places — demographics on 3,000 U.S. cities
Statistic Brain — accurate, timely statistics on a number of subjects
Statistical Abstracts of the United States — by the U.S. Census Bureau. Covers 1878 to 2012. For more recent coverage, UTD users may access the library catalog
STATS: Statistical Assessment Service — reputable source for polling and statistical data on a variety of subjects
Tax Statistics — produced by the Statistics of Income Division and other areas of the IRS
UNdata — access 22 databases of statistical data with over 60 million records
VassarStats : Statistical Computation Web Site — explanations of statistical procedures with calculators
Also see Voting, Election Information, Polls
World Bank Open Data — free and open access to data about development in countries around the world. Includes the latest World Development Indicators, Poverty and Equity Database and more
Worldometers: Real-Time World Statistics — up-to-the-second statistics on world population, economics and government, society and media, the environment and more