Data Planet and Other Statistical Resources

The official site includes access tools, current economic indicators, and more.

Quick Facts gives you quick and easy access to selected statistics collected by the U.S. Census Bureau through the American Community Survey

The BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.

Highlights links to major reports such as: Crime in the United States, Hate Crime Statistics and Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted.

The archive offers a user-friendly interface to download data on criminal justice. The site includes Quick Tables of statistics and an online analysis tool, Data Analysis System (DAS).

NCJRS services and resources are available to anyone interested in crime, victim assistance, and public safety including policymakers, practitioners, researchers, educators, community leaders, and the general public.

From the University of Albany School of Criminal Justice

From the primary entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

From the US Department of Education.

Includes airline, maritime, rail and automotive statistics.

NCSA, an office of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, is responsible for providing a wide range of analytical and statistical support to NHTSA and the highway safety community at large.

State-level homelessness statistics

A tool to understand well-being in America. Select a category of well-being, a specific location and a population segment, and see the results visually mapped.

Gapminder develops free teaching material to dismantle misconceptions and promote a fact-based worldview.

Google Public Data Explorer provides public data and forecasts from a range of international organizations and institutions. These can be displayed as line graphs, bar graphs, cross sectional plots or on maps.

The Profile of Older Americans is an annual summary of critical statistics related to the older population in the United States. Relying primarily on data offered by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Profile illustrates the shifting demographics of Americans age 65 and older. It includes key topic areas such as income, living arrangements, education, health, and caregiving.

Provides current data on six key indicators related to the mental health of adults aged 50 years or older from CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Additional information is provided on the topic of depression, an important and emerging public health issue. Includes: Social and Emotional Support, Life Satisfaction, Frequent Mental Distress, Current Depression, Lifetime Diagnosis of Depression, Lifetime Diagnosis of Anxiety Disorder.

Data collected in the fall and the spring of kindergarten (1998-99), the fall and spring of first grade (1999-2000), the spring of third grade (2002) and the spring of 8th grade (2007) for the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99. Representative sample of approximately 22,000 children in private and public schools.

This study follows a birth cohort of mostly unwed parents and their children over a five-year period. The study was designed to provide information on unwed parents, as well as the effects of policies on family formation and child wellbeing.

The AECF is a non-profit organization that works on behalf of disadvantaged children and collects data on benchmarks of child well-being.

Topics well-represented in the archive include sexual orientation, gender roles and the status of women, race, and socio-economic status. Application may need to be made directly to the Murray Research Archive for permission to use the data.

NACDA, located within ICPSR, acquires and preserves data relevant to gerontological research, processing as needed to promote effective research use, disseminates them to researchers, and facilitates their use. Data generally in SPSS and other statistical formats.

The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect at Cornell University focuses on the field of child maltreatment. NDACAN acquires microdata from leading researchers and national data collection efforts and makes the datasets available to the research community for secondary analysis. NOTE: Application must be made directly to NDACAN for permission to use the data.

Assesses the health status and health behaviors of U.S. adults aged 65 years and older and makes recommendations to improve the mental and physical health of all Americans in their later years. The report includes national- and state-based report cards that examine 15 key indicators of older adult health, strategies to improve the health and quality of life of older adults, and state examples that highlight innovative healthy aging efforts at the state and community level.

The Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS) is creating a nationally integrated repository of data following individuals through the criminal justice system. CJARS will become accessible to the research community in late 2020 through the Federal Statistical Research Data Center network. Plans for a public use dataset by 2022-2023 are in the works.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), through its Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center (FJSRC), compiles information describing suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice system.

Available through ICPSR, the ICVS is a collection of surveys of householders' experience with crime, policing, crime prevention, and feelings of insecurity in a large number of nations. Sample size is generally, 1,000 - 2,000 households from each participating country.

The NACJD preserves and distributes computerized crime and justice data from Federal agencies, state agencies, and investigator initiated research projects. They have a collection of online Resource Guides that highlight popular criminal justice research topic.

Previously called the National Crime Survey (NCS), has been collecting data on personal and household victimization since 1973. An ongoing survey, conducted twice each year, of a nationally representative sample of residential addresses.

Office of Post-Secondary Education publishes statistics on crime, including hate crimes, committed on college campuses. All post-secondary institutions eligible for Title IV funds are required to report.

The Stanford Open Policing Project is collecting and standardizing data on vehicle and pedestrian stops from law enforcement departments across the country — and we’re making that information freely available. Includes over 200 million records from dozens of state and local police departments across the country.

Results of comparative survey of victim rates, fear of crime and subjective well-being in Europe.
Note data in SPSS format

Includes the World Drug Report and other statistics.

A guide to data useful for the study of violence against women available from the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data at ICPSR.

EPA has set national air quality standards for six common air pollutants (also called the criteria pollutants):
carbon monoxide (CO)
ozone (O3),
lead (Pb)
nitrogen dioxide (NO2)
particulate matter (PM)
sulfur dioxide (SO2)

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Powered by Google Maps, this atlas depicts humanity's impact on the environment. The primary focus is on environmental status and trends over the last 30 years, in terms of both physical and human geography.

Each online book contains historical and cultural background information on the country it covers. Formerly known as the Area Handbooks from the Department of the Army.

A single point of access to select U.S. EPA environmental data. EPA site for data on air quality, water, waste, and more.

Country by country statistics

A one-stop-shop for information on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), globally and at the country level. Statistics and project progress information are available by country and by goal.

OECD iLibrary also contains content published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and the International Transport Forum (ITF).

Provides direct access to official documents reflecting the views of United Nations Member States by bringing together in one place documents available elsewhere.

Including renewable energy and emissions

US-centric annual reports, regulatory policies, import/export data, and tax information for the beer industry.

The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.

FAOSTAT provides time-series and cross sectional data relating to food and agriculture for some 200 countries.

The Food Security Portal, facilitated by IFPRI, aims to provide improved food security for the world's poor and increased resilience of global food systems against food and financial crises. The project brings together international, regional, and country-level data, news, and research aimed at meeting countries' immediate food security needs, as well as building long-term global food security.

Includes Excel files with country wine market data back to 1961.

Including Global Hunger Index

The OECD databases on agriculture constitute a unique collection of agricultural statistics and provide a framework for quantifying and analysing the agricultural economy. This includes forecasts regarding the evolution of the main agricultural markets and commodities, detailed estimates of policy support, as well as indicators of environmental performance of agriculture. Data concern both OECD countries and non-member economies.

Producer Price Index (PPI) program measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output. The prices included in the PPI are from the first commercial transaction for many products and some services.

These tables include data on individual commodities, the general economy, agricultural trade, farm income and expenses, farm prices, food prices and expenditures, and other statistical indicators of the food and agriculture system.

US and California wine and vine statistics including sales, shipments, acreage, grape crush, wine consumption, etc.

This project is implemented by Macro International and funded by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). These country surveys, covering Central and South America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, are available for direct downloading. Datasets include information on family planning, maternal and child health, child survival, AIDS, educational attainment, and household composition and characteristics. Users must register and receive a password to download.

General Social Survey (GSS) is a long running survey of social, cultural and political indicators. In addition to the GSS, topic modules include computer and Internet, racial and ethnic prejudice, and child mental-health stigma. The GSS has participated since 1985 in the International Social Survey Program.

The archive has a number of studies valuable for researching sexual attitudes, orientations and behavior. Application may need to be made directly to the Murray Research Archive for permission to use the data.

From the Task Force’s Policy Institute. The first national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights and advocacy organization. Site includes full-text reports including demographics, statistics, and gay rights laws.

The National Marriage Project (NMP) is a nonpartisan, nonsectarian, and interdisciplinary initiative located at the University of Virginia. The Project's mission is to provide research and analysis on the health of marriage in America, to analyze the social and cultural forces shaping contemporary marriage, and to identify strategies to increase marital quality and stability.

This site makes available data from some of the Population Research Center's projects. Interesting datasets include the National Health and Social Life Survey, the Chicago Health and Social Life Survey, and the Chinese Health and Family Life Survey. These surveys profile sexual behavior, demography and health.

Topics: Abortion; Hysterectomy; Infant Health; Interactive Atlas of Reproductive Health; International Reproductive Health Surveys and Maternal Health.

Unique indicators such as Gender empowerment measure (GEM) rank, Gender empowerment measure (GEM) value, Gender-related development index (GDI) rank, Gender-related development index (GDI) value, Inequality in income or expenditure.

Statistics by country.

Statistics for women for health status, health risk factors, health care utilization, preventative care, hospital inpatient care.

Topics: Education; Health; Nutrition; Labor and Political Participation. Statistics by country and region.
2000, 2004 and 2008 data with mapping feature.

Browse databases, surveys, reports and other statistical products created by BTS. Use BTS tools and apps to build your own statistical tables, graphics and maps.

State Data Lab is a project of Truth in Accounting and funded by the Robert R. McCormick Foundation. It includes state financial, demographic, and economic data with tools ranging from graphs to regression, ranking and compound growth analysis.

The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) of 2006 requires that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) establish a single searchable website, accessible to the public at no cost.

Tracks health risks in the United States over ten years, national and state data.

Includes downloadable microdata as well as links to CDC WONDER and the Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System.

WISQARSTM (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) is an interactive database system that provides customized reports of injury-related data including suicide.

Abortion, Hysterectomy, Infant Health. Interactive Atlas of Reproductive Health, International Reproductive Health Surveys, Maternal Health, Tobacco Use and Pregnancy, Unintended and Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Women's Reproductive Health

Statistics on deaths and injuries caused by college drinking from the NIAAA.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of DHHS compiles detailed statistics on alcohol, tobacco, and drug use.

Chartbook from the NCHS indicating Trends in the Health of Americans. This resource includes over 140 trend tables including topics such as fertility, natality and mortality. Includes Mental Health Expenditures and other data.

Health expenditures, mortality by disease, number of practicing nurses and physicians, life expectancy and risk behavior. Data by country back to 1960.

Topics covered include: health care providers, cost of and access to health sare, substance abuse, chronic conditions, and other health related topics.

Harmonized data and documentation for the U.S. National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)

Annual report provides regional and country statistics on illegal use of drugs and drug trafficking.

The JCUSH was a research study conducted by Statistics Canada and the National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data collection began in November 2002 and ended in March 2003. The JCUSH was a one-time, random telephone survey in both countries.

An archive of 14 million documents created by tobacco companies about their advertising, manufacturing, marketing, scientific research and political activities, hosted by the UCSF Library.

DHS STATcompiler is an online database tool that allows users to select numerous countries and hundreds of indicators to create customized tables that serve their specific data needs. It accesses nearly all of the DHS population and health indicators.

Continuous, in-person, longitudinal survey of a representative national sample of the Medicare population.

Includes FastStats by topic and full text of many of the statistical publications the NCHS produces (e.g., Vital and Health Statistics Series reports).

Research shows that mental illnesses are common in the United States, affecting tens of millions of people each year. Estimates suggest that only half of people with mental illnesses receive treatment. The information on these pages includes currently available statistics on the prevalence and treatment of mental illnesses among the U.S. population. In addition, information is provided about possible consequences of mental illnesses, such as suicide and disability.

Drug and alcohol use incidence and prevalence estimates and report the consequences and patterns of use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian population aged 12 and older. Also asks a set of questions about mental health treatment.

This is the NCI's SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) Program web site containing statistical publications including the SEER Cancer Statistics Review 1973-present and Racial/Ethnic patterns of Cancer in the U.S.

State Health Facts is a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and provides free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the United States. In some cases, data are available for counties, territories, and other geographies. State Health Facts is comprised of more than 800 health indicators and provides users with the ability to map, rank, trend, and download data. Data come from a variety of public and private sources, including Kaiser Family Foundation reports, public websites, government surveys and reports, and private organizations. Data presented on State Health Facts are updated or added as new data become available; the update schedule varies from indicator to indicator. The availability of older or “archived” data is limited and varies by indicator. Please contact us to inquire about a specific indicator.

Assesses the health status and health behaviors of U.S. adults aged 65 years and older and makes recommendations to improve the mental and physical health of all Americans in their later years. The report includes national- and state-based report cards that examine 15 key indicators of older adult health, strategies to improve the health and quality of life of older adults, and state examples that highlight innovative healthy aging efforts at the state and community level.

This report ceased publication in the fall of 2007. It examined burley and flue-cured tobacco production, consumption, prices, stocks, imports and exports, and more, including consumption and trade of tobacco products (cigars, cigarettes, snuff).

Tobacco Outlook and Tobacco Yearbook ceased publication in the fall of 2007. The yearbook was an annual report that contained data important to the tobacco and tobacco products industries.

Child Survival and Health, Child Nutrition, Maternal Health, Water and Sanitation, Education, Child Protection, HIV/AIDS, MDG (Millennium Development Goals) Monitoring. Data by Country.

From the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Measurable impact is at the heart of WHO’s mission to transform the future of public health. See how progress is calculated towards achieving GPW 13.

Survey data starting in 1991 based on high school questionnaire about health behavior.

Current and historical labor statistics for the U.S.; links to sources of international statistics.

Provides access to various cross-national statistical databases.

Includes detailed occupation statistics by gender and race.

The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), begun in 1968, is a longitudinal study of a representative sample (more than 7,000 families and 65,000 indivuduals)of U.S. individuals that emphasizes the dynamic aspects of economic and demographic behavior. The data content is broad, including sociological and psychological measures.

Includes the Consumer Price Index (CPI), and statistics on employment & unemployment statistics, pay & compensation cost data, spending, time use, productivity, workplace injuries, etc.

Each online book contains historical and cultural background information on the country it covers. Formerly known as the Area Handbooks from the Department of the Army.

Topics include naturalization, refugees, apprehensions, deportations, etc. Additional statistical reports are listed under the "Publications" link.

Statistics Canada produces statistics that help Canadians better understand their country—its population, resources, economy, society and culture.

Full text of UNDP Human Development Reports, from 1990 to the next to most current year, plus national Human Development Reports and an excellent statistics section on industrialized and developing countries.

Intergovernmental body acting with its partners in the international community to assist in meeting the challenges of migration, advance understanding of migration issues, and uphold the dignity and well-being of migrants. Includes country synopses and publications such as the World Migration Reports.

Includes fact book that provides a snapshot of migration and remittances for all countries, regions and income groups of the world, annual remittances data, bilateral migration matrix, and some downloadable datasets.

Includes country and comparative data, including many country profiles (with links) and US trends.

A non-partisan research organization to improve understanding of the U.S. Hispanic population and to chronicle Latinos' growing impact on the United States. Downloadable datasets include the 2004 National Survey of Latinos: Politics and Civic Participation, the 2004 National Survey of Latinos: Education, and the 2002 National Survey of Latinos.

United States Census data and reports about immigration. Data includes Census 2000 demographic profiles by country of birth. Reports primarily cover special topics and trends.

Migration & geographic mobility both refer to the movement of people from one location to another.

Provides direct access to official documents reflecting the views of United Nations Member States by bringing together in one place documents available elsewhere.

Yearbook of Immigration Statistics (formerly entitled Statistical Yearbook of the Immigration and Naturalization Service) is published by the US Office of Immigration Statistics, Office of Management, Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

@unitedstates is a shared commons of data and tools for the United States. Made by the public, used by the public. Featuring work from people with the Sunlight Foundation, GovTrack.us, the New York Times, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the Internet

The National Election Studies series is one of the premier sources for data on voting behavior and political attitudes in the post-WWII United States. Upon registering (which is free), users can download data and SAS/SPSS/Stata program files and documentation for any of the various ANES studies. The SDA Archive at UC-Berkeley also allows users to access recent versions of the ANES and search at the variable level as well as conduct online analyse

Statistics collected by the Census Department:
American Community Survey
American Housing Survey
Annual Surveys of Governments
Census of Governments
Annual Economic Surveys
Decennial Census
Economic Census
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Tabulation
Population Estimates Program
Puerto Rico Community Survey

Links and citation info for multiple Congressional datasets:
Congressional Committees, 80th--102nd Congresses Garrison Nelson
Congressional Committees, Historical Standing Committees David Canon, Garrison Nelson, Charles Stewart III
Congressional Committees, Modern Standing Committees, 103rd--112th Congresses Charles Stewart III and Jonathan Woon
Candidate Quality and U.S. Senate Election Data David Lublin
Congressional District Demographic and Political Data David Lublin
Candidate Positioning Data Stephen Ansolabehere, James M. Snyder, and CharlesStewart III
Federal Elections Project David Lublin
House and Senate Party Voting Scores Joseph Cooper and Garry Young
House Committee Request Data Scott Frisch and Sean Kelly
Nominal and Adjusted Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) Voting Records, 1947-2007 Sarah Anderson (UCSB) and Philip Habel (SIUC)
Voteview Royce Carroll (Rice), James Lo (UCLA), Jeff Lewis (UCLA), Nolan McCarty (Princeton), Keith Poole (UCSD), and Howard Rosenthal (NYU).
Adjusted Interest Group Scores Timothy Groseclose (UCLA)
Jeff Lewis and Keith Poole's roll call downloads. Jeff Lewis and Keith Poole

The Comparative Agendas Project (CAP) assembles and codes information on the policy processes of governments from around the world.

Media: Congressional Quarterly Almanac; New York Times Front Page; New York Times Index; New York Times Index Weights; TV News Policy Agenda Data
Parliamentary & Legislative: Congressional Bills; Congressional Hearings;Public Law Titles; Public Laws; Roll Call Votes; Prime Minister & Executive; Executive Orders; Presidential Veto Rhetoric; State of the Union Speeches
Political Parties:Democratic Party Platform; Republican Party Platform
Judiciary: Supreme Court Cases; Budget; Budget Authority (Adjusted); Budget Authority-Policy Crosswalk; Budget Outlays; Tax Expenditures
Public Opinion & Interest Groups: Encyclopedia of Associations; Gallup's Most Important Problem; Policy Moods

The Correlates of War project collects and disseminates quantitative data in international relations. Datasets include: COW Country Codes; State System Membership; COW War Data; Militarized Interstate Disputes; Militarized Interstate Dispute Locations; National Material Capabilities; World Religion Data; Formal Alliances; Territorial Change; Direct Contiguity; Colonial/Dependency Contiguity; Intergovernmental Organizations; Diplomatic Exchange; Trade.

Search for datasets across over 1000 different major data centers and repositories including ICPSR, Harvard Dataverse, Data-Planet, the California Digital Library, Figshare, Dryad, the Center for Open Science, UC San Diego Library Digital Collections, etc.

A database with hundreds of variables for the US and the world.

From the 2012 (and final) Statistical Abstract
416 - Number of Governors by Political Party Affiliation
417 - Vote Cast for and Governor Elected by State
418 - Political Party Control of State Legislatures by Party
419 - Composition of State Legislatures by Political Party Affiliation

Congressional Bills; Bill Status; Bill Summaries; Commerce Business Daily; Code of Federal Regulations (Annual Edition); Electronic Code of Federal Regulations; Federal Register; United States Government Manual; House Rules and Manual; Privacy Act Issuances; Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States; Supreme Court Decisions 1937-1975 (FLITE)

Includes Excel files, 2004+. Presidential and Senate by state; House by Congressional District.

Supported by Google Ideas, the GDELT Project monitors the world's broadcast, print, and web news from nearly every corner of every country in over 100 languages and identifies the people, locations, organizations, counts, themes, sources, emotions, counts, quotes and events driving our global society every second of every day, creating a free open platform for computing on the entire world.

The GSS measures public opinion in the United States on a wide variety of topics of interest to social scientists. The survey, which began in the early 1970's, provides a (nearly) annual perspective on American attitudes toward government, life, race, religion, and other social issues.

Datasets include:
Armed Conflict and Intervention (ACI) Datasets: Forcibly Displaced Populations; Major Episodes of Political Violence; PITF State Failure Problem Set; High Casualty Terrorist Bombings; Memberships in Conventional Intergovernmental Organizations (CIO)
Polity IV: Regime Authority Characteristics and Transitions Datasets: Polity IV Annual Time-Series; Polity IVd Polity-Case Format; Coups d'Etat
State Fragility Index and Matrix: State Fragility Index and Matrix; State Fragility Index and Matrix, Time-Series Data
Conflict in India Datasets: Crime in India: Riots, Murders and Dacoity; India Sub-National Problem Set

STATE LEGISLATIVE ELECTION RETURNS DATASET
State legislative election returns for all 50 states from 1967 to 2016.

STATE ECONOMIC & GOVERNMENT FINANCE DATA
State level economic performance and state government tax and spending data.

GOVERNOR'S DATASET
Lists governors serving between

COMPETITIVENESS MEASURES: RANNEY INDEX & HOLDBROOK & VAN DUNK INDEX
Covers these indexes from 1970 to 2010.

STATE PARTISAN BALANCE DATA, 1937-2011
Contains variables measuring the number of Democrats and Republicans in both chambers of the state legislature and governor's office from 1937 to 2011. Others track majority party control, and veto, tax, and budget supermajorities.

From the Sunlight Foundation. Select a state to start to research bills, review voting records, contact elected officials and more. Bulk data downloads are available.

The Pew Research Center is a major center for the study of public opinion and regularly conducts polls (both at home and abroad) about various social and political topics and contemporary issues. They make many of their studies available for download here. Many of the more recent data files are in SPSS format. Users are required to register before downloading a dataset, but registration is free.

Collection of precinct-level results for as many U.S. elections as possible since 2000, linked to GIS boundary files of voting tabulation districts. Also visualized in the Stanford Election Atlas.

Facts on international relations and security trends
SIPRI multilateral peace operations database
SIPRI military expenditure database
SIPRI arms transfers database
SIPRI arms embargoes database
SIPRI national reports database

Frequently updated estimates from the Federation of American Scientists.

Corruption Perceptions Index
Global Corruption Barometer
Bribe Payers Index

Allows users to view every congressional roll call vote in American history on a map of the United States and on a liberal-conservative ideological map, including information about the ideological position of voting Senators and Representatives.

An independent research project that measures the social, political and economic atmosphere in Africa. During Round 1, from July 1999 through June 2001, Afrobarometer surveys were conducted in 12 countries. Round 2 surveys were conducted from May 2002 through October 2003 in 15 countries. Round 3 surveys in 18 countries are planned for 2005-6. Survey microdata are released to the public two years after the first publication of a survey's results. Available through ICPSR.

1948-Present
The American National Election Study (ANES) is the oldest continuous series of survey data investigating electoral behavior and attitudes in the United States. The focus of the survey includes voter perceptions of the major political parties, the candidates, national and international issues, and of the importance of the election. Also explored are voter expectations about the outcome of the election, degree of voter interest in politics, political affiliation and voting history, as well as participation in the electoral process. ANES interviews are conducted before and after presidential elections and after national congressional elections. Post-election interviews include questions on actual voting behavior and voter reflections about the election outcome.

The House Ways and Means Committee Green Book provides program descriptions and historical data on a wide variety of social and economic topics, including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health insurance, the elderly, families with children, poverty and taxation. It has become a standard reference work for those interested in the direction of social policy in the United States. 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004. See Appendix pdf files for data tables.

Began in 1983, and has been conducted every year since, except in 1988 and 1992. Designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal shifts.

Large set of surveys measuring public opinion in the countries of the European Union, on a wide variety of topics.

Freedom house is an independent non-governmental organization that supports the expansion of freedom in the world. They provide a comparative assessment of global political rights and civil liberties with data back to 1972.

The General Social Surveys (GSS) measures attitudes toward social and public policy issues, economic status, political events, work, and family life. In addition to questions asked each year, topical modules are included on a rotating basis that focus on current issues such as gender equity, religious beliefs, and perception of work.

Topics include Employment, Hours of Work, Wages, Labor Cost, CPI, Occupational Injuries, Strikes, Household Income and Expenditure, Migration, Retail Prices of 93 Food Items.

Ranking of economic freedom based on variables in ten categories. Scores indicate the level of government interference in the economy. Rankings, comparisons, and country analysis is available as well as times.

1985 - present
The International Social Survey Program (ISSP) is an ongoing program of cross-national collaboration which develops topical modules dealing with important social science areas as supplements to regular national surveys (e.g., the US General Social Surveys).

Monitoring the Future is an ongoing study of the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American secondary school students, college students, and young adults. Each year, a total of some 50,000 8th, 10th and 12th grade students are surveyed. A number of questions on drug use are asked.

This public opinion database maintained by the University of North Carolina contains more than 230,000 questions from surveys conducted since 1958. It is the repository for all Louis Harris public opinion data and Roper Center nonproprietary poll data as well as state-level polling organizations from 22 states, with strong coverage of Southern states. Questions are searchable by keyword, date, study number, study title, or state.

Formerly titled the OECD Social Expenditure Database (SOCX), this includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory and voluntary private social expenditure at programme level, covering old age, survivors, and incapacity-related benefits; health, family, and active labor market programmes; and unemployment, housing, GINI, poverty, income inequality, and other social policy areas.

Provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America.

The statistical tables display economic and social statistics on the countries and territories of the world with particular reference to children's well being.

Includes the human development index (HDI) and other indices, links to other background materials, data resources and on-going debates and discussions on human development statistics.

The series is designed to enable a crossnational comparison of values and norms on a wide variety of topics and to monitor changes in values and attitudes across the globe. A variety of questions on religion and morality were included. Data is currently available for 1981-1984, 1990-1993, 1995-1997, and 1999-2002.

The 1991 National Race and Politics Survey was a nationwide telephone survey carried out by the Survey Research Center of the University of California, Berkeley. Respondents were asked questions about welfare, race relations, altruism, and members of other races.

A telephone survey of African Americans aged 18 years or older, residing in areas of Chicago. The Survey Research Center of the University of California, Berkeley, conducted the survey from February 10 to August 3, 1997. There were 756 completed interviews.

These uestionnaires were administered to volunteers in the 1965 Summer Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE) project of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) before and after a two and a half month voter registration effort in May and the Fall of 1965, and a follow-up study in 1982. Dowload of data requires free registration.

General Social Survey (GSS) is a long running survey of social, cultural and political indicators. In addition to the GSS, topic modules include computer and Internet, racial and ethnic prejudice, and child mental-health stigma. The GSS has participated since 1985 in the International Social Survey Program.

Little Village, a neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, is the largest Mexican community in the Midwestern United States. The Little Village Survey consists of business and household surveys. As of July 2005, the household data is being prepared for publication. Sample size is 244 business and 325 household respondents.

The Diversity Archive consists of numerous studies with racially and ethnically diverse samples. The Murray Research Archive also houses a number of studies focusing on specific ethnic groups and on ethnic relations. Application needs to be made directly to the Murray Research Archive for permission to use the data.

Developed to provide comprehensive data to test different theoretical explanations for minority underachievement in higher education of college students at regular intervals. The survey includes equal-sized samples of white, black, Asian, and Latino freshmen entering selective colleges and universities.

A non-partisan research organization to improve understanding of the U.S. Hispanic population and to chronicle Latinos' growing impact on the United States. Downloadable datasets include the 2004 National Survey of Latinos: Politics and Civic Participation, the 2004 National Survey of Latinos: Education, and the 2002 National Survey of Latinos

Survey of voting behavior in the United States, conducted biennially since 1956. Basic questions on religious identification and attendance at religious services have been asked throughout the time series but the religion module was substantially widened and improved starting in 1990, making possible richer analyses of how religion affects political attitudes and behavior. Contains links to download all the data.

The American Religion Data Archive (ARDA) holds over 200 surveys on religion, including general population surveys, surveys of selected religious groups, surveys of religious professionals, and aggregate church, congregational and denominational data.

This data set offers information on Americans' opinions about the role of the arts relative to religion.

This is a repository for demographic and other quantitative social scientific surveys about Jews in the United States, Canada, and the world. It archives the National Jewish Population Surveys as well as a number of community surveys, and includes American Jewish Yearbook back to 1899.

General Social Survey (GSS) is a long running survey of social, cultural and political indicators. In addition to the GSS, topic modules include computer and Internet, racial and ethnic prejudice, and child mental-health stigma. The GSS has participated since 1985 in the International Social Survey Program.

A crossnational collaborative program that develops topical modules dealing with important areas of social science as supplements to regular national surveys in more than 20 countries. Topics have included religion, family and gender roles, role of the government, social inequality, the environment, and work attitudes.

A nationally representative study of congregations carried out via interviews with congregational informants, mostly clergy. Conducted in conjunction with the 1998 General Social Survey (GSS). Respondents reported on a wide variety of congregational activities. A sample size of 1236.

The National Survey of Youth and Religion (NSYR) is a nationally representative telephone survey of English and Spanish-speaking teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17 (in 2003), and their parents.

National Survey of Black Americans 1979-1980, 1987-1988, 1988-1989, 1992 (ICPSR)
The survey investigates neighborhood-community integration, services, crime and community contact, the role of religion and the church, physical and mental health, self-esteem, life satisfaction, employment, the effects of chronic unemployment, the effects of race on the job, interaction with family and friends, racial attitudes, race identity, group stereotypes, and race ideology.

Select Religion as a category, then subcategory by denomination.

The series is designed to enable a crossnational comparison of values and norms on a wide variety of topics and to monitor changes in values and attitudes across the globe. A variety of questions on religion and morality were included. Data is currently available for 1981-1984, 1990-1993, 1995-1997, and 1999-2002.

DocNow is a tool and a community developed around supporting the ethical collection, use, and preservation of social media content. Tools include DocNow, Tweet Catalog, Hydrator, Social Humans Labels, Twarc, Diff Engine

The Social Media Macroscope is a project by University of Illinois Technology Services and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) with the goal of making social media data, analytics, and visualization tools accessible to researchers and students of all levels of expertise.

The Social Media Research Toolkit is a list of social media research tools curated by researchers at the Social Media Lab at Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University. The kit features tools that have been used in peer-reviewed academic studies. Many tools are free to use and require little or no programming.

Includes attendance at sports events, participation in NCAA sports, sporting goods sales, and more

Provides documents related to baseball, including labor agreements, franchise expansions, and financial reports.

Forbes annual valuation of sports teams including revenue and other data. Baseball, Basketball, Football, Hockey, Nascar, Soccer.

Click on Sports under U.S.

National and metropolitan statistics for apartments, single-family homes, mobile homes, vacant homes, family composition, income, housing and neighborhood quality, housing costs, equipment, fuels, size of housing unit, and recent movers. National data are collected every other year, from a fixed sample of about 50,000 homes, plus new construction each year. The survey started in 1973, and has had the same sample since 1985, letting you see homes and households changing over the years.

From the Center for Responsible Lending

Links to federal home loan bank member data, house price index, stress tests for market and credit risk, mortgage originations, and other public use databases

This website includes a range of U.S. and international economic data (price indexes, exchange rates, interest rates, GDP, trade balances, etc.). Useful features include easy browsing for U.S. regional data (states, MSAs, counties, BEA regions, Fed districts, Census divisions) and links to Liber8, the Fed's portal to current economic indicators, research and recent reports, and GeoFRED, a data-mapping tool which displays color-coded employment data on the state, MSA, and county levels.

Part of the Federal Reserve Economic Data website, GeoFRED is a data-mapping tool which displays color-coded employment data on the state, MSA, and county levels.

Find tables detailing Housing Affordability from 2004, 2002, 1995, 1993, and 1991 surveys .

Residential segregation indices. See also the PDF report for a summary.

Provides statistics on the sales of new privately-owned single-family residential structures in the U.S. New homes sold data are only available at the national and regional levels. Data included in the press release are:
* Number of new single-family houses sold
* Number of new single-family houses for sale
* U.S. median and average sales prices of new homes sold.

The HUD-eGIS Storefront provides a one-stop shop where users can search for and discover HUD's geospatial datasets, web-based mapping tools, and application programming interfaces (APIs).

HUD USER provides interested researchers with access to the original data sets generated by PD&R-sponsored data collection efforts, including the American Housing Survey, HUD median family income limits, as well as microdata from research initiatives on topics such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population.

Aggregate data files and public use data files

Selected population and housing estimates from 1990-1998 for San Diego County, at the city, subregional, and census tract levels.

This San Diego county website links to data on population characteristics, such as demographics and employment, as well as transportation and crime statistics, land use, and population and employment estimates and forecasts.