Statistics

Data and Statistics – General Reference Resources (current) Full Text What Is It? This resource includes child and family statistics, crime and justice statistics, economic indicators, education and environment statistics, geographic and geospatial data, and much more. Searchable databases and downloadable datasets are provided for many categories.

Why Use It? To find statistics and data collected and provided by the United States Federal government.

Data.gov (current) Full Text What Is It? Data.gov provides raw data with descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access, and tools that leverage government datasets.

Why Use It? To find, download, and use a growing repository of machine-readable datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government.

Human Development Reports (Coverage Varies) Full Text What Is It? Statistical datd tracking the level of development in nations throughout the world. Data ranges from economic (GDP) to social (shild labor). Countries are ranked according to their level of development in each of over 100 indicators.

Why Use It? Find basic statistics and rannkings on development indicators.

ICPSR (Coverage Varies) Full Text Access What Is It? Database is maintained by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), established in 1962. Provides access to archived social science data for research and instruction.

Why Use It? Obtain data from research in the social sciences, including census, elections, demographic, public opinion, and related areas.

International Financial Statistics (1948-Present) Access What Is It? International Financial Statistics Database.

Why Use It? Find financial statistics, e.g., GDP, M2, employment, national reserves, etc, for over 200 countries. Data Provided by the International Monetary Fund.

ITC - International Trade Statistics (Coverage Varies) Full Text What Is It? Import and export statistics by country and product from the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Commission on Trade and Development.

Why Use It? Find direction of trade stastitics

NCES - National Center for Educational Statistics (Coverage Varies) Full Text What Is It? The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

Why Use It? Find statistics on education or educational institutions

SourceOECD (1998-Present) Full Text Access What Is It? Full-text of the reports, monographs, serials, and statistical publication of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development).

Why Use It? Find economic and social data for OECD countries. Research areas reported on by the OECD including energy, transportation, agriculture, and education.

Statistical Universe (1973/1983 - present) Full Text Access What Is It? A multidisciplinary index to statistics covering a wide range of topics.

Why Use It? Find statistics on popular or scholarly topics. Gather background statistics before starting a research project.

USA Trade® Online (Coverage Varies) Access What Is It? A database providing access to U.S. merchandise trade data. Includes current and cumulative export and import data on more than 18,000 export commodities and 24,000 import commodities worldwide. Produced by STAT-USA and the Foreign Trade Division of the U.S. Census Bureau.

Why Use It? Search for U.S. import/export data on specific products and create custom reports.

World Development Indicators (Coverage Varies) Access What Is It? A World Bank collection of data about countries throughout the world.

Why Use It? Find data on a wide range of topics about individual countries. Compare countries by combining data on a spreadsheet. Find summaries of the condition of individual countries. Locate countries on an electronic map.

Aging and Youth

Administration on Aging - Statistics on the Aging Population (Coverage Varies) Full Text What Is It? Profile and compilation of statistics on people 65 and older in the United States. Data include breakdowns by race and ethnicity, wellness and disabilities.

Why Use It? Find statistics on people 65 and older.

UNICEF - Monitoring and statistics (Coverage Varies) Full Text What Is It? UNICEF's statistical database on children worldwide. Data include mortality, disease, education, sanitation, access to clean water, etc.

Why Use It? Find statistics on children worldwide.

Agriculture

FAOSTAT (Coverage Varies) Full Text What Is It? FAOSTAT is an on-line and multilingual database currently containing over 3 million time-series records covering international statistics in the following areas: production, trade, food balance sheets, producer prices, forestry trade flow, land use and irrigation, forest and fishery products, fertilizers and pesticides, agricultural machinery, food aid shipments, and food exports.

Why Use It? Find data on crops, nutrition, forestry, fisheries worldwide.

USDA - National Agricultural Statistics Services (Coverage Varies) Full Text What Is It? Statistical data complied by the Statistics Services of the US Department of Agriculture. Data include livestock and crops broken down by state and region. Good resource for finding statistics on US agricultural production.

Why Use It? Find "Tables at a Glance" or in-depth statistics on agriculture in the United States.

Crime, Violence, and Criminal Justice

Bureau of Justice Statistics (Coverage Varies) Full Text What Is It? The US Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics collects vast amount of information on crime and law enforcement in the United States. You can use this site to gain "At a Glance" statistics as well as more in-depth time-series data.

Why Use It? Find in-depth statistics on crime, law enforcement, prisons and jails.

Demography (U.S.)

Census of Population and Housing (1790-current) Full Text What Is It? United States Decennial Census of Population and Housing. Decennial Census reports; some years are incomplete. Data from 1790-1980 is in PDF format.

Why Use It? To get historical demographic data from United States decennial census.

Economy (International)

Global Development Finance (Coverage Varies) Access What Is It? Global Development Finance (GDF) includes analysis and commentary on recent developments in international finance for developing countries, with particular focus on the East Asian financial crisis. Summary statistical tables are included for selected regional and analytical groups comprising 150 developing countries. Country Tables contain statistical tables on the external debt of the 138 countries that report public and publicly guaranteed debt under the Debtor Reporting System (DRS).

Why Use It? Find analysis, commentary and statistics on recent developments in international finance for developing countries.

IndiaStat.com (Coverage Varies) Access What Is It? Statistics from Indian Government agencies relating to all aspects of Indian life: population, health, economy, education, etc. Also includes general data about India, such as a list of newspapers by province.

Why Use It? Find statistics about India.

Economy (U.S.)

Beige Book (1970-) Full Text What Is It? The Beige Book is released two weeks prior to each FOMC meeting eight times per year. Each Federal Reserve bank gathers anecdotal information on current economic conditions in its district through reports from bank and branch directors and interviews with key businessmen, economists, market experts, Statistics are embedded in the summaries.

Why Use It? Find regional overviews of the US economy as provied by the twelve federal reserve banks.

Business Dynamics Statistics (1976 - present) Full Text What Is It? Business Dynamics Statistics include measures of establishment openings and closings, firm startups, job creation and destruction by firm size, age, and industrial sector, and several other statistics on business dynamics.

Why Use It? These data can help economists, policy-makers, and the business community develop a more complete understanding of the dynamics of employment over the business cycle and the contribution of businesses of different age and size.

Economic Statistics Briefing Room (Coverage Varies) Full Text What Is It? Economic Statistics Briefing Room provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators. Statistical categories include: employment, income, money, output, prices, production, and transportation.

Why Use It? Find statistics on the US economy.

Federal Reserve Board - Statistics (Coverage Varies) Full Text What Is It? Data released by the Federal Reserve Board on issues such as money, banking, liquidity, minority owned banks, etc.

Why Use It? Find current and historical data on interest rates and money released by the Federal Reserve Board.

NBER Economic Indicators and Releases What Is It? National Bureau of Economic Research's links to economic data releases. Links include release dates and archival data.

Why Use It? Find economic data and datasets

STAT-USA (Coverage Varies) Full Text Access What Is It? Database of economic, business, and international trade information. Contains data from the National Trade Data Bank and the Economic Bulletin Board. Produced by STAT-USA, an agency in the Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Why Use It? Conduct market research and other types of economic analyses from current and historical economic, financial, trade and statistical data produced by the U.S. Government

Finance

Yahoo Finance (1962- (but varies)) Full Text What Is It? Yahoo Finance contains company profiles, SEC filings, annual reports, stock quotes (for many companies going back to 1962), and other financial information about US and Canadian companies.

Why Use It? Find current and historical stock, bond and money market data. Composite data for some industries is also available. Find finacial information such as annual reports and SEC filings for US companies.

General Statistical (U.S.)

FEDSTATS (Coverage Varies) Full Text What Is It? Provides access to statistical sites for more than 70 federal agencies. Excellent jumping off point for federal and state data.

Why Use It? Find statistics pages on federal agency sites. Locate general and detailed statistics published by the federal government.

Historical Statistics of the United States: Millenium Edition (1790-2000) Full Text Access What Is It? Find statistics about almost any aspect of U.S. economics, population or infrastructure since the government began recording statistics. Compare statistics from colonial times to similar data in the nineteenth or twentieth centuries. Study the evolution of statistics collection in the U.S.

Why Use It? Find general (historical to 2000) U.S. Statistics on labor, population, education, etc.

Social Statistics Briefing Room (Coverage Varies) Full Text What Is It? Social Statistics Briefing Room provide easy access to current Federal social statistics. The data is limited to crime, demographic, educational, and health issue. Most of the data is summary in nature, but updated by the responsible federal agency on a regular basis.

Why Use It? Find current statistical summaries of social data in the U.S. as collected and published by federal agencies. These include crime, demography, education, and health.

Statistical Abstract of the United States (1878 - present) Full Text What Is It? Abstract of statistics compiled by federal agencies. Statistical Abstract of the United States is a good place to start to find U.S. statistics.

Why Use It? Find general U.S. Statistics on labor, population, education, etc.

Health

NCHS FastStats A-Z (Coverage Varies) Full Text What Is It? Official US statistics on health issue published by the National Center for Health Statistics

Why Use It? Find health statisics for the United States from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

International

Global Peace Index (current) Full Text What Is It? Ranks 120 nations according to their relative peacefulness. The Global Peace Index is composed of 24 indicators, ranging from a nation’s level of military expenditure to its relations with neighbouring countries and the level of respect for human rights.

Why Use It? To compare or rank countries according to peacefulness criteria.

Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics (Coverage Varies) Full Text What Is It? Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) compiles data on the U.S. labor force. Data include employment, wages, productivity, inflation, etc. BLS also includes several "At a Glance" tables that provide overviews of labor statistics.

Why Use It? Find U.S. statistics on labor and employment.

International Labour Organization (ILO) (1983-current) Full Text What Is It? Main ILO database on labour statistics covering household incomes and expendture statistics,economically active population (data since 1945), employment, unemployment, employment by sex for detailed occupational groups (1970-2000), public sector employment, statistical sources and methods, hours of work, wages, labour cost, consumer prices, occupational injuries and strikes and lockouts (data since 1969). It is the main ILO statistical database and has statistics published in the Yearbook of Labour Statistics, the October Inquiry and the Bulletin of Labour Statistics. It also includesestimates and projections of the economically active population.

Why Use It? View and download international labour statistics.

Public Opinion

Polling the Nations (1986-) Full Text Access What Is It? Comprehensive source of polling information from the US and over 100 other countries.

Why Use It? Find opinion polls data from * US polling organizations e.g., Harris International, The Pew Center * Universities e.g., Rice University, University of Maryland * Newspapers e.g., New York Times, Los Angeles Times * Television news organizations e.g., CBS, NBS, Fox, CNN * International polling organizations e.g., Eurobarometer * Special interest groups e.g., Boy Scouts, AFL-CIO

Roper Poll (Coverage Varies) Access What Is It? A computer-based library of survey research and public opinion data produced by the Roper Center. Includes data from Gallup polls, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, General Social Surveys and many other major polling organizations.

Why Use It? Search for data from public opinion surveys 1935 - current.