Provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic.
Focusing on human interactions in the environment, SEDAC has as its mission to develop and operate applications that support the integration of socioeconomic and earth science data and to serve as an "Information Gateway" between earth sciences and social sciences.
Economic information from the Federal Reserve System and other government agencies. Emphasis is placed on user-friendly, non-technical sources (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis). Formerly known as Liber8 - Economic Information Portal.
The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau terminated the collection of data for the Statistical Compendia program effective October 1, 2011.
United States Data & Statistics - collected by other organizations
To serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and journalists, the ANES produces high quality data from its own surveys on voting, public opinion, and political participation.
Specializing in data from public opinion surveys, this collection includes over 22,000 datasets on a vast range of topics and adds hundreds more each year. Most of the surveys in the Roper Center were conducted on national samples, but there are also some state and local surveys, as well as a number of surveys of special populations of interest.
Search across a variety of UN statistical databases and those of several international organizations. Includes country profiles with summary, economic, social, and environmental data.
Create custom graphs in order to compare different nations across a broad range of statistics, or view satistical profiles for an individual country (an unofficial site, although data sources are cited).
Gapminder, a Swedish "data tank" focused on global development, aggregates downloadable (Excel spreadsheet) data produced by scores of reputable organizations across hundreds of development indicators.
A curated list of recently published or updated data-rich reports available on the web, on topics from anti-Semitism to vital records, organized by librarian Gary Price and published by Library Journal.