Compiled by Peter Linberger
The University of Akron
July 2, 2001
U.S. Government Data | Repackaged Data | Data Archives | International | Commercial
U.S. Bureau of the
Census
Official site of the
Census Bureau; can choose data by category or geographic location.
U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
official site; collects and analyzeslabor economic statistics.Data includes
employment and unemployment, payroll, consumer price index, producer price
index.Keyword searching is available.
FedStats
Developed by Federal
Interagency Council on Statistical Policy. Provides easy access to statistics
produced by government agencies. Can choose data by subject or by agency.
Fairly comprehensive and easy to use.
Current Population
Statistics
Conducted by Bureau
of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Primary source for information
on the U.S. labor force.
County Business
Patterns
Available from Census
Bureau. Includes information from County Business Patterns, Business Register,
Annual Company Organization Survey, Economic Census, Annual Survey of Manufactures,
Current Business Survey, administrative records of the IRS, Social Security
Administration, and Bureau of Labor Statistics. Data available back to
1988. Information available by industry.
Social Security
Administration (Office of Policy)
Data available includes
total number of SSI recipients, total payments, and age and category, at
the national, state, and county levels.
Statistical Abstract
of the United States
Annual government publication
contains social and economic statistics for the U.S. and selected international
data. Data are retrievable from numerous tables which are divided into
subjects such as population, vital statistics, education, energy, and agriculture.
U.S. Immigration
and Naturalization Service
Statistics section
of the INS homepage provides annual immigration statistics from 1994-1998.
Historical immigration data tables are available for years 1820-1996.
White House Briefing
Room
Good source for locating
popular economic and demographic information available from various government
agencies.
Vital Statistics
of the United States
National Center for
Health Statistics site. Contains data on births, deaths, and life expectancy,
and health reports. Searchable by keyword.
Repackaged
Data
(Government data available through web page other than the official
government agency)
Government Information Sharing Project
http://govinfo.kerr.orst.edu
Oregon State University.
Easy access to demographic, educational, and economic data from various
government agencies. Help and Information files for each of these data
sets are also provided.
GeoStat, County and City Data Books, University of Virginia
County and City Data
Books available for 1988 and 1994. Ability to create customized reports.
Data available at the state, county, city, or place level. May choose from
75 variables.
Consortium for International
Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
CIESIN is a private,
government-sponsored research organization. The Socioeconomic Data and
Applications Center (SEDAC) provides most of the demographic data. Information
includes global population, U.S. Census products, environmental progess,
and social indicators of development.
Ameristat
Site sponsored by the
Population Reference Bureau and the Social Science Data Analysis Network.
Large data files are available on demographic of U.S. population. Also
includes links to other web sites.
Demographic Profile
Generator
Maintained and
operated by the Urban Information Center at the University of Missouri,
St. Louis. Information derived from the 1990 U.S. Census. Users can access
data by state, county, metropolitan statistical area, census tract, census
block, or zip code.
University of Michigan
Documents Center
A compilation of Web sources for data in numerous categories. The “Demographics” link is divided into sections by subject and includes over 100 links to relevant Web sites.
University of California,
Berkeley
From the Social Science
and Government Data Library at the University of California, Berkeley.
Provides access to selected tape files from the 1990 U.S. Census. Also
provides links to state data centers and federal depository libraries.
United States Historical Census Data Browser
University of Virginia.
Provides census data for each state and county from 1790-1960.
Data on the Net
(University of California, San Diego)
Provides access and
links to many governmental and non-governmental sources of demographic
data. Can search by keyword or by broad category.
Yale Direct Access
to Numeric Data on the Internet
Data sources divided
into four main categories. Each listing has a hypertext link and a description
of the site and the data it contains. Links to over fifty sites is provided.
StatLib (Carnegie
Mellon)
Links to data on a
variety of topics are available. The datasets themselves are varied; most
supplied by individuals working on specific projects or from published
books or articles. Search engine available; users can enter up to three
keywords.
Inter-University
Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) (University of Michigan)
Contains many resources
for researchers in the social and political sciences. Can browse the files
by one of the eighteen broad categories, or can search using a basic search
engine. ICSPR data is normally available to members of registered institutions,
however non-affiliated individuals can contact ICPSR for access information.
Social Science Data
Analysis Network (University of Michigan)
Provides access to
nearly 300 datasets. Data available from 1950-1990 U.S. Census.
Population Studies
Center (University of Michigan)
Data archive information:
fertility, family planning, health, sexual behavior, marriage, family,
children, social mobility, race and ethnicity, migration, segregation,
aging, disability, education.
Population Studies
Center (University of Pennsylvania)
Many useful links related
to demography. International in scope.
Integrated Public
Use Microdata Series (University of Minnesota)
Consists of twenty-five
high precision samples of the American population drawn from thirteen federal
censuses, 1850-1990.
InternationalUnited Nations Statistics Division
http://www.un.org/Depts/unsd/statdiv.htm
Data available alphabetically by country name. Includes data on population, housing, education, literacy, income, and child-bearing.Users can also obtain the current Monthly Bulletin of Statistics.
World Factbook (CIA)
Basically a web version
of the CIA World Factbook. Provides current demographic information by
country.
Statistics Canada
Official site of Canada’s
national statistics agency.Information organized into three broad categories:
demographic, social, and socio-economic.
UN Information Gateway
(Yale)
Includes links to data
sets for all areas of the world.Some information is available from 1960
to the present.
U.S. Census International
Programs Center
Produced by the Census
Bureau.Information provided for 227 countries and regions of the world.
World Bank
Provides access to
demographic information by allowing browsing though hundreds of available
data sets on a wide variety of topics.Also link to country data, can view
one particular country’s available data sets.
Social Science Information
Gateway(Southhampton University Library)
Large list of links
to demographic data throughout the world.
Economic Commission
for Latin America and the Caribbean
Sponsored by the United
Nations. Data from 1970 to the present, and projections to 2050 are
available.Also offers access to several publications and statistical reports.
Latin America and Caribbean only.
Demography & Population Studies (Australian National University)
Compilation of demographic
sites throughout the world.Each category contains sites for both U.S. and
international data.
CommercialCACI Marketing Systems
Provides fee-based
data.Demographic, business, lifestyle, consumer, traffic, and crime data
are available.Free samples available on selected data.
Claritas, Inc.
Can deliver over 100
reports on any U.S. market via the Web, for a fee.A free demo allows users
to choose 1990 Census data covering a five-mile radius of any location
in the U.S.
Right Site
Samples and demos of
their products are available for downloading.
Environmental Systems
Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
From the Data section
of this site, users have access to demographic from the 1990 U.S. Census.The
ArcData Online link allows users to create thematic maps at the state,
county, census tract, or block level.
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