D'Amour Library: Sociology Library Guide: Finding Statistics & Data

Starting Points

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Research reports by Congressional Quarterly on social, political and cultural aspects of U.S. society.
Data.gov This link opens in a new window
Collects datasets produced by the U.S. government. Over 250,000 datasets from over 130 organizations.

Data USA
Aggregates and visualizes public data about places, industries, jobs, products, and more.

Statista This link opens in a new window
Curates statistics and data across a wide range of subjects, including population and country data, market and industry reports, political polling, forecasts on trends, and more.

U.S. Census Bureau Data
Search through datasets from the U.S. Census Bureau, including the Census and American Community Survey, from 2000 to the present.

CDC WONDER
Public health datasets provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
National Center for Health Statistics - FastStats
Statistics on a variety of health topics.
Massachusetts Population Health Information Tool (PHIT)
State of Massachusetts health data by topic, community, or population.

Economic Report of the President
An annual report, published since 1947, on the nation's economy.
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
Search through a large amount of financial and economic data, including price indexes, GDP, interest rates, and more.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Statistics on wages, employment & unemployment, consumer prices, and workplace injuries in the United States.
USASpending.gov
Search U.S. government spending in the form of contracts, grants, payments and loans.

IPEDS - Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
Data on colleges and universities in the United States, including degrees offered, tuition and fees, enrollment and retention statistics, and more.
National Center for Education Statistics
U.S. government data on education.

Bureau of Justice Statistics
Data on crime and justice systems in the United States.
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting
Crime data reported to the FBI, including hate crime statistics.