ProQuest
- ProQuest Statistical Insight This link opens in a new windowFederal, state, and international statistical, economic, demographic, and geographic information. National income and production statistics, retail and wholesale trade data, interest rates, economic indicators, and social and demographic statistics, plus data on energy, environmental protection, agriculture, fisheries, crime, etc.
- Statistical Abstract of the United States (ProQuest) This link opens in a new windowExtensive selection of statistics for the United States, with selected data for regions, divisions, states, metropolitan areas, cities, and foreign countries from reports and records of government and private agencies.
Government Information
As of January 2025, the US Federal Government has removed a portion of its public data. Datasets that are back online may have had certain data removed. For this reason, it is recommended that you use an external source that has worked to archive the legacy data in its completed format to ensure that you have the most comprehensive dataset that is not missing fields or datapoints.
If you are having trouble accessing the data you need, please email or schedule an appointment with your librarian.
- data.census.govUnited States Census Bureau data and downloads.
- Center for Disease ControlData and statistics from the United States Center for Disease Control.
- Data.GovOpen source data from the U.S. government
- Finding and Using Health StatisticsOnline modules from the National Library of Medicine detailing how to find and use health related data and statistics.
Government Data from Recommended External Sources
- Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)Census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. IPUMS integration and documentation makes it easy to study change, conduct comparative research, merge information across data types, and analyze individuals within family and community context. Data and services are available free of charge.
- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 350,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. It hosts 23 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
- Environmental Data InitiativeThe EDI Data Portal contains environmental and ecological data packages contributed by a number of participating organizations.
- ICPSR Data LumosDataLumos is an ICPSR archive for valuable government data resources. ICPSR has a long commitment to safekeeping and disseminating US government and other social science data. DataLumos accepts deposits of public data resources from the community and recommendations of public data resources that ICPSR itself might add to DataLumos.
- Social ExplorerProvides selected historical data from the U.S. Decennial Census going back to 1790, as well as current data from the Census and the American Community Survey, and some religion data. There is a free version of this tool that will give you limited features.
- PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
Data and mapping tool that provides access to over 15,000 indicators related to demographics, housing, crime, mortgages, health, jobs and more. Data is available at all common geographies (address, block group, census tract, zip code, county, city, state, MSA) as well as unique geographies like school districts and political boundaries. Create, save, download, customized maps and tables, or upload your own data to map.
Polling Resources
- iPOLL (Roper Center) This link opens in a new windowPublic opinion poll data: poll questions and answers, datasets, and survey questionnaires from academic, commercial, and media polls on opinions and behaviors from major survey research organizations in the United State, including Gallup, Pew, Annenburg Public Policy Center, and news organizations, such as CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, the New York Times.
- Polling the Nations This link opens in a new window
Poll questions and responses from national, state, local and special public opinion polls and surveys conducted by polling organizations in the United States and other countries.
