Data, Maps & Statistics
- Explore Census Data This link opens in a new window
Data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. Data comes from several censuses and surveys: American Community Survey, American Housing Survey, Annual Economic Surveys, Annual Survey of Governments, etc.
- Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition (HSUS) This link opens in a new windowHistorical statistics on social, political, and economic aspects of the United States. Census and other statistical data. Create custom tables and merge columns from multiple tables to create custom tables, which can also be downloaded, printed, or graphed. Essays by experts place topics such as migration, slavery, health, crime, Native Americans, and the Confederate States of America in historical context.
- HeritageQuest Online This link opens in a new windowIncludes Slave Schedules from 1850 and 1860 census.
- Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Current and historical census data and demographic information: US Census, American Community Survey, religious membership, carbon emissions data, etc. Customizable maps, charts, and reports.
Social Types in Nashville-Davidson County, Tennessee: A Geographic Distribution, 1950-1970Call Number: Call Number: HB2197.N2 N3 Central Stacks- Study of Nonwhite Residential Distribution in Nashville, Tennessee: Staff MemorandumCall Number: Call Number: HB2197.N2 N373 ANNEX (Off Campus)
- Archives Unbound This link opens in a new windowIncludes City Directories for Tennessee from 19th and 20th Centuries. Other Southeastern states includes for same date range.
- Historical Statistics of the United States: Millennial Edition (HSUS) This link opens in a new windowHistorical statistics on social, political, and economic aspects of the United States. Census and other statistical data. Create custom tables and merge columns from multiple tables to create custom tables, which can also be downloaded, printed, or graphed. Essays by experts place topics such as migration, slavery, health, crime, Native Americans, and the Confederate States of America in historical context.
- 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.
- Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 (Tennessee) This link opens in a new windowLarge-scale landbook maps which includes information such as outline of each building, the size and shape and construction materials, heights, and function of structures, location of windows and doors, street names, street and sidewalk widths, property boundaries, building use, and house and block numbers. Textual information includes construction details, ownership and building use. Fire insurance maps of Tennessee.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) enable users to create, combine, and analyze geocoded data—that is, information connected in some manner to geographic coordinates. GIS tools range from simple and lightweight applications to extremely powerful and complicated suites of software.
Whether you would like to create a spatio-temporal exploration of historical events, embed an interactive map in a web-based project, or conduct a spatial analysis of research data, we can assist you with your project. Our GIS Coordinator will help you with identifying the right tool for your project—from Google Maps to ArcGIS.
The best place to get started is our Research Guide on support for Geographic Information Systems at the Jean and Alexander Heard Library.
