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Jennifer Bodley
Find Data and Statistics
- Data.govThe home of the U.S. Government’s open data.
Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more. - Explore Census DataThis is the website for the United States Census. data.census.gov is the new platform to access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau.
- ICPSRAn international consortium of more than 750 academic institutions and research organizations, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for the social science research community.
ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. It hosts 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.
- Statistical Abstract of the U.S. This link opens in a new windowThe authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. The online version includes monthly updates to tables, deep searching at the line-item level, powerful facets for narrowing search results, image and spreadsheet versions of all current and historical tables, along with links to provider sites.
- UNESCO Institute for StatisticsThe UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the official and trusted source of internationally-comparable data on education, science, culture and communication. As the official statistical agency of UNESCO, the UIS produces a wide range of indicators in UNESCO’s fields of action by working with national statistical offices, line ministries and other statistical organizations.
- World Bank Open DataThis site allows you to search World Bank data and statistics.
- CDC Data and StatisticsData and Statistics by Topic, provided by the Center for Disease Control.
- Washington State County and City DataAre you looking for information about a specific county in Washington? Here you will find a collection of links to information about Washington counties in the areas of criminal justice, demographics, the economy, local government finance, and human services.
Library Resources
- SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new windowMapping application that enables users to create thematic maps and reports using thousands of demographic, marketing, and business data variables. Includes data from the U.S. Census, Mediamark, Simmons, and Dun & Bradstreet.
- Statista This link opens in a new windowStatista provides statistical data on topics including media, business, politics, society, technology and education. Sources include market reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases. Charts can be downloaded in PNG, PowerPoint, Excel or PDF formats or embedded in web pages and can be great in papers or presentations.
- Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new windowU.S national level historical data. Major areas include population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, economic sectors, governance and international relations. Includes thematic essays.
- Statistics and Data SourcesA comprehensive guide to Statistics and Data sources at Seattle University.