Statistics and Datasets: General

Provides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. The data come from several censuses and surveys. Replaces American Factfinder as of March 31, 2020.

Portal for data and apps development based on the availability of pubilc sector data.

The Google Public Data Explorer makes large, public-interest datasets easy to explore and create visualizations.

A product of the Social Science Research Council, the Measure of America provides reports, data and mapping tools on a variety of social issues such as health, education, and living standards.

Search for Census surveys and data by geography, frequency, topics, and subtopics.

Find major publications, data briefs and reports by year or topic.

The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.

Find demographic, economic, population statistics listed by major federal agencies. Also find mapping products and links to state and local government statistical offices.

USAfacts presents facts, data and visualizations related to a broad range of key issues affecting American life, including special features on climate change. It is a nonpartisan project using U.S. government data. Data from individual tables can be downloaded. All sources are referenced to the original source, and content can be used under Creative Commons license with attribution.

Learn how to search and use Census data by viewing online videos, courses, and "Data Gems" tutorials.

An international consortium of over 700 academic institutions and research organizations, ICPSR provides training in data access, curation, and analysis for the social science research community. See video presentations under the Help link to learn more. Find data-related publications by searching the ICPSR Bibliography. MU is an institutional member; log in to set up your personal MyData account for full access to data sets.

This guide from the UC Merced Library provides instruction on how to access and use data from the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR).

This collection of video tutorials demonstrates how to search for various type of data and statistics from the BLS.

This brief guide explains how to find key topics and data sources available online from the BJS.