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.

Data Commons (formerly the Google Public Data Explorer) makes large, public-interest datasets easy to explore and download. Use the search tools to create visualizations such as maps, graphs and timelines.

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.

StatsPolicy.gov is "the home of the U.S. Federal statistical system. StatsPolicy.gov brings together important information about our interwoven Federal statistical system, including our members, priorities, and activities across the Federal Government." Use this website to identify the primary U.S statistical agencies, offices and policies.

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.

For help with finding and downloading datasets, thematic collections, and tutorials, see this guide.

This resource guide from Marymount University Library & Learning Services has been created to provide introductory information on the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software.
Marymount students and staff may log into the MU Portal to access the software at https://my.marymount.edu/Home

This L&LS Research Guide guides you to organizations, data and research sources for various types of grey literature.

This report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS IN12197) describes the structure, key agencies, and statutes supporting the statistical system in the United States.

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).

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

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

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

Explore these online tutorials to learn about the data contents of USAspending, how to search by company or agency, and how to download data. USAspending is the official open data source of federal spending information, covering federal awards such as contracts, grants, and loans.