LibGuides: Statistics: Key Resources

Data portals

Data.gov
This U.S. government portal provides data, tools, and resources to conduct research.
Data USA
This free website uses public data to create visualizations around locations, industries, occupations, and education (degrees). It also provides stories, or articles, about data application and methodology.
Data Visualization and Infographic Resources
This list from Smashing Magazine provides different sources that provide data visualization and infographics.
Gapminder
Collects, creates, and displays global datasets.
UN Data
Search for a topic or browse by country or category, like crime or literacy, to find global statistics.

PolicyMap
What you’ll find here: a U.S. national data and mapping tool allowing users to create custom demographic maps, tables, and reports. Available data includes demographics, home sale statistics, health data, mortgage trends, school performance scores, labor data such as unemployment, and crime statistics, such as city crime rates. Use PolicyMap to create compelling maps of up to five layers, export trend charts with key benchmarks, download data for use in other tools, generate on-the-fly reports, and upload your own data to view it with ours.
How to search this database: Visit the PolicyMap Tutorial Page.
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ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
What you’ll find here: Provides a comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. You can browse or search for data tables, and download them as a pdf or XLS spreadsheet.
How to search this database: Visit their guide page.