Research Guides: History, Law, Political Science: Data & Statistics

Data & Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S. government source of data on employment.
data.census.gov (formerly American FactFinder)
Data.census.gov is the new platform to access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau. Includes data from the decennial Census and the American Community Survey about households, education, income, homeownership, business, and more.
Data.gov
Find Federal, state and local data, tools, and resources to conduct research, build apps, design data visualizations, and more.
General Social Survey (GSS)
Since 1972, the General Social Survey (GSS) has provided politicians, policymakers, and scholars with a clear and unbiased perspective on what Americans think and feel about such issues as national spending priorities, crime and punishment, intergroup relations, and confidence in institutions
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. Pew Research Center makes its data available to the public for secondary analysis after a period of time.

UN Datasets
The UN datasets provides access to a large number of United Nations statistical databases either by browsing the data series or through a keyword search. Data sources include, but are not limited to, WHO, ILO, WTU, UNESCO, and FAO.