Guides: Public Relations: Statistics

Statistical Resources

Statista : the leading statistics portal This link opens in a new window
Provides data on over 80 000 topics from more than 10 000 different sources.
PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
ProQuest statistical abstract of the U.S. This link opens in a new window
Provides a comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.

data.census.gov
A good source for population, housing, economic, and geographic information.

National Center for Education Statistics : NCES This link opens in a new window
Contains NCES publications and data products.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics This link opens in a new window
Vital statistics on American politics This link opens in a new window
Provides data on American politics.
International financial statistics This link opens in a new window
Provides international statistics on all aspects of international/domestic finance.
Britannica world data analyst This link opens in a new window
Provides country and regional analyses and offers detailed statistical comparisons of countries around the world .
UNdata : a world of information This link opens in a new window
Provides a single entry point to locate data from United Nations databases giving users the ability to search over 30 UN databases containing over 60 million data points covering areas such as agriculture, education, employment, environment, health, and the Millennium Development Goals indicators.
An easy to use data access system was developed that meets UNSD’s vision of providing an integrated information resource with current, relevant and reliable statistics free of charge to the global community.
Direction of trade statistics This link opens in a new window
Provides figures on the value of merchandise exports and imports by trade partners as well as area and world aggregates.

World public opinion. org (Online)
World Public Opinion.org (WPO) provides a source of in-depth information and analysis on public opinion from around the world on international issues. Presents summary and in-depth articles about various polls taken around the world.