Guides: Finding Demographic Data: Other Sources

Databases: Statistics / Data / Data Visualizations

Social explorer This link opens in a new window
Provides access to 220 years of demographic data and 18 000 maps covering census, economic, election, religion data and more.

PolicyMap
Provides demographic, education, health, geographic data and more. Offers the user the capability of presenting the data visually through maps, tables, and reports. This resource is geared toward non-GIS experts who want to analyze large amounts of data.

Reference Solutions This link opens in a new window
Provides directory information on U.S. business and residential listings.

Data-Planet
Provides statistical data from federal, state and private sources, and international organizations.
Simply Analytics
This web-based mapping tool makes it easy to create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using extensive demographic, business, health, and marketing data. Additional components include: Dun & Bradstreet business listings, consumer health data (EASI AGS), and marketing research data (MRI, SimmonsLOCAL, Nielsen Claritas PRIZM Premier). 3 concurrent users at a time are allowed. Create an account to save work, or log in as a guest. Please remember to log out when done.

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.
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.

IPUMS NHGIS
The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides population, housing, agricultural, and economic data, along with GIS-compatible boundary files, for geographic units in the United States from 1790 to the present.