Guides: Social Work: Finding Data &amp; Statistics

Data & Statistical Sources

PolicyMap
Provides demographic, education, health, geographic data and more. Offers the user the capability of presenting the data visually through maps, tables, and reports.
Social explorer
Provides access to 220 years of demographic data and 18 000 maps covering census, economic, election, religion data and more.
SimplyAnalytics
Enables users to create thematic maps, charts and reports using over 90,000 demographic, business, marketing and health data variables.

data.Census.gov
Search interface for accessing and disseminating data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Sage Data
Provides statistical data from U.S. government publications, state and private sources, and international organizations.
Reference Solutions
Provides directory information on U.S. business and residential listings.
Statista : the leading statistics portal
Provides data on over 80 000 topics from more than 10 000 different sources.
ProQuest statistical abstract of the U.S.
Provides a comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.

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.
ICPSR Web Site
Baylor University belongs to the ICPSR Consortium which maintains a data archive of over 500,000 research files in the social sciences. It's specialties include: education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, and terrorism.