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Statistical Data - Top Resources

Dataplanet This link opens in a new window
Includes local, state, and business statistical categories. Search data series for all U.S. States and the District of Columbia, or by counties, cities, and metropolitan statistical areas down to the zip code level. Download data or use data visualization tools.

Explore Census Data
The replacement for American FactFinder. Use the Advanced search feature. You will be walked through each step to answer your demographic and economic information needs.
Historical Statistical Abstract of the United States
The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published since 1878, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. The Census Bureau is no longer collecting and compiling the Abstract.
National Center for Education Statistics
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
Crime Data Reporter - FBI
Crime data for Ohio are derived from both incident-based (NIBRS) glossary lookup and summary (SRS) glossary lookup reports voluntarily submitted to the FBI.
Data.gov
Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.
Measuring Worth
The data presented here on the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, was created using the highest standards of the fields of economics and history, and were rigorously refereed by distinguished researchers in those fields.

Raw Data Sets

Do you need raw data to use in a statistical progam like SPSS, PASW, SAS or STATA? Try these sources:

Data Citation Index This link opens in a new window
Access quality research data from repositories around the world. Includes an index of datasets in the social sciences, life sciences, and physical sciences.

Data.gov - data sets
data.gov data sets ordered by most Popular
Internet Crossroads in Social Science Data - University of Wisconsin, Madison Libraries
Internet Crossroads contains over 950 annotated links to data-related resources on the Internet.
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) - Minnesota Population Center
The MPC is one of the world's leading developers of demographic data resources. We provide population data to thousands of researchers, policymakers, teachers, and students. All MPC data are available free over the internet.
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) - Minnesota Population Center
The MPC is one of the world's leading developers of demographic data resources. We provide population data to thousands of researchers, policymakers, teachers, and students. All MPC data are available free over the internet.
Data Sets HUD User
From the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Provides access to the original data sets generated by Office of Policy Development and Research sponsored data collection efforts, including the American Housing Survey, HUD median family income limits, as well as microdata from research initiatives on topics such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population.
Ohio Voter Registrations
Download files of all registered voters by county, state senate district, state representative district, congressional district, or the entire state of Ohio.

Information about the Statistical Data Resources Guide

Statistical data can be found from a variety of sources, government and commercial. The following Library Guide is just a selection of some of the data sources you can use for your presentations, reports and papers. It is recommended that you contact our reference staff for additional assistance in finding statistical data.

Why Can't I Find My Data?

Some of the reasons you may not find the data you need are:

The question wasn't asked - Looking at the questionnaire that was used to gather data is a simple way to check this. The Census Bureau includes questionnaires on their websites and in many print publications.

Confidentiality and Data Protection - the Census Bureau suppresses data that can be identified with a specific individual or business. This usually affects data for small geographic areas. For more information, see the Data Stewardship and Privacy Program.

The data was not/has not been released - Look for release schedules. Examples:

American Community Survey Release Schedule
Economic Indicator Release Schedule
Data Protection and Privacy
The Census Bureau takes confidentiality very seriously. (They do not share information with the IRS!) They do not publish data in any context that would allow information about an individual person or company to be derived. (A simple example: if there are three individuals in a category, the Census Bureau will not publish a total, because two of the individuals could get together and subtract their data to learn the information about the third.)