LibGuides: A Guide To...Sociology: Data and Statistics

Key Resources for Data and Statistics

These resources provide access to data and statistics relevant to a wide range of subject areas.

Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Visualization, reporting and downloads of U.S. Census Data.
ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S. This link opens in a new window
Statistics relating to social, political and economic conditions in the United States.
Inter-University Consortium for Political & Social Research (ICPSR) This link opens in a new window
Downloadable data files, documentations, and data-based research related to a wide range of social science areas. Guide to Searching ICPSR

Resources for Census Data and Statistics

Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Visualization, reporting and downloads of U.S. Census Data.

Resources for Criminal Justice Data and Statistics

Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Data from compiled from 100 sources about criminal justice in the United States. "The project has been located at the University at Albany, School of Criminal Justice, and compiled and managed by staff at the Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center in Albany, New York."

Resources for Data and Statistics about Children and Families

Resources for Data and Statistics about Immigration

Immigration Data (Department of Homeland Security)

Resources for Data and Statistics about Religion

ARDA: American Religion Data Archive

Resources for Education Data and Statistics

Resources for Environmental Data and Statistics

Environmental Data (EPA)

Resources for Health Data and Statistics

Resources for International Data and Statistics

International Financial Statistics This link opens in a new window
Datasets and other publications produced by the IMF, covering market and other economic information from 200+ countries.

International Programs Data (from the U.S. Census Bureau)

Inter-University Consortium for Political & Social Research (ICPSR) This link opens in a new window
Downloadable data files, documentations, and data-based research related to a wide range of social science areas. Guide to Searching ICPSR

Resources for Public Opinion and Election Studies

Resources for State and City Data

Resources for Replication Data

While it is not possible to include an entire dataset with the text of an article, many researchers are sharing their data online so that other researchers can use the data for their own research.

Here are some places to look for replication data:

Dataverse Network for publishing, sharing, referencing, extracting and analyzing research data. Developed at Harvard University by the Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS).
Websites of scholarly associations For example, the American Economic Association provides links to sites that archive data from economic journals and the The Econometric Society includes data in supplemental material.
Metadata Search from DataCite allows you to search datasets from a wide range of subject areas
Websites of authors and other researchers. They may have posted datasets on their site.
Websites of journals. Some journals provide access to the datasets used by the authors of articles appearing in the journal. For example the Journal of Peace Research.