Finding Data & Statistics on the Web

Gateways to Statistical Data

Data on the Net Maintained by the University of California at San Diego, this site serves as a gatewy to statistical web sites.
InfoMine: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections An excellent gateway of scholarly resources that allows you to search their database for statistical sites.
Statistical Resources on the Web From the University of Michigan Document Center, this site provides a good starting point for locating U.S. and international statistics.

United States Statistical Sources

American FactFinder Best place to look for population, housing, and economic data for individual cities, towns, and counties.
Bureau of Labor Statistics Economic data of the U.S. Links to the Consumer and Producer Price Indexes and much, much more.
FedStats Comprehensive gateway to federal statistical databases.
Historical Statistics of the United States RWU only. A standard source for historical statistics in American history. Tables can be dowbloaded in Excel or CSV. You can create custom tables by merging columns from multiple tables.
STAT-USA Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce that provides information for the U.S. business, economic, and trade community. See librarian for password.
Statistical Abstract of the United States National Data Book -- authoritative and comprehensive summary of current U.S. statistics.
Statistics on the Web From Cal State Meriam Library. Gateway to government statistics arranged by topic area.
U.S. Census Official web site of the U.S. Census Bureau

International Statistical Sources

IDB - International Database Maintained by the U.S. Census, this database provides tables of demographics and socioeconomic statistics for all countries of the world.
InfoNation View and compare statistical data from United Nations member countries.
OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the WWW Sponsored by the University of Auckland. Find international statistics by region, country or topic.
Unicef Statistical data on children around the world.

World Bank Data and Research

Find statistics by country, topic or world development indicators and more.

Social Science Data & Statistical Collections

Bureau of Justice Statistics Statistics on crime and law enforcement
ICPSR SearcThe Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), located within the Institute for Social Research at the Univrsity of Michigan. Maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction.
National Center for Education Statistics Statistics on the state of Education in the U.S.
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data The most comprehensive source for Crime and Justice Data
National Criminal Justice Research Service "NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide."
Social Science Data Collection (SSDC) Maintained by the University of California at San Diego this site provides links to soical science statistical data collections.

Science Data & Statistical Collections

CDC Wonder From the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, this site offers a single point of access for public health data.
National Agricultural Statistics Service The National Agricultural Statistics Service provides timely, accurate, and useful statistics in service to U.S. agriculture.
National Center for Health Statistics Federal government's principal vital and health statistics agency.
National Climatic Data Center "NCDC is the world's largest active archive of weather data. NCDC produces numerous climate publications and responds to data requests from all over the world."
National Environmental Data Index Search environmental information compiled by several agencies of the federal government.
National Oceanographic Data Center Access to publicly available oceanographic data.
World Health Organization Statistical Information System A guide to health and health-related epidemiological and statistical information available from the World Health Organization. Searchable by keyword within the WHOSIS and throughout the entire WHO site.