Virtual Reference Desk: Statistics/Data
American Factfinder 
Current population, housing, economic, and geographic data from the US Census Bureau. Includes the Annual Survey of Manufactures, Economic Census, Current Population Estimates, Business Patterns, and American Community Surveys.
Data.gov
The purpose of Data.gov is "to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government." The site includes searchable data catalogs providing access to data in three ways: through the "raw" data catalog, the tool catalog and the geodata catalog.
Gallup.com
Presents daily briefings on a single current topic, as well as recent Gallup Poll findings for public opinion on politics, government, eocnomics, and management.
Health Care System Profiles
Profiles cover the financing, organization, and delivery of health care services in industrialized countries. These surveys also highlight quality, efficiency, and cost-controlling policy initiatives and reforms. Full-text profiles of various countries can be downloaded.
U.S. Census Bureau
Social, demographic and economic information. Includes the American FactFinder resource. USA Counties is a subdvision that contains over 6,500 data items.
Statistical Abstract of the United States
The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
FedStats
Links to over 100 various agencies which provide statistics, covering areas as wide reaching as crime, demographics, economics, energy, environment, health, and natural resources.
NationMaster
A central data source and handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Use the search form to generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics.
Historical Census Browser
Access to summary level demographic, economic, and social data collected by the U.S. Census from 1790 to 1960. Database generates longitudinal tables and maps.
Population Reference Bureau DataFinder
Data on 136 population, health, and environment variables for more than 220 countries, 28 world regions and sub-regions, and the world as a whole.
Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Department of Labor
Detailed releases of a wide variety of economic statistics including:
Consumer Price Index (CPI), productivity, consumer spending, wages and earnings, employment/unemployement, inflation among others.
The CIA World Factbook
Provides basic history of all countries - includes maps, population, history, politics, economics, education, communications, transportation and military data.
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Data on capital punishment, correctional populations, criminal victimization, domestic violence, drug use, and workplace crime.
Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau (CAB)
Cable network profiles, schedules, and other information. Weekly ratings reports provide a summary of the past week's primetime and total day ratings audience data across various viewing sources.
Campaign Finance Reports and Data (Federal Election Commission)
Search by candidate, PAC, and Party.
ChildStats
Statistics and reports on children and families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. Current and historical data is available.
County and City Extra: Annual Metro, City and County Data Book
Call Number: REF HA 202 .A362
Provides up to date statistical information for every state, county and metropolitan area, congressional district and for all cities in the U.S. with a population of 25,000 or more. For cities of 25,000 or less see Places, Towns and Townships.
Energy Information Administration
Official energy statistics from the US Government
Eurostat
Statistical data for European Union members.
Gapminder
Gapminder World provides both interactive charts and graphs of United Nation statistics. Many are interactive. It contains data on the local, national and global levels about social, economic and environmental conditions. This is product of the United Nations in conjunction with Google using Trenalyzer software.
gaydata.org
Website promotes the collection of sexual orientation data and the analysis of data sources that have already collected such data.
Global Change Data
Database maintained by the U.S. Global Change Research Program.
Government Resources on the Web (University of Michigan Documents Center)
Directory of federal, state, local, foreign, and international documents. Includes topic guides such as statistics and documents in the news.
Historical Statistics of the United States (Online Version) 
Historical statistics of the United States, colonial times to 1970, Expanded and rev. ed. Quantitative historical information covering virtually every quantifiable dimension of American history: population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, governance, and international relations.
Index of Economic Activity in Tompkins County
Site maintained by Elia Kacapyr, IC Department of Economics.
LexisNexis Academic
Full-text access to continuously updated news, law, and business information. Highlights: News: newswires, transcripts, regional, national/international news, & Gallup Polls; Legal: law review articles, federal case law, and federal/state codes; Business: company profiles, country profiles, and SEC filings; People: directories from the entertainment industry, elected officials, executives, politicians, and obituaries. Also has a section that includes full-text of several health newsletters and abstracts of articles in major medical journals.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Source for data, including surveys and topical reports, on education in the United States and other nations. Includes the Digest of Education Statistics.
National Center for Health Statistics Data Warehouse
Health data at the national and state level.
New York State Data Center
Economic, demographic and statistical information from various state agencies.
Official Statistics on the Web (OFFSTATS)
Free statistics from official sources, including current data and time series for regions and topic categories. Many data sets are downloadable as text or spreadsheet files.
Polling the Nations
A compilation of public opinion surveys, containing the full text of questions and responses from 14,000 surveys from 1986 to the present in the United States and more than 80 other countries. Each record includes the polling organization responsible for the poll, the sample size and the date the poll was released.
PollingReport.com
Provides summary-level highlights from recent national polls, and includes some historical comparative data (1985- present). Primary subjects include politics and policy, business/economics, and the American scene.
Poverty Guidelines (US Dept of Health and Human Services)
Data on Poverty Measurement, Poverty Lines, and Their History.
SBRnet (Sports business research network)
Full text of current market research and industry news covering all facets of the sports industry: sports equipment sales, sports participation, sports broadcasting, sports sponsorship, sports market information, and sports sponsorship. SBRnet also has buyTRACK, by Harris Interactive, a tracking study of sporting goods purchasing habits on the Internet.
Social Statistics Briefing Room
Statistics for Crime, Demographics, Education, and Health collected by Federal agencies.
STAT-USA/Internet
Includes two parts: State of the Nation (SOTN), includes the latest economic news releases from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Census, Federal Reserve Board and others. SOTN also contains current and historical and data on economic indicators, housing and construction, employment, manufacturing and industry, monetary statistics and economic policy. SOTN provides online versions of the Survey of Current Business, and the Federal Reserve Board's Beige Book, statements and testimonies. Part 2: Globus/National Trade Data Bank (NTDB), includes current and historical international trade statistics (imports and exports), announcements of trade opportunities and market analysis. Some of the more popular reports included are the Best Market Reports, Country Commercial Guides, Daily Trade Opportunities, Industry Sector Analysis and International Market Insight Reports
State of the World's Children (UNICEF)
Each annual edition closely examines a key issue affecting children. The report includes supporting data and statistics.
Statemaster.com
Compilation of data from several sources. Users can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of state statistics and comparisons.
Statistics Canada
Data source from Canada's National Statistics Agency
UNdata
UNdata pools major UN databases and those of several international organizations - browse, search and download data from a large number of statistical databases. Data categories include: agriculture, education, employment, energy, environment, health, human development, industry, information and communication technology, national accounts, population, refugees, trade, and tourism.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication.
UNESCO Statistics
Over 1,000 types of indicators and raw data on education, literacy, science and technology, culture and communication for more than 200 countries and other international organizations.
Uniform Crime Reports (FBI)
Annual statistical publications, including the comprehensive Crime in the United States, produced from data provided by nearly 17,000 law enforcement agencies across the United States. Also data from annual publications, such as Hate Crime Statistics and Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted.
Vital statistics of the United States (VSUS)
Monthly and cumulative data on births, deaths, marriages, and divorces, and infant deaths for States and the United States are presented with brief analyses of the vital statistics.
WHOSIS (WHO Statistical Information System)
International health statistics from the World Health Organization.
World Development Report
Annual report from the World Bank - includes essays on development issues and statistics on economic, demographic, and educational trends.
