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  • American FactFinder (U.S. Census Bureau)
    A searchable database for population, housing, economic, and geographic data
  • ARDA: American Religion Data Archive
    A project funded by the Lilly Endowment, Inc. and acts to preserve quantitative data on American religion... and to allow comparisons across data files. Includes data on churches and church membership, religious professionals, and religious groups.
  • Available Data Sources: American Sociological Association
    Listing of large-scale data sets available for public use, assembled by the ASA.
  • Baseball Reference
    Major League Baseball Statistics and History.
  • Bureau of Justice Statistics
    Compilation of various stats coming out of the Dept. of Justice: Crime & Victims; Law Enforcement; Prosecution; Criminal Offenders, etc.
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Includes information on unemployment, earnings, productivity, consumer prices, work stopages, employee benefits, and occupational injuries.
  • Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    The statistics gathering arm of the federal Department of Transportion. Stated mission:"to lead in developing transportation data and information of high quality, and to advance their effective use in both public and private transportation decisionmaking."
  • CDC Wonder
    Wide-ranging OnLine Data for Epidemiologic Research -- With CDC WONDER you can: Search for and read published documents on public health concerns, including reports, recommendations and guidelines, articles and statistical research data published by CDC.
  • ChildStats.gov
    This website offers easy access to statistics and reports on children and families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.
  • Compare Minnesota
    Comparative data between Minnesota and other states on many topics.
  • Consumer Expenditure Survey
    The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) program consists of two surveys, the quarterly Interview Survey and the Diary Survey, that provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics. The survey data are collected for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the U.S. Census Bureau.
  • Datanet - Minnesota
    Summarized statistical information designed to serve Minnesota's governments, businesses, schools, nonprofit agencies and citizens. The system contains statistics about social, economic and demographic conditions in Minnesota.
  • Facts and Figures (MN Dept. of Employment and Economic Development (DEED))
    Includes: Business trends, recent highlights, labor market information, "Compare Minnesota", and reasons why Minnesota is a great place to grow a business. Contains a collection of links to economic and business information.
  • FedStats
    Provides access to statistics collected from more than 100 agencies in the U.S. Federal Government
  • Gallup Organization: Gallup Poll News Service
  • Global Health--Office of Global Health Affairs
    This site addresses global health, and, more importantly, the link between domestic and international health issues.
  • Google U.S. Government Search
    Google's search of government web sites. Good place to look for statistics.
  • IMF Data & Statistics
    Statistics from the International Monetary Fund.
  • Infonation
    Compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations.
  • Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
    Highway safety statistics.
  • Labor Market Information (MN Dept. of Employment and Economic Development (DEED))
    Provided by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED)
  • National Center for Education Statistics
    Primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the U.S. and other nations.
  • NationMaster.com
    A central database for statistics of nations, including a handy way to graphically make comparisons for a variety of indicators.
  • OECD Statistics Portal
    Access to myriad statistics from the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development.
  • Pew Hispanic Research Center
  • Rutgers University Library: SocialSciences/Social Work/Statistics & Data
  • Sports Almanac
    A division of InfoPlease.
  • State Health Facts Online
    This new resource contains the latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation. Get individual state profiles or compare state data.Provided by the Kaiser Family Found
  • StateMaster.com
    Allows one to research and compare a multitude of different data on US states. Information has been compiled from various primary sources such as the US Census Bureau, the FBI, and the National Center for Educational Statistics. It provides pie charts, maps, graphs, scatterplots, map and flag images, state profiles, and correlations.
  • Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
    Collects social and economic statitistics on the U.S. as well as selected international data.
  • Statistical Resources on the Web/Busines & Industry
    A collection of web sites from the University of Michigan Documents Center. Some links are limited to access by U of Michigan users only.
  • Statistics of U. S. Businesses
    Data files used in the Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB) program were created from the annual County Business Patterns (CBP) files. The SUSB data files are developed in cooperation with, and partially funded by, the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).SUSB tabulates the following key economic data items: Companies;Establishments;Employment;Annual Payroll
  • Substance Use in Minnesota
    The Minnesota State Epidemiological Profile has been created to summarize and characterize consumption patterns and consequences related to the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs (ATOD) in Minnesota.
  • U.S. Census Bureau
    Social, demographic, population, economic, and geographic census data. Try here first!
  • United Nations Statistical Division: Social Indicators
    Country by country data on topics such as child and elderly poulations, education, health, literacy, water supply, etc.
  • United Nations Statistics
    Statistics from many international sources and global updates, including the Statistical Yearbook, World Statistics Pocketbook and yearbooks in specialized fields of statistics. Also provides to countries, specifications of the best methods of compiling i
  • World Bank Data & Statistics
  • World FactBook
    Published by the CIA. Access to maps of countries along with brief information about geography, population and demographics, government, economy, communications infrastructure, transportation systems, military strength, and transnational issues (such as
  • World Health Organization: World Health Statistics
    50 health indicators for WHO's 192 member states
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