Research Guides: *Data Science (SPS): Data and Statistics

Find Datasets and Statistics

US Census
Data tables from the U.S. Census.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Datasets from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics including data on employment, unemployment, inflation, workplace injuries, and more.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC datasets on health topics arranged by subject.
Data.gov
Data.gov contains over 300,000 datasets from a wide variety of agencies of the U.S. federal government and local governments.
Social Science data resources
This guide provides links to datasets on a wide range of subjects, including art and culture, campaign finance, health topics, and social issues.

Statista This link opens in a new window
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Provides access to statistics and studies gathered by market researchers, trade organizations, scientific publications, and government sources on over 600 industries.
World Bank Open Data This link opens in a new window
The World Bank Open Data site provides, "free and open access to data about development in countries around the globe." Among the datasets included are the World Development Indicators (WDI), Africa Development Indicators (ADI), Gender Statistics, Worldwide Governance Indicators, Global Economic Monitor (GEM), Education Statistics, etc. Most of the data is available in Arabic, French, Spanish and Chinese in addition to English.
UNdata This link opens in a new window
Statistical time series for countries from around the world covering a wide range of topics including Agriculture, Crime, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Development, Industry, Information and Communication Technology, National Accounts, Population, Refugees, Tourism, Trade, as well as the Millennium Development Goals indicators.