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Econometrics

Census Information
Dataset Sources

data.census.gov
The US Census' main data search platform with access to demographic, economic, and population data. Includes the Decennial Census, Economic Censuses and Surveys, and the American Community Survey.
Social Explorer
Access current and historical census data and demographic information. Create maps and reports to illustrate, analyze, and understand demography and social change.
ProQuest Statistical Abstracts of the World
Provides a collection of the statistical abstracts of approximately 50 countries, both individually searchable and cross searchable, issued by the national statistical offices of foreign governments and contain country-level data. Includes Global and regional statistical compendia issued by international organizations and research firms.
US International Trade Data
Includes U.S. export and import statistics, balance of trade by partner country, and state data.
US Census Economic Indicators
The U.S. Census Bureau regularly updates economic data such as housing starts, retail merchant sales, international durable goods orders.

Issue Specific Sources

Bureau of Justice Statistics
The Bureau of Justice Statistics collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.

Education: National Center for Education Statistics The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations. NCES is located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences.

Elections/Politics: American National Election Studies ANES produces high quality data from its own surveys on voting, public opinion, and political participation.

National Center for Health Statistics
Provided by the Nation’s principal health statistics agency. Access a wide array of statistical information.

Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy.
Religion: Association of Religion Data Archives The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) strives to democratize access to the best data on religion.
Transportation: Bureau of Transportation Statistics BTS is the preeminent source of statistics on commercial aviation, multimodal freight, and transportation economics.

Multi-Topic Datasets

FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data
44,000 economic time series from 38 sources. Download, graph, and track economic data.
ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Social and Political Research offers more than 500,000 digital files containing social science research data. Disciplines represented include political science, sociology, demography, economics, history, gerontology, criminal justice, public health, foreign policy, terrorism, health and medical care, early education, education, racial and ethnic minorities, psychology, law, substance abuse and mental health, and more.
iPoll Databank - Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
U.S. and world public opinion data from the comprehensive archives of the University of Connecticut's Roper Center.
IPUMS: Integrated Public Use Microdata Series
A wealth of population data at the national and international levels; provided by the Minnesota Population Center.
SDA Website
SDA is developed and maintained by the Computer-assisted Survey Methods Program (CSM) at the University of California, Berkeley.
UNSD: United Nations Statistics Division
The UNSD provides a global center for data on international trade, national accounts, energy, industry, commodities, environment and demographic and social statistics gathered from national and international sources.

World Bank Data

Provides free and open access to a comprehensive set of data about development. The Data Catalog provides download access to over 2,000 indicators from World Bank data sets.

Microdata Access Tool

Allows users to create custom tables using Public Use Microdata from various surveys and years.