Data and statistics can be powerful evidence for your projects. Explore the tutorials and resources below to learn more about, and get searching for data and statistics.
Data or statistics?
Databases
- Statista This link opens in a new windowBrings together data and graphs on every imaginable topic from business to government, surveys, sports, and scientific topics. Charts and data exports available.
- SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new windowA mapping and data visualization application including demographic data from the US Census dating back to 1980, the American Community Survey (ACS), consumer spending data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX), CDC PLACES health data, and D&B's Points-of-Interest business directory. Additionally, users have access to the MRI-SimmonsLOCAL consumer behavior dataset, which includes data on over 8,000 brands, 450 categories and detailed lifestyle data. This resource is limited to 2 users at a time. Registration is required to save work between sessions.
Free Data Sets
- Bureau of Labor StatisticsMany important economic indicators for the United States (like unemployment and inflation) can be found. Most of the data can be divided both by time and by geography.
- CDC Data and StatisticsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintains a database on cause of death. The data can be segmented in almost every way imaginable: age, race, year, and so on.
- DataCiteSearch for datasets across over 1000 different major data centers and repositories including ICPSR, Harvard Dataverse, Data-Planet, etc.
- Data HubIncludes thousands of datasets from financial market data and population growth to cryptocurrency prices.
- Data.WorldOne key differentiator of data.world is the tools they have built to make working with data easier - you can write SQL queries within their interface to explore data and join multiple data sets. They also have SDK's for R an python to make it easier to acquire and work with data in your tool of choice.
- FBI Crime Data ExplorerNational crime statistics, with free data available at national, state and county level.
- Harvard DataverseHarvard Dataverse is a free data repository open to all researchers from any discipline, both inside and outside of the Harvard community, where you can share, archive, cite, access, and explore research data.
- HealthData.govUS healthcare data including claim-level Medicare data, epidemiology and population statistics.
- Pew Research Center DatasetsRaw data from Pew's research into American life.
- United Nations Data (UNdata)World data about population, education, labor and more from a variety of global organizations.
- DataBank (World Bank)Datasets covering population demographics and a huge number of economic and development indicators from across the world.
- World Health Organization - Data and StatisticsOffers world hunger, health, and disease statistics.