Sociology

The Census Bureau's primary web source for Census data. This site also provides links to the American Community Survey, the Economic Census, and Population Estimates.

Provides access to the statistics found in the publications of more than 70 United States federal government agencies. Provides direct links to federal agency statistical publications in both full-text and tabular format."

An online tool created by Statistics Canada for the educational community. The majority of its contents comes from CANSIM (Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System), a large collection of statistics about Canada and its people."

A collection of online databases containing more than 1 million time-series records covering international agricultural statistics for 210 countries."

Formerly WHOSIS (World Health Organization Statistical Information System) "the GHO is WHO's portal providing access to data and analyses for monitoring the global health situation. It provides critical data and analyses for key health themes, as well as direct access to the full database. The GHO presents data from all WHO programs and provides links to supporting information."

Sources of statistics and data about the United States.

World labor statistics.

The world's largest archive of computerized social science data located at the University of Michigan. "ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 500,000 files of research in the social sciences. It hosts 16 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields."

A collection of statistical data from around the world, covering a wide range of socio-economic topics. The collection includes data on the Americas and Europe, but also hard-to-find data on Africa, Asia and Oceania.

A comprehensive survey of American family life from the Center for Demography and Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

"The POPLINE database on reproductive health provides more than 360,000 citations with abstracts to scientific articles, reports, books, and unpublished reports in the field of population, family planning, and related health issues."

"Informs people around the world about population, health, and the environment, and empowers them to use that information to advance the well-being of current and future generations. Data is focused around four "core themes": Reproductive Health and Fertility; Children and Families; Population and the Environment; and Population Futures—Aging, Inequality and Poverty, Migration and Urbanization, and Gender."

"The United Nations Statistics Division collects, compiles and disseminates official national statistics on births, deaths and life expectancy through the Demographic Yearbook data collection system."

The United States' primary source for criminal justice statistics. BJS mission: To collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. These data are critical to federal, state, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice is both efficient and evenhanded.

"The primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates."

"Contains overviews of each country in the world, including brief data on geography, people, government, economy, membership in international organizations, communications, and defense forces. Maps and flags may be viewed in various formats."

Search for data from polls conducted by many leading survey research organizations. NOTE: Users must register for a personal account. Previous login credentials will not provide access to Roper iPoll. A new account will be required.

Create maps and collect Census data using United States demographic data going back to 1790.

Search for health and social science datasets from nine topically focused data archives.