Data & Statistics: Data Best Bets

Starting point for exploring the large variety of data and statistical information collected by the US Census Bureau.

Archive of data resources from research in the social and behavioral sciences, including 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.

Repository of census and survey data collected from sources around the world. Includes social, economic, health, geographic, and education data.

Open to self-deposit by anyone which can make it rather confusing.

Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences shared catalog to simultaneously search all members' data repositories.

The U.S. government's official portal for open data. Provides access to data from numerous federal agencies in open, machine-readable formats, as well as tools and resources to help utilize them.

Google-like search of United Nations system and links to country-specific data.

Generally national-level, international development data.

A tool from Google that searches multiple data sources. However, it does include a large number of results where one has to pay for data, so use with care.

Dates: 1930s - Present
Public opinion statistics and data on health issues.