LibGuides: Political Science: Statistical Sources

General U.S. Statistical Sources

Vital Statistics on American Politics This link opens in a new window
Over 230 tables and figures devoted to key subject areas such as elections and political parties, public opinion and voting, the media, and much more.

State and Metropolitan Area Data Book
Contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States at the State and metropolitan area levels. Selected data for component counties and central cities of metropolitan areas are also included.

Statistical Abstract of the U.S. This link opens in a new window
An annual, one-volume, comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
Statista This link opens in a new window
A statistics portal that integrates data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets on over 60,000 topics from 18,000 sources.

United Nations Statistical Division
Global statistical information on economics, the environment, geographical information, and social & demographics from the UN & member states.
U.N. Human Development Report
Reorts and data on the status of people's long term well-being throughout the world.
World Bank International Data
Find links to "Coutnries" and to "Data & Research" for for national & international statistics
United Kingdom National Statistics
Gapminder.org
Uses Trendalyzer to unveil the beauty of statistical time series by converting boring world statistical numbers into enjoyable, animated and interactive graphics.

N.C. State Data Center
A consortium of agencies cooperating with the US Bureau of the Census to provide the public with data about the state and its component geographic areas
Odum Institute for Research in Social Science
One of the oldest and largest catalog of electronic data in the U.S. Contains N.C Vital Statistics, public opinion data, the National Network of State Polls archive, and other data