United States Data

General

• FedStats
  Gateway to statistics from over 100 United States Federal agencies

Business and Economics

• Bureau of Economic Analysis : United States Department of Commerce
  U.S. economic data and statistics
• Bureau of Labor Statistics : United States Department of Labor
  Broad topics of labor economics and statistics
• Bureau of Transportation Statistics : United States Department of Transportation
  Data collections for all types of transportation
• Census Bureau Economic Programs : United States Census Bureau
  Economic data for various topics and sectors
• Federal, State, and Local Governments : United States Census Bureau
  Census of Governments, public employment & payroll, finance, public employee retirement systems, tax collections, federal expenditures
• Foreign Trade Division : Statistics
  U.S. trade, state exports, company profiles and trade deficit levels
• House Ways and Means Committee Prints via the Government Printing Office
  "Topics related to the committee's legislative and research activities: economic policy, international trade, welfare, Social Security, Medicare and health care policy."
• Industry and Occupation 2000 via the United States Census Bureau
  Data and information on labor force trends in the economy
• Industry, Trade and the Economy : Data and Analysis
  National trade data, state export data, TradeStats Express, trade analysis and industry information
• Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)
  Interdisciplinary research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States
• Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R)
  United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's data sets including the American Housing Survey, HUD median family income limits, microdata from research initiatives such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population.
• Poverty : United States Census Bureau
  Poverty thresholds, definitions, microdata access, poverty tables, poverty measurement studies
• Social Security Administration : analysis and research, evaluation, and statistics
  United States national, state and international data/statistics on social security and insurnace programs
• STAT-USA/Internet : United States Department of Commerce
  Business, trade, and economic information from across the United States Federal Government
• The Economic Policy Institute (EPI)
  Aggregate time series data documenting historical labor market trends and historical employment and earnings data at the state level
• The Energy Information Administration (EIA)
  "Topics include: petroleum, natural gas, electricity, coal, nuclear, renewable, & alternative fuels, international, historical data overview, and the environment"

Census, Population, and Demographics

• American Demographics
  The Advertising Age DataCenter provides exclusive advertising and marketing industry data: top line data, marketers / advertisers, media, agencies, salary surveys
• American FactFinder (United States Census Bureau)
  Source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data
• Census 2000 TIGER/Line Data : United States Census Bureau
  The shapefiles contain data about the following features: line features, boundary features, landmark features, and ready-to-use datasets
• Childstats.gov : Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
  access to statistics and reports on children and families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education
• Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive (CPANDA)
  Interactive digital archive of policy-relevant data on the arts and cultural policy in the United States
• Current Population Survey : a Joint Project between the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of the Census
  Information on the labor force characteristics of the United States population
• Data Sets Access Tools : United States Census Bureau
  Interactive application supports the economic censuses, the American Community Survey, the 1990 Census, Census 2000, and the latest population estimates
• Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics
  Key indicators of well-being for older Americans: population, economics, health status, health risks & behaviors, and health care
• Fertility of American Women : United States Census Bureau
  Data on fertility of American women for the noninstitutionalized population collected biannually
• Historical Census Browser via the University of Virginia Library Geospatial and Statistical Data Center
  Interactive site with state and county topics for individual census years 1790 to 1960
• Integrated Public Use Microdata Series
  Quantitative information to facilitate analysis of social and economic changes on long-term changes in the American population
• Interracial Tables : United States Census Bureau
  The tabulations show data from the 1990, 1980, and 1970 censuses
• Metropolitan Area Rankings List : United States Census Bureau
  Rates and ranking for population, age, birth, death, housing, per capita, labor force, and wages
• National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC)
  "Types available for land, marine, satellite, snow & ice, and solar-terrestrial"
• Population and Household Economic Topics - United States Census Bureau
  Sources of Population Information, Population Data Programs/Products and Population Data by Subject
• Population Reference Bureau
  Topic areas: reproductive health and fertility; children and families; population and the environment; and population futures: aging, inequality & poverty, migration & urbanization, and gender
• State & County Quick Facts : United States Census Bureau
  Access to data facts about people, business, and geography
• State and Metropolitan Area Data Book : United States Census Bureau
  Contains a comprehensive collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States at the state and metropolitan area levels
• State Data Center (SDC) Program : United States Census Bureau
  Listing and contact information for Census State Data Centers
• State Rankings List by United States Census Bureau
  State rankings for: population, people, race, birth, death, labor force, per capita, energy, exports, and manufacturing.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States : United States Census Bureau
  Comprehensive A - Z list of subject topics
• The United States National Archives
  Records cover a wide variety of civilian and military functions and have many genealogical, social, political, and economic research uses
• TheDataWeb a collaboration between the U.S. Census Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control
  Data topics include, census data, economic data, health data, income and unemployment data, population data, labor data, cancer data, crime and transportation data, family dynamics and vital statistics data
• United States Census Bureau
  Interactive application supports the economic censuses, the American Community Survey, the 1990 Census, Census 2000, and the latest population estimates
• United States Census Bureau : Subjects Index
  Comprehensive A - Z list of census topics
• United States Census
  U.S. Census reports
• Voting And Registration : United States Census Bureau
  Information on reported voting and registration by various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics

Earth and Agriculture

• The National Agricultural Statistics Service
  Reports covering virtually every aspect of United States agriculture-production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, farm finances, chemical use, and changes in the demographics of United States producers

Education

• Digest of Education Statistics : National Center for Education Statistics
  Compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from pre-kindergarten through graduate school
• National Center for Education Statistics : United States Department of Education
  The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education
• Common Core of Data (CCD) : Institute of Education Sciences
  Data include information that describes schools and school districts, including name, address, and phone number; descriptive information about students and staff, including demographics; and fiscal data, including revenues and current expenditures.

Family and Children

• Marital Status and Living Arrangements : United States Census Bureau
  Current Population Survey (CPS) reports, marital status and living arrangements data, historical time series, and decennial census data.
• Marriage and Divorce : United States Census Bureau Provide the current marital status of persons, by age, sex, and race and the estimated median age at first marriage for men and women in the U.S.
• Child Care & Early Education Research Connections
  Multi-disciplinary database of over 10,000 resources, including peer-reviewed journal articles, books, research reports, grey literature, government information and data. Data sets are available for download or quick online analysis.
• The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
  Statistics and reports on children and families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education
• The National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) : ICPSR
  Demographic characteristics of older adults, social characteristics of older adults, economic characteristics of older adults, psychological characteristics, mental health, and well-being of older adults, physical health and functioning of older adults, health care needs, utilization, and financing for older adults.

Health

• American FactFinder United States Census Bureau
  Source for population, housing, economic, and geographic data sets
• Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  personal health behaviors affecting premature morbidity and mortality
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) : Data & Statistics
  Access to a wide variety of reports and numeric public health data
• Demographic and Health Surveys
  Data for a wide range of monitoring and impact evaluation indicators in the areas of population, health, and nutrition
• Environmental Protection Agency
  "EPA leads the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts."
• Health Poll Search
  Searchable archive of public opinion questions on health issues that allows users to know what Americans think about health issues
• HIV Research and Practice Resources
  includes link to HIV/AIDS and STD data archive
• National Cancer Institute : Statistical Resources
  Source of information on cancer incidence and survival in the United States
• National Center for Health Statistics
  "Two major types of data systems: 1) systems based on populations containing data collected through personal interviews or examinations; and 2) systems based on records, containing data collected from vital and medical records."
• National Climatic Data Center : NOAA
  World's largest active archive of weather data
• National Women's Health Indicators Database
  National, regional, state and county data are available by gender, race, ethnicity, and age. You can make your own custom tables, graphs, and maps
• The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA)
  Download data sets, analyze data online and produce analytic tables

Law and Criminal Justice

• Bureau of Justice Statistics
  Statistics for: crime & victims, criminal offenders, law enforcement, prosecution, federal justice system, courts & sentencing, corrections, expenditure & employment, and criminal record systems.
• Corrections Statistics : Bureau of Justice Statistics
  Capital punishment, jails, prisons, probation & parole, adult correctional populations, incarceration rate, and related codebooks & datasets
• Courts and Sentencing Statistics : Bureau of Justice Statistics
  Pretrial release and detention, criminal case processing, criminal sentencing, civil justice, court organization, indigent defense, and related codebooks & datasets.
• Uniform Crime Reports : Crime in the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center (FJSRC)
  Databases which contains information about suspects and defendants processed in the Federal criminal justice system.
• Justice Research and Statistics Association
  A national nonprofit organization of state Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) directors, researchers, and practitioners throughout government, academia, and criminal justice organizations.
• National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)
  Data Resource Guides: capital punishment, expenditure & employment for the criminal justice system, National Crime Victimization Survey, National Incident-Based Reporting System, Uniform Crime Reporting Program, and an extensive list of data subjects
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
  Topical Index (A-Z) that include: corrections, courts, crime prevention, drugs, juvenile justice, law enforcement, and victims
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
  Sections include: criminal justice charateristics, public opinion, crime, victims, arrests, seizures, courts, presecution, sentencing, parole, jail, and prison
• The Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program : FBI
  Reports include: Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR), Crime in the United States, Hate Crime Statistics and National Incident-Based Reporting System