Urban Sociology (SOC 234): Find Data

Published from 1878 to 2012, it is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
These sources of data include the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations.

Explore over 500,000 data maps. Social Explorer provides hundreds of thousands of data indicators across demography, economy, health, education, religion, crime and more. Examine this wealth of information at many geographic levels: national, state, county, ZIP, neighborhood and more. All data are curated, organized and processed for ease of use.

Learn about America's communities through our data profiles. They cover 100,000+ different geographies: states, counties, places, tribal areas, zip codes, and congressional districts.
For each, we cover topics like education, employment, health, and housing just to name a few.

Social Explorer Profiles helps you find the right facts about your community and understand complex demographic and education profiles in your target market.

Find data about the U.S., such as demographic and economic data, population, and maps. Get information about the 2020 U.S. Census.

Open Data is free public data published by New York City agencies and other partners.

CDC WONDER - Wide-ranging ONline Data for Epidemiologic Research - provides access to a wide array of public health information.
WONDER is valuable in public health research, decision making, priority setting, program evaluation, and resource allocation.

This is the data portal for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) is the nation’s premier system of health-related telephone surveys that collect state data about U.S. residents regarding their health-related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventive services.

The National Vital Statistics System is the oldest and most successful example of inter-governmental data sharing in Public Health and the shared relationships, standards, and procedures form the mechanism by which NCHS collects and disseminates the Nation's official vital statistics.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

The primary purpose of Digest of Education Statistics is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and draws especially on the results of surveys and activities carried out by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

The World Factbook provides basic intelligence (including data) on the history, people, government, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.

Eurostat provides high-quality statistics and data on Europe. Includes information on population, economy, social conditions, industry, and more.

Free and open access to global development data from the World Bank.

he United Nations Statistics Division, in its mission to promote the development of national statistical systems, has developed a central repository of country profiles of statistical systems. The country profiles include, among others, a brief history of the country's statistical system, legal basis, the statistical programme and much more.

Users can search and download a variety of statistical resources compiled by the United Nations (UN) statistical system and other international agencies. The numerous databases or tables collectively known as "datamarts" contain over 60 million data points and cover a wide range of statistical themes including agriculture, crime, communication, development assistance, education, energy, environment, finance, gender, health, labour market, manufacturing, national accounts, population and migration, science and technology, tourism, transport and trade.

The GHO data repository is the World Health Organization's (WHO) gateway to health-related statistics for its 194 Member States. It provides access to over 1000 health topics indicators.

The OECD Health Database offers the most comprehensive source of comparable statistics on health and health systems across OECD countries. It is an essential tool to carry out comparative analyses and draw lessons from international comparisons of diverse health systems.