LibGuides at USA: GEO 490: Writing in the Sciences: Statistics Sources

Finding Statistics

Data.Census.gov
U.S. Census Bureau
Portal to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, including the Decennial Census of Population and Housing, American Community Survey, Economic Census, Annual Survey of Manufactures, County Business Patterns, and Population Estimates Program. Data.Census also allows you to map the data to various levels of geography.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same. (CDC)
CIA World Factbook
Statistics and other information about nations and territories.

Data-Planet Statistical Datasets
Index to government documents; full-text of Statistical Abstracts of the United States. .

State and Local Areas National Data Book
Allows online access to the data provided by the Statistical Abstract supplement publications, State and Metropolitan Area Data Book and County and City Data Book. The electronic version provides more current data as well as source links which allow the user to access additional data not included in Census Bureau publications. Also provided are links to additional statistical resources which are not included in the publications.

Statista
Integrates data on over 80,000 topics from over 18.000 sources onto a single professional platform. Categorized into 21 market sectors, it provides direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets.