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Statistics & Data for the Social Sciences

Statistics & Data for the Social Sciences
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What are "Demographics"?

Demography is defined as the statistical study of human populations, especially with reference to size and density, distribution, and vital statistics (births, marriages, deaths, etc.).

Listed on this page are primary demographic and population resources available on the web, and through the Tulane Libraries.

General U.S Demographic & Population Data

American FactFinder
American FactFinder provides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. The data in American FactFinder come from several censuses and surveys.

Census Bureau of the United States
Official, comprehensive source of all U.S. demographic data.
Diversity Data Project
Identifies metropolitan area indicators of diversity, opportunity, quality of life and health for various racial and ethnic population groups. Allows users to describe, profile and rank U.S. metros in terms of quality of life.

Historical Statistics of the United States
Contains cumulative historical statistics for the United States from 1789-2000.

Population Index
Searchable database of abstracts of recently published books, journal articles, working papers, and other materials on population topics.

Social Explorer
Social Explorer “contains over 18,000 maps, hundreds of profile reports, 40 billion data elements, 335,000 variables and 220 years of data”. It can be used to locate census tract boundary information from 1940 to the present.

Statistical Abstracts of the United States
Collection of statistics on demographic, economic social and other aspects of the economy and society. Also available in print. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census (Reference HA202 .S7)
U.S. Census of Population & Housing
Census of Population and Housing data present here ranges from our most recent census to the historical decennial census conducted throughout the decades. Some of the data were scanned as an effort to make historical census information available to the public.

International Demographic & Population Data

CIA World Factbook

CountryWatch
Provides specific geopolitical intelligence on each of the 192 countries of the world. Includes country profiles, statistical information, thematic and physical maps, as well as a current newswire.

EuroStat
Official statistical and demographic data of the European Union. EuroStat provides the European Union with detailed statistics on the EU and candidate countries that enable comparisons between countries and regions.
International Statistical Agencies (US Census Bureau)
Complete A-Z listing of links to official government statistical data of individual countries.
LABORSTA
Metadata for over 200 countries or territories from LABORSTA, an International Labour Office database on labour statistics operated by the ILO Department of Statistics
Nation Master
Database of variables for comparing countries. Provides demographic indicators covering various statistical areas. Statistics available in pie charts, scatterplots, and correlation graphs. Data is taken from public domain.

OECD iLibrary
The online library of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) featuring its books, papers and statistics and is the gateway to OECD’s analysis and data. Includes content published by International Energy Agency (IEA), the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), the OECD Development Centre, PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment), and the International Transport Forum (ITF)

UN Data
A data access system to UN databases and national data/statistics agencies.
United Nations Statistical Databases
The United Nations provides free access to over 15 UN statistical databases.

World Development Indicators
World Development Indicators Online is a database of statistics from the World Bank’s Data Group. It provides high quality national and international statistics for users worldwide and lets users assess what governments do by accessing reliable data.

General Reference Sources: Demographics,
Data & Statistics

Statistics & Data for the Social Sciences

What are "Demographics"?

General U.S Demographic & Population Data

International Demographic & Population Data

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General Reference Sources: Demographics,Data & Statistics

Statistics & Data for the Social Sciences

What are "Demographics"?

General U.S Demographic & Population Data

International Demographic & Population Data

Ask Us!

General Reference Sources: Demographics,
Data & Statistics