Library Guides: Public Administration Library Guide: Data and Statistics

Data and Statistic

ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) This link opens in a new window
ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. It hosts 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields. NOTE: off-campus access to some materials may require creating an account, login, and password with ICPSR.

Data.gov
The home of the U.S. Government's open data.
Census
US population statistics, along with economic data (local, county, state and national).
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
The BLS is "the principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy."
National Center for Education Statistics
The primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
EPA
EPA environmental datasets