How do I find statistics on the Internet?
Contact a Reference Librarian at the Reference Desk or at (413) 774-1509 to locate statistical resources available in paper in the library.
Use our research databases to locate statistical information that has been published in periodical literature and in electronic reference sources.
Recommended sources for statistics on the Internet:
Statistical Resources on the Web
Provided by the University of Michigan Government Documents Center
Data and Statistics
From the U.S. Government
FedStats
A gateway to statistics at over 100 federal agencies
Statistical Reference Shelf
Includes the Statistical Abstract of the United States CensusScope: Portal to Census 2000 Data
From the
Social Science Data Analysis Network
U.S. Census Bureau
Primary source for census information about the United States
American FactFinder provides online access to population, housing, economic, and geographic data
Geodata.gov: U.S. Maps & Data
Clearinghouse of local, federal, and state online resources for geospatial or geographically based data
United Nations Statistics Division
Provides access to statistics compiled from many international sources and information regarding additional U.N. statistical products. Free databases including statistics on countries ofthe world are provided or try UNData.
International Statistical Agencies
Links to the official statistical agencies of countries around the world
InfoNation
Provided by the United Nations and includes recent statistics for its member nations
MassStats
Provides statistical information and interactive maps on Massachusetts
OFFSTATS: Official Statistics on the Web
Provides current statistics from official sources World Wide Web Virtual Library: Statistics
Provides links to university statistics departments around the world, government statistical institutes around the world, statistical associations, statistical resources and statistical journals
World Bank: Data & Statistics
Search for data by country and by topic Specific statistics sites:
- American Factfinder (population, housing, economic, & geographic data)
- Bureau of Justice Statistics: Crime Statistics
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Business and Economic Statistical Resources
- ChildStats.gov
- County & City Data Books
- County & City Data Books (1944-1983, 1988, 1994, 2000)(U. Virginia)
- Crime in the United States (Uniform Crime Reports)
- Criminal Justice Statistics
- Economic Statistics Briefing Room (ESBR)
- Gender Stats
- GeoHive (data for countries on population, historical growth, projections, life expectancy, fertility, gender, urban/rural distribution)
- Historical Statistics of the United States: colonial times to 1970, Part I
- Historical Statistics of the United States: colonial times to 1970, Part II
- Immigration Statistics
- InfoUSA Statistics Links
- National Center for Education Statistics
- National Center for Health Statistics
- Nationmaster
- Population Reference Bureau: DataFinder (world population, health, and environment)
- Social Statistics Briefing Room
- State Data Centers
- State Education Data Profiles
- State Health Facts
- SOCDS: State of the Cities Data Systems
- Statistical Abstract: 1878 - present
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
- United States Historical Census Data Browser
- WorldMapper provides density-equalising maps
- Yearbook of Immigration Statistics
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