U.S. Data Sources
- FBI Uniform Crime ReportsStatistics on crime and criminal activities, crime prevention, police and law enforcement agency activities.
- US Data & Statistics This link opens in a new windowData about the U.S., such as maps and population, demographic, and economic data.
- Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new windowStatistics from 1790 to 2000; covers migration, health, crime, and more.
- Statistical Abstracts of the US (2013-present) This link opens in a new windowAn authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States with information for 2013 onward.
- US Census Bureau This link opens in a new windowOpen resources for data about the nation's people and economy.
- Virginia Center for Health StatisticsThe Division of Health Statistics collects and disseminates vital records data, conducts research and produces reports which help guide health policy issues affecting the Commonwealth of Virginia.
International Statistics Sources
- CIA World FactBook This link opens in a new windowInformation on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
- Europa World This link opens in a new windowInformation covering political elections, economics, important people, country profiles and industry statistics in over 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
- ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) This link opens in a new window
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Archive of social science data for research and instruction, available for download and re-use.
Note: users must create an account in order to download data
- Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Data HubAccess to latest immigration statistics, maps, and numbers for the United States and other countries.
- UNdataAccess to statistical data from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
- US Census Bureau International Data Base (IDB)Provides tabular data for countries and regions as well as demographic indicators, population pyramids and source information for countries.
