Finding Data for Social Sciences

Central hub of US Census Bureau's data collections.

Data from our surveys on voting, public opinion, and political participation.

Data on issues such as national spendi​ng priorities, crime and punishment, intergroup relations, and confidence in institutions.

Data sets generated by PD&R-sponsored data collection efforts, including the American Housing Survey, HUD median family income limits, as well as microdata from research initiatives on topics such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population.

Microdata of popular census products including the decennial census and American Community Survey. Current Population Surveys also available. Requires registration

Provides data on national accounts, as well as state & local area personal income, GDP for states & metropolitan areas, & a link to the Survey of Current Business.

The principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, & price changes in the economy. Its mission is to collect, analyze, & disseminate essential economic information to support public & private decision-making.

Budget projections, revenue, spending and historical datasets.

The ERS is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and provides analysis of economic information on issues relating to agriculture, food, and the environment.

The Economic Statistics Briefing Room (ESBR) provides public access to statistics in areas such as Income, Prices, Transportation and Employment.

A database of more than 83,000 economic time series from 57 sources maintained by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Wide range of tables, articles, and data that describe and measure elements of the U.S. tax system.

National trade data and state trade data.

Data on federal awards by state, congressional district (CD), county, and zip code. The awards data in are provided by federal agencies and represent contracts, grants, loans, and other forms of financial assistance. Provides tools for examining the broader picture of federal spending obligations by categories, such as budget function, agency, and object class.

Central hub for transportation statistics and data.

EPA's official open data catalog.

The clearinghouse for the FCC's public data sets, the information can be browsed by type of data, bureau, and developer API.

Collects, analyzes and makes available data related to education in the U.S. and other nations.

National health care surveys, injury data, national death index, nutrition, vital statistics, etc.

Find and download agricultural statistics for every state and county in the United States.

Data sets from the DOI which includes land management resources.

Publications, data, and analyses about the nation's science and engineering resources.

Included are climatic data from major airport weather stations, precipitation data, storm data, and Monthly Climatic Data for the World.

Over 500 datasets publish by the DoD.

Data on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.

Consists of four data collections: The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), the Summary Reporting System (SRS), the Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) Program, and the Hate Crime Statistics Program.

Supreme court datasets going back to 1946.

Data on education in the State of West Virginia

Data on election results from 1950 - present.

Data generated each year from West Virginia Hospital data.

Current crime data at the state or county level, or query the data sources for more detailed statistics.