Research Guides: Public Administration & Policy *: Statistics

Statistics

USASpending.gov
A searchable public database of all federal spending mandated by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, which was co-sponsored by Senators Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Barack Obama (D-IL). The law requires that data be updated every thirty days. The site will also be expanded by 2009 to include subcontracts and subgrants data.

CQ Press U.S. Political Stats This link opens in a new window
Extensive data on Congress, the Supreme Court and the Presidency, including facts and figures on performance, economic and population indicators.
data.census.gov This link opens in a new window
Data from the decennial Census and the American Community Survey about households, education, income, homeownership, business, and more.
Data Planet Statistical Datasets This link opens in a new window
Data-Planet (formerly ProQuest Statistical DataSets) is an interactive database that allows users to create tables, maps, and figures from a variety data sources covering banking, criminal justice, education,energy, food and agriculture, government, health, housing and construction,industry and commerce, labor and employment, natural resources and environment, income, cost of living, stocks, transportation, and more.

Data holdings for the United States are significant with some data available at state, county, or local geographies. International data,available at the country level, include population, food and agriculture, labor, trade, and more. Data are organized by subject and source.

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RAND California This link opens in a new window
California Statistics: statistical tables on business and economics, population and demographics, education, health, government finance, and politics and public opinion.

California Statistics: statistical tables on business and economics, population and demographics, education, health, government finance, and politics and public opinion. Online Library: information and links to publications from leading California public policy and research institutions. California Policy Bulletins: summaries of state government news, published twice monthly (generally on the second and fourth Mondays) when the state legislature is in session and occasionally during other periods.
Sage State and US Local Stats This link opens in a new window
SAGE Stats provides extensive social science data covering geographies within the United States and spans topics such as healthcare, crime, education, employment, religion, and government finances.
Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Visually display demographic data in the U.S. from 1790-present at a variety of geographic levels. Create reports, maps and animations that can be downloaded.
SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new window
A web-based mapping, analytics, and data visualization application with 100,000+ data variables, including: demographic data from the US Census and American Community Survey (ACS), consumer spending data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX), and D&B's Points-of-Interest business file providing access to over 5 million US business profiles. Includes MRI-SimmonsLOCAL consumer behavior dataset, which includes data on over 8,000 brands, 450 categories, and the MOSAIC consumer lifestyle segmentation system. Data is available down to the Census Block Group level.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista is one of the first statistic portals in the world to integrate data on over 80.000 topics from over 18.000 sources onto a single professional platform and providing companies, business customers, research institutions, and the academic community with direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets.

Public Administration & Policy *: Statistics

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Research Guides on Statistics