If you have ever used the World Resources Series published by the World Resources Institute (in cooperation with the UNDP, UNEP, and World Bank) for its data tables, you will love the EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal. Well-documented, comparative data drawn from major sources on economic, demographic, political, resources and energy topics.
CensusScope: Census 2000 Data, Charts, Maps, and Rankings is a great supplement to the United States Census’s FactFinder web site. It’s strength is its graphics which help make Census data more clear and accessible to a wider audience. With just a few clicks, you can view maps, trend lines, charts and rankings for your state,…
The Human Development Reports (HDR) from the UNDP are now freed from their pdfs. At the newly redesigned HDR site, you can find statistical data and their documentation, either in published table format or in animated graphics. You can also create your own tables for download. What I like best is the ability to browse…
Anyone interested in mapping Census information might want to look at a new book in the Libe’s reference collection entitled Unlocking the Census with GIS. This text is especially helpful to students because it does not assume familiarity with the organization of the Census nor expert GIS abilities. For each of several topics (e.g. using…
Rand California’s office of Population and Demographic Statistics provides immigration statistics by state or by metropolitan area on their web site. The source of these data from 1990-2000 is the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Since the INS is no longer publishing this information, Rand is looking for new sources. Note also that state border…
Quoting the site, the SPPQ Data Resource is “a series of data sets than include more than 50 state-level indicators on everything from crime rates to unified partisan control of state government. Many of these variables are available by state for a 20-year period (approximately 1974 to 1999). See the codebook for more detail. Geographic…
The Census Bureau’s web site includes a page called “Uncle Sam’s Reference Shelf: Mini Historical Statistics.” Providing quick access to historical statistics, this page links to PDF and Excel files with tables of popular historical census information such as population, immigration, households by type and size, vital statistics, educational attainment, crimes, income, employment, marital status,…
Browse data online and download from http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/. Registration is required. Documentation is available from the online browser. Brief descriptive information can be found at the web site or at the UK Data Archive (search by title).