Guides: Data & Statistics: Find Data and Statistics

In this guide

Here you'll find data and statistics across a variety of subjects.

General (below), Regional, Crime, Demographics, Economic, Education, Health, and International

What is the difference between data and statistics?

Datasets are the raw numbers, usually compiled in an excel, SAS, or SPSS file. You need to analyze the data before you can draw meaningful information from it. Statistics are bits of analyzed or compiled data, often displayed in the form of a chart, a graph, a percentage, or an average.

Want to explore advanced sources and strategies?

The reference guide to data sources by Julia Bauder
Call Number: Ref HA33.5 .B38 2014

Publication Date: 2014

This guide is designed to help you answer basic data reference questions without having to refer to a dedicated data services librarian.
A Beginner's Guide to Using Open Access Data by Saif Aldeen Saleh AlRyalat; Shaher Momani
Call Number: EBOOK

Publication Date: 2019-02-12

How to Cite Data and Statistics

Citing Data & Statistics - from the University of Michigan Library

Data Citation - from DataCite

Dataset Collections

Awesome Public Datasets
A directory of several datasets, initially compiled by OMNIlLab at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Many of the listed sets are freely available.
Data.gov
Over 85,000 datasets, along with tools and applications for researchers.
Europian Union Data Portal
This portal provides access to open data produced by European governments and municipalities. The collection focuses on six categories of high-value datasets: 1) geospatial; 2) earth observation and environment; 3) meteorological; 4) statistics; 5) companies and company ownership; and 6) mobility.
Google Dataset Search
A Google search engine for dataset hosted in thousands of repositories around the world.
Humanitarian Data Exchange
A mix of contributed data sets and curated indicators across many topics and countries.
ICPSR: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
Social sciences and behavioral sciences research data hosted by the University of Michigan.
Kaggle
User-submitted datasets on a variety of topics.
Microsoft Azure Open Datasets
A large collection of open datasets hosted on the Microsoft Azure platform.
Registry of Open Data on AWS
A collection of over 600 open access datasets, covering a broad range of disciplines. Included datasets are made available on Amazon's AWS cloud computing platform.
Stanford Large Dataset Collection
Includes datasets captured through analysis of large social and information networks.
TensorFlow Image Dataset: CelebA
A specialized image database, to be used for machine learning projects, which includes over 200,000 celebrity images.
TensorFlow Text Dataset: C4
This dataset includes web page data spanning 7 years, in over 40 languages, and is helpful for machine learning projects.
Yahoo! Webscope Datasets
Interesting and scientifically useful datasets for non-commercial use by academics and other scientists.
Yelp Open Dataset
A subset of Yelp data that is intended for educational use. It provides real-world data related to businesses including reviews, photos, check-ins, and attributes like hours, parking availability, and ambience.

General and Multidisciplinary Statistics

Data USA
This site creates reports and visualizations from a number of public US government data sources, covering topics including manufacturing, employment, demographics, and education, among others.
General Social Survey
A nationally representative survey of adults in the United States conducted since 1972, the GSS contains a standard core of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest. Among the topics covered are civil liberties, crime and violence, intergroup tolerance, morality, national spending priorities, psychological well-being, social mobility, and stress and traumatic events.
IPUMS - Integrated Public Use Microdata Series
Integrated data from across a number of sources, hosted by the University of Minnesota. May require (free) account to access.
National Archives
Access to U.S. archival databases on genealogy, wars, demographics, business, and regional data.
Our World in Data
Providing data visualizations on topics including human rights, population growth, economic inequality, and energy.
Pew Research Center
A non-partisan "fact tank" that polls Americans and people all over the world to gauge opinions, discover trends, and and explore issues.

ProQuest Historical Statistical Abstracts of the U.S.
Includes millions of full-text reports and more than 1 million published tables on thousands of different topics, providing statistical information produced by U.S. federal agencies, states, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.

Statistical yearbook = Annuaire statistique
Call Number: Ref HA 12.5.U63

Publication Date: 2017

UN Data
Brings together statistics and data from across multiple UN divisions.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Cross-nationally comparable statistics on education, science and technology, culture, and communication for more than 200 countries and territories.
World Bank Data
Time series statistics on national accounts, international transactions, manufacturing, and monetary indicators are provided for World Bank member countries.

Historical Statistics

International historical statistics : the Americas, 1750-2000
Call Number: Ref HA 175.M55

Publication Date: 2003
Historical statistics of the United States : earliest times to the present
Call Number: Ref HA 202.H57

Publication Date: 2006

ProQuest Historical Statistical Abstracts of the U.S.
Includes millions of full-text reports and more than 1 million published tables on thousands of different topics, providing statistical information produced by U.S. federal agencies, states, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.