Sociology Resources: Statistics

American FactFinder provides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. The data in American FactFinder come from several censuses and surveys.

"The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities." - from CIA.gov

"FedStats, which has been available to the public since 1997, provides access to the full range of official statistical information produced by the Federal Government without having to know in advance which Federal agency produces which particular statistic. With convenient searching and linking capablilties to more than 100 agencies that provide data and trend information on such topics as economic and population trends, crime, education, health care, aviation safety, energy use, farm production and more, FedStats is your one location for access to the full breadth of Federal statistical information." - from FedStats.gov

This resource contains a collection of statistics on social and economic conditions in the United States

Provides a global centre for data on international trade, national accounts, energy, industry, environment and demographic and social statistics gathered from national and international sources

The US government source for stats and information on people, households, business, industry, government, health, education and geography.

The Data and Statistics - General Reference Resources provides links to all statistics collected by U.S. government agencies that are available to the public, organized by topic.

United Nations data includes international demographic, social, economic and other useful statistical information.