Research Guide: Statistical Web Resources

General Sources

American Demographics - http://www.demographics.com
Searchable full text journal archive from 1993 to present.

Internet Glossary of Statistical Terms - http://www.animatedsoftware.com/statglos/statglos.htm
Explains statistical terminology.

Population Index on the Web - http://popindex.princeton.edu
A bibliographic listing of sources with citations and abstracts covering the period 1986-1998.

International

InfoNation - http://www.un.org/pubs/cyberschoolbus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
Select from menus of nations and find statistical profiles arranged by subjects.

STATS.org - http://stats.org/
Examines "the use and abuse of science and statistics in the media."

UNESCO - http://www.unesco.org
Select "statistics" for access to UNESCO Statistics Yearbook, featuring information on education, culture, communication and more.

UNICEF - http://www.unicef.org
Statistics offered by country on health, literacy, mortality and more.

United Nations - http://www.un.org
Many kinds of statistics available under social indicators.

World Fact Book - https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Country profiles include statistical information.

World Health Organization - http://www.who.int
Select "information Sources" for World Health Reports annuals.

United States

Bureau of Economic Analysis - http://www.bea.gov/
Government collected data and reports. See also the Survey of Current Business issues for additional statistical profiles at http://www.bea.gov/bea/pubs.htm

Federal Statistical Sources - http://www.fedstats.gov
Links to all kinds of government statistical sources. Search by federal agency or subject matter.

Statistical Abstracts of the US - http://www.census.gov/statab/www
Subject approach to national statistical profile.

United States Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov
Links to federal as well as state statistics. Good searching capability.

New York State

New York Government Site - http://www.empire.state.ny.us
Use "Data Center" for population and economic information.

New York State Profile, United States Census - http://www.census.gov/datamap/www/36.html
Census profile arranged by county. Groups several statistical reports together such as county Business patterns and Economic Census.

New York City

Furman Center - www.furmancenter.org
State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods report can be found under Research & Publications

New York City Reference - http://www.panix.com/~clay/nyc/statistics.html
1990 Census information for 5 boroughs and other statistics about the city.

NYCdata - http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/nycdata
Features all sorts of New York City-related data, from income, to banking, to sports.

Queens Chamber of Commerce - http://www.queenschamber.org
Offers statistical information on Queens and individual neighborhoods.

**Compiled by Prof. Jane Devine 5/99
Revised by Alexandra Rojas, 6/09