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SOC101: Introduction to Sociology: Finding Statistics and Data

Spring 2021, G. Candelario

Education Data

United States
International

Common Core of Data (NCES) The Common Core of Data (CCD) is a program of the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics that annually collects fiscal and non-fiscal data about all public schools, public school districts and state education agencies in the United States.
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (NCES) The primary source for data on colleges, universities, and technical and vocational postsecondary institutions in the United States

Edstats: Country Profiles (World Bank) Five different education reports are available for countries including education data differentiated by gender.
OECD Statistics Easy access: *By keyword using “search” *By theme in the left-hand menu *By accessing your saved queries under “browse queries” *By country via the selection of key indicators in Country statistical profiles

Census Questions

American Community Survey Forms See the questions asked by the ACS (the US Census).

Community Data

United States
International

Community Commons Data on community resources and health, compiled by the Institute for People, Place, and Possibility (IP3) and the University of Missouri.
Data & Statistics at USA.gov Organized by topic.
Esri Tapestry Lifestyle profiles by Zipcode.
Explore Census Data The primary way to access Census Bureau data, including the latest releases from the 2018 American Community Survey and 2017 Economic Census and the upcoming 2020 Census and more.
Google Earth

Social Explorer 1790+ This link opens in a new window Easy access to demographic information about the U.S. Off-campus users: first click in upper right corner - Professional Edition provided by Smith College - and create a personal account for full functionality.

Youth Online Analyse data from the Centers for Disease Control - including the the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), an annual public health survey of middle school and high school students.
Zillow Zillow is a home and real estate marketplace which offers a publicly accessible "database of more than 100 million U.S. homes* - including homes for sale, homes for rent and homes not currently on the market."

China Statistical Yearbook 2018 Use the menu on the lefthand side to navigate the data.

CountryWatch 1993+ This link opens in a new window Up-to-date information and news on the countries of the world including politics, economics, business, news and data.

Google Earth
World Bank Open Data Free and open access to global development data

Using Social Explorer

Using Google Earth