Research Guides: Find Data and Statistics: Data by Subject

Business and Economcs

Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the US government's main compiler of wage and employment data. Find data on prices, inflation, wages, benefits, time-use, and occupations.
FRED (Federal Reserve Economics Data)
Find longitudinal (time-series) data on banking, employment, national accounts, production, and prices. Find regional, national, and international data.
IMF Datamapper
"The IMF DataMapper is a data tool that allows access to visualize, compare, and download data from a collection of IMF [International Monetary Fund] datasets, including a wide selection of regional and country economic indicators."
Temple Libraries' Business subject guide
Temple Libraries's Economics subject guide

Crime and Justice

Bureau of Justice Statistics
The Bureau of Justice Statistics collects, analyzes, and disseminates data on crime and the criminal justice at the local, state, and federal level.
Uniform Crime Reports
Several annual statistical publications are produced, through the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.) from data provided by nearly 17,000 law enforcement agencies across the United States. Includes: The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), Law Enforcement Agency Reported Crime Analysis Tool (LEARCAT), Hate Crime Statistics, Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA), The National Use-of-Force Data Collection, and the FBI Crime Data Explorer (CDE) interactive tool.
Temple Libraries' Criminal Justice subject guide

Education, Culture and Society

Education Data Explorer
From the Urban Institute. "The Education Data Explorer harmonizes data from all major federal datasets, including the US Department of Education Common Core of Data, the US Department of Education Civil Rights Data Collection, the US Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, the US Department of Education Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, and the US Department of Education College Scorecard."

Roper iPoll This link opens in a new window
Note: Temple users must access the Roper platform by creating an iPoll account using their @temple.edu email. Go to Log In --> select Your Affiliation (Temple University) --> Register or Sign In to Roper iPoll account.
Roper iPoll is provided by the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at Cornell University and offers public opinion poll data from 1935 to the present. iPoll contains nearly 800,000 questions and over 23,000 datasets from both U.S. and international polling firms. Surveys cover any number of topics including, social issues, politics, pop culture, international affairs, science, the environment, and much more. When available, results charts, demographic crosstabs and full datasets are provided for immediate download.
Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista provides access to quantitative facts by market sector, encompassing agriculture, finance, and politics, and others. Statista is a statistics portal that integrates thousands of diverse topics of data and facts from a wide range of sources onto a single platform. Sources of information include market research, trade publications, scientific journals, and government databases.

Energy and Environment

Earth Data (NASA)
Download data from NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Earth, marine, aquatic, atmospheric data.
EPA Data
Environmental Protection Agency landing page for exploring and interacting with EPA data resources.
U.S. Energy Information Agency
The homepage of the Energy Information Agency (EIA). A vast trove of data.
Temple Libraries' Earth and Environmental Science subject guide

Food and Agriculture

FAOSTAT
Data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Available by topic and country, or full download of all FAOSTAT data.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Data from the statistical agency of the US Department of Agriculture.
USDA Economic Research Service
Data Products from the USDA Economic Research Service. Files, charts, maps, and apps.
Temple Libraries' Environmental Studies subject guide

Health and Medicine

National Center for Health Statistics
A branch of the CDC, the primary collector of health data in the US.
WHO Global Health Observatory Data
The GHO data repository is WHO's gateway to health-related statistics for its 194 Member States. It provides access to over 1000 indicators on priority health topics including mortality and burden of diseases, the Millennium Development Goals (child nutrition, child health, maternal and reproductive health, immunization, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, neglected diseases, water and sanitation), non communicable diseases and risk factors, epidemic-prone diseases, health systems, environmental health, violence and injuries, equity among others.
Temple Libraries' Statistics and Data for Health guide

Politics and Government

Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections This link opens in a new window
Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections aggregates Official Election Results from all 50 states and Washington D.C.
Polling the Nations This link opens in a new window
Polling the Nations compiles surveys conducted by polling organizations in the United States as well as other countries from 1986 to the present. Each record reports a question asked and the responses given. Also included in each record is the polling organization responsible for the work, the date the information was released, the sample size, and universe. All the surveys reported here were conducted using scientifically selected random samples.

USAFacts
A project to collect and present US government statistics, founded by former Microsoft CEO Steven Ballmer.
Temple Libraries' Country Statistics guide
Temple Libraries' Political Science subject guide

Population and Demographics

data.census.gov This link opens in a new window
data.census.gov provides data from the U.S. Census Bureau including the 2018 American Community Survey, 2017 Economic Census, 2020 Census and more.
IPUMS This link opens in a new window
IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. Researchers can study change, conduct comparative research, merge information across data types, and analyze individuals within family and community context. Includes national and international GIS data.