Social Policy Analysis: Finding Data

Annual survey data from the U.S. government on demographics and housing. Replaces the census long form.

Data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Interactive/online, raw/downloadable, and geodata from federal agencies at varying levels of geographic detail, and from varying timelines.

Statistics from over 100 American federal agencies on topics such as economic and population trends, crime, education, health care, aviation safety, energy use, farm production and more,

Statistical data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau and academic organizations. Permits users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets.

Datasets and statistics related to social science and demographics. Since Rice is an ICPSR member institution, Rice students, faculty, and staff can register for a personal password and download information directly from ICPSR using a rice.edu email address.

Index and abstracts for U.S. federal, U.S. state, and international organization publications.

Data from the 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000 US Censuses, with information about population, household, and housing characteristics, income, poverty status, education level, employment, housing costs, immigration, and other variables. Users can produce maps of populations and landmass.

Statistical data sets across multiple fields like agriculture, finance, education, government, cost of living, and more. Includes tools for visualizing and comparing different data sets.