Statistical Data Sources

ArcData Online: ESRI's Internet Mapping and Data Site
Contains a wide assortment of geographic information that users can access to create map images and download data.

DASL, the Data and Story Library
Online library of data files and stories illustrating basic statistics methods. Maintained at Carnegie Mellon University.

Economic Time Series Page
Data and charts for over 100,000 series. Excel spreadsheets for 8,500 most popular series.

The GeoCommunity Data Store
Site to order data bundles and custom data products available on CD-ROM or as online download.

ICPRS Data Archive
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research located at Institute for Social Research, U. Michigan. Claims access to world's largest archive of computerized social science data.

Social Sciences Data on the Net
Sponsored by the University of California, San Diego. Contains links and search facilities to many social science data sites on the web.

Spatial Data Clearinghouse
Sponsored by the New York Center for Technology in Government. The clearinghouse is a repository for metadata, descriptions of spatial data sets available within the state from public and private sources. Links to other GIS data sources.

Statistical Resources on the Web
University of Michigan Documents Center. Contains links to web data sites for 25 categories, including Government Resources on the Web, Agriculture, Foreign Trade, Foreign Economics, Economics, and Science.

StatLib - Datasets Archive
Interesting datasets, many to accompany statistical textbooks.

U.S. Census Bureau Geography Topics
Includes sections on Census 2000, Tiger Products, Understanding Census Geography, Online Mapping, Geographic Resources, Geographic Programs, and GIS FAQ's


Charlie Hallahan hallahan@ers.usda.gov or
Brian C. Monsell brian.c.monsell@census.gov