How do I find data or statistics?

The home of the U.S. Government’s open data. Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.

Information on economic indicators, national and international trade, accounts, and industry

Information on justice systems, crime, criminal offenders, and victims of crime

Information on labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the U.S. economy.

Information on airline on-time performance, pirates at sea, transportation safety and availability, motorcycle trends, and more.

Collects data on population and the economy.

Information related to agriculture, food, the environment, and rural development

Information on U.S. use of coal, natural gas, nuclear energy, renewable energy, and more.

Information on food production and supply, organic sales, chemical use, demographics of U.S. producers, and more.

Information on education in the United States.

Information on the health of U.S. residents.

Information on the science and engineering workforce and the progress of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education.

Information on the social security program.

Information on elements of the U.S. tax system.

A comprehensive list of surveys conducted by the Census Bureau.

The American Community Survey (ACS) is a top source for information about the United States' population, housing, and workforce. It is frequently used by policymakers to obtain detailed information about specific communities. The ACS is the largest household level survey conducted by the Census Bureau.

The primary source of labor force statistics for the United States.

The primary source of labor force statistics for the United States. NBER's website offers easy access to the monthly supplements.

The GSS contains a standard 'core' of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest. Many of the core questions have remained unchanged since 1972 to facilitate time-trend studies as well as replication of earlier findings.

The Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS-USA) consists of samples of the American population drawn from federal censuses and from the American Community Surveys of 2000-2012. These samples, which draw on every surviving census from 1850-2000, and the 2000-2012 ACS samples, collectively constitute our richest source of quantitative information on long-term changes in the American population.

IPUMS CPS harmonizes microdata from the Current Population Survey (CPS). Coverage from 1962 to the present.

DataFerrett is a data analysis and extraction tool-with recoding capabilities-to customize federal, state, and local data to suit your requirements. (FERRETT stands for Federated Electronic Research, Review, Extraction, and Tabulation Tool.)

DataFerrett allows you to select a databasket full of variables and then recode those variables as you need.
You can then develop and customize tables. Selecting your results in your table you can create a chart or graph for a visual presentation into an html page. Save your data in the databasket and save your table for continued reuse.