Research Guides: Economics: Statistics & Data

Statistical Database Subscriptions from Dickinson Library

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Find, visualize, and share billions of U.S. and international statistics from trusted sources that cover business, crime, health, labor and more. This collection contains mostly U.S., as well as some international, statistics on economic and social indicators, with built-in tools for creating data visualizations, charts and maps. Continuous updates for daily, weekly, monthly, and annual datasets are provided as data is released by the source providers.
ICPSR (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research) This link opens in a new window
Access social science data from around the world for research and instruction, and training in quantitative methods to facilitate effective data use. Coverage: varies, contains primary sources. Mostly full text.
International Historical Statistics This link opens in a new window
Explore key economic and social indicators from the late 18th to early 21st centuries. Access as an e-book or download as PDF or Excel tables. Coverage: 1750-2010. Full text.
MarketLine Advantage This link opens in a new window
Access up to date information on businesses, industries, and countries for business research. Coverage: current. Full text.
PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
Access an online United States national data and mapping tool with multidisciplinary applications. This tool provides data related to social sciences, urban studies, real estate and housing analysis, community and economic development, public administration, public health, policy and political science, education, business, economics, statistics, and geography, among others. Leverage U.S. data indicators to perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis, from a neighborhood census block group, up to a national level, as well as custom-created regions. Coverage: varies, contains primary sources. Full text. See our PolicyMap guide to get started: https://libguides.dickinson.edu/policymapguide
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Search for statistical data and publications summarizing statistical findings, including data collected from United States federal and state government sources, private organizations, and intergovernmental organizations. This collection features descriptive abstracts and detailed indexing. Coverage: 1970 to present. Some full text.

Evaluating Data & Statistics

Savvy Info Consumers: Data & Statistics
Provides a strategy and questions to ask yourself when evaluating data, statistics, and infographics.
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From University of Washington Libraries.

Publicly Available Statistical Sources

Data Sources list (American Economic Association)
Links to publicly available data sources for U.S. macroeconomic data, other U.S. data, and world & non-U.S. data.
Data USA
Open access site that strives to provide an easy to use, comprehensive website and visualization engine for public US Government data.
Food & Agriculture Organization of United Nations (FAO) Statistics
FRED: Federal Research Economic Data
Download, graph, and track 815,000 US and international time series from 107 sources.
IPUMS: Integrated Public Use Microdata Series
Current and historical worldwide population data. From the Minnesota Population Center Date Project.
OECD Statistics
From the Organization for Economic Co-operation & Development. Data, charts, maps, tables and related publications.
Pennsylvania State Data Center
The Commonwealth's official source of demographic and economic data.
PSID: Panel Study of Income Dynamics
"A national study of socioeconomics and health over lifetimes and across generations." U.S. longitudinal household survey running since 1968. Includes data on employment, income, wealth, expenditures, health, marriage, childbearing, child development, philanthropy, education, and numerous other topics.
U.S. Department of Commerce
U.S. National Center for Health Statistics
United Nations Statistics Division
USA.gov Data & Statistics
Gateway for finding statistics from over 100 U.S. agencies.
World Bank Open Data
Free and open access to global development data. Search or browse by country or indicator.

Consumer and Income Expenditures

Sources for Consumer and Income Expenditures Data

Other Guides to Statistics

For additional business statistics & data sources see the "International Business & Marketing Guide"

For additional statistical & data sources on various subjects see the "Statistics Research Guide".

For additional health statistics & data sources see the "Health Studies Research Guide"

Waidner-Spahr Library

Economics: Statistics & Data

Statistical Database Subscriptions from Dickinson Library

Evaluating Data & Statistics

Publicly Available Statistical Sources

Consumer and Income Expenditures

Other Guides to Statistics