LibGuides: Sociology Guide: Statistical Sources

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Statistics Sources from Gale This link opens in a new window
Provides factual quantitative information on more than 20,000 specific subjects, incorporating almost 135,000 citations and more than 1,600 sources, both U.S. and international.
USA.gov This link opens in a new window
Easy-to-search, free-access website designed to give you a centralized place to find information from U.S. local, state, and federal government agency websites. Topics included cover a broad range of subject areas.

United States Census Bureau
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Access data and statistics from many surveys and censuses on criminal offenses and arrests, law enforcement, prosecution, judicial proceedings, and corrections.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information related to employment, unemployment, and labor economics from the U.S. Department of Labor.
DATA.GOV
Find, download, and use datasets that have been generated by the Federal Government. Includes nearly 450,000 raw and geospatial datasets, with new datasets continuously added.
Immigration Statistics
Data from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
National Center for Education Statistics
NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations. It is located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences.
OECD: Statistics from A to Z
Browse an alphabetical list of downloadable tables of international statistics on a wide variety of topics. Data have been compiled and published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
National Center for Veterans Analysis and Statistics
Find and analyze key statistics on the Veteran population and VA programs from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
SD City Data Profiles Online
South Dakota Dashboard offers concise statistical profiles for South Dakota cities with populations of 1,000 or more. Data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau.
South Dakota Census Data Center

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Fun Facts App

The U.S. Census Bureau has released a fun app that allows you to play easy games with facts for the American Community Survey.

The app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play - it is called Census Pop Quiz. Check out more about the app from the Census Bureau news release.