Sociology 215: Population Analysis / Locating Statistics



 Librarian: Marilyn Scoville
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Selected Databases

Statistical Abstracts (primarily data for the United States back to 1878)
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

ProQuest Statistical
Statistics available as indexed tables from federal, state, and international intergovernmental(IGO) publications; searches American Statistics Index, Statistical Reference Index, and Index to International Statistics; provides links to web sites, governmental and nongovernmental; allows keyword searching.

Websites for Organizations and Government Agencies

  • Population and Demographics: United States

****Census Bureau home page: http://www.census.gov/   
        

****American FactFinder
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml

****American Community Survey
http://www.census.gov/acs/www

Census 2010 Demographic Profiles
http://2010.census.gov/news/press-kits/demographic-profiles.html

Census Scope Census 2010 Data: Charts, Maps, Rankings
http://www.censusscope.org

ChicagoPop Center Research – Social demography surveys on families, health, poverty, inequality, etc.
http://popcenter.uchicago.edu/data/

Historical United States Census Data Browser
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus

Population and Household Economic statistical reports listed by topic
http://www.census.gov/population/www/

Vermont Center for Rural Studies, U.S. Census Bureau's VT State Data Center
http://crs.uvm.edu/census/

  • Population and Demographics: World

CIA – The World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook

International Database from the U.S. Census Bureau, includes historical data
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/

NPG—Negative Population Growth
http://www.npg.org

Population Media Center http://www.populationmedia.org

POPIN Data (United Nations Population Information Network)
http://www.un.org/popin/index.html

Population Index on the Web
http://popindex.princeton.edu/

Population Reference Bureau (PRB): nonprofit environmntal organization presenting news, analysis, etc.
http://www.prb.org

United Nations  (home page)
http://www.un.org/en 

United Nations Population Fund—UNFPA
http://www.unfpa.org

World Bank Group—Data and Research
http://www.worldbank.org/

  • Criminal Justice

U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/

Correction Population in the United States, 2010: appendix table 3 has demographics by sex and race and age…

Census of Jails:
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=dcdetail&iid=254  

Prison Policy Initiative:
http://www.prisonpolicy.org/research/incarceration_rates_growth_causes

Federal Bureau of prisons includes a population count for each prison: http://www.bop.gov

  • Education

Digest of Education Statistics
http://nces.ed.gov/Programs/digest/ 

Department of Education
http://www2.ed.gov/rschstat/statistics/resources/edpicks.jhtml?src=ln

  • Economic / Social

Atlas of Global Inequality
http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu

Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire: demographics/trends
http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/Resources/demography.html

BestPlaces.net—city info, data, stats
http://www.bestplaces.net

ChicagoPop Center Research – Social demography resources on families, health, poverty, inequality, etc.
http://popcenter.uchicago.edu/data/

The Cost of Raising Children
http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/ExpendituresonChildrenbyFamilies.htm

Economic and Social Development Research and analysis
http://www.un.org/esa/research.htm

Population and Household Economic statistical reports listed by topic
http://www.census.gov/population/www/

United Nations Development Program
http://www.undp.org
Provides information about health, poverty, the environment and other world development issues.

  • Employment / Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov

Vermont 2008 OES State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
http://www.bls.gov/oes/2008/may/oes_VT.htm

  • Health

****CDC home page: http://www.cdc.gov/ 
http://www.cdc.gov/DataStatistics/ 
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/index.htm

Alan Guttmacher Institute home page(sexual and reproductive health)
http://www.guttmacher.org  

American Association of Suicidology—Dedicated to the understanding and prevention of suicide
http://www.suicidology.org/web/guest/stats-and-tools

WHO Suicide Rates
http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/en/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Health –United States)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm

CDC Run your own data (tutorial)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/tutorials/Nhanes/tutorial_intro.htm

CDC: WISQARS
http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars

Global Health: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/global-health/Pages/overview.aspx

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
http://www.unaids.org

Injury Mortality Reports
http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/mortrate10_sy.html

National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/Nchs

Vermont Dept. of Health
http://healthvermont.gov

United Nations Development Program
http://www.undp.org
Provides information about health, poverty, the environment and other world development issues.

WHO World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/en

  • Immigration / Refugees

****Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/data/

U.S. Immigration Statistics from the Department of Homeland Security
http://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/immigration.shtm

United Nations High Commission on Refugees
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/homeVermon.gov—health and public safety

  • Marketing

Consumer Expenditures Survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/cex/home.htm

American Marketplace (2007 edition)
print copy in Durick Library: Reference Ha.A635 2007

Household Spending (2007 editiion)
print copy in Durick Library Reference HC110.C6 034

SRDS: The Lifestyle Market Analyst (2008 edition)
print copy in Durick Library Reference HA 203.L54 2008)

Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://www.bea.gov

Economic Census
http://www.census.gov/econ/census07/index.html

Economic Indicators
http://www.economicindicators.gov
Key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Census Bureau. 

Economic Statistics Briefing Room
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/briefroom/BriefRm
Provides basic, current economic indicators from the White House with links to eight subject areas: employment, income, international, money, output, prices, production, and transportation. 

International Trade Administration
data and analysis: http://www.trade.gov/data.asp 
industry reports: http://www.trade.gov/mas/ian/tradestatistics/index.asp

GLOBUS and NTDB (National Trade Database): http://guides.ucf.edu/content.php?pid=29950&sid=1209205
International market research, country analysis, historical and current trade reports.

International Trade Centre
http://www.intracen.org/

OECD: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
http://www.oecd.org/
Information on the political economy of development, economic surveys, statistics and studies, and provides an economic outlook.

Office of Trade and Economic Analysis
http://www.ita.doc.gov/tradestats/
International trade data including import, export, U.S. trade and commercial policy.

World Trade Report
http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/publications_e/wtr10_e.htm

  • Religion

Religion Statistics and Geography—Church Statistics
http://www.adherents.com

Print Titles in the SMC Library Reference Collection

American Demographics     (1980-2004, bound periodicals)

County and City Databook                                    Reference HA202.A36

County and City Extra:                                        Reference HA203.C68

Demographic Resource Guide                                Reference HA203.D46

Demographic Yearbook (U.N.)                                Reference HA17.D45

Demographics of the U.S.                                      Reference HB849.49.R875

Encyclopedia of Population                                    Reference HB871.E538

Historical Statistics of the States of the U.S.              Reference HA214.D63

Historical Statistics of the United States                   Reference HA202.B87

Lifestyle Market Analyst                                       Reference HA203.L54

Sourcebook of County Demographics                        Reference HA203.S65

State of the World                                                               Reference HC59.S73

Statistical Abstract of the United States (annual)           Reference HA202

Statistical Handbook on Poverty in the Developing World     Reference HC59.72.P6 S73

Statistical Portrait of the United States Social Conditions and Trends    Reference HA214.S84

Statistical Yearbook (United Nations)                            Reference HA12.5.U63

Vital Signs: the trends that are shaing our future          Reference HC10.V53

World Development Report (annual)                               Reference HC59.7W659

World Economic and Sociall Survey (annual)                Reference HC59.A169

  • Organizations supporting social science research

Institute for Social Research
http://www.isr.umich.edu 

Social Issues Research Centre
http://www.sirc.org/about/about.html