Sociology 215: Population Analysis / Locating Statistics

  • Databases

LexisNexis 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.

Statistical Abstracts 
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/

  • Polls / Surveys

Gallup Organization
http://www.gallup.com

  • Population and Demographics

AmeriSTAT
http://www.ameristat.org/

Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov
Current population projections, customized maps, census for the United States

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

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

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

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

Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org
Population news, analysis and publications published by a nonprofit, nonadvocacy population and environmental organization.

United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)
http://www.un.org/popin/
International, regional and national data made available by the UN.

United States Historical Census Data Browser 
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/census

Health.

Alan Guttmacher Institute
http://www.agi-usa.org 
Covers issues such as abortion, pregnancy, birth, sexual behavior and diseases and contraception

Center for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov
National news, travelers health information and data

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

National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/
Includes surveys and data, reports, events and a data warehouse.

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

World Health Organization
http://www.who.int
Reports, statistics and publications on disease and health around the world.

  • Immigration

U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
http://www.usdoj.gov/ins/ 

  • Education

U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/topics/topicsTier2.jsp?&top=Research+%26+Stats&subtop=Statistics 

  • Criminal Justice

U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/

  • Employment

U.S. Department of Labor
http://www.dol.gov/

  • 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