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Data and Statistics

General Social Survey (GSS)
Since 1972, the General Social Survey (GSS) has provided politicians, policymakers, and scholars with a clear and unbiased perspective on what Americans think and feel about such issues as national spending priorities, crime and punishment, intergroup relations, and confidence in institutions.
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. Pew Research Center makes its data available to the public for secondary analysis after a period of time.

Social Explorer
Social Explore offers access to a suite of online tools and data that allow users to visually explore hundreds of thousands of current and historical data indicators across demography, economy, health, religion, crime and more. Users can customize and visualize maps and data points, create reports and downloads for offline processing, and research concepts in the fields sociology, urban studies, public health, economics, and history.
ICPSR This link opens in a new window
The world's largest archive of digital social science data. Contains over 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences, including specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields. (Note: You must create a personal account to access the datasets. ICPSR IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO THE GONZAGA COMMUNITY.)

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Data.gov
Data.gov increases the ability of the public to easily find, download, and use datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government. Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets.
U.S. Census Data
The Census Bureau is the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.

Statistical Abstract of the U.S. (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
The Statistical Abstract of the United States is an excellent source for any statistics primarily related to the United States, published by GPO since 1878. Provides data from government sources related to population, health, education, income, labor, science, transportation, commerce and more.

UN Datasets This link opens in a new window
The UN datasets provides access to a large number of United Nations statistical databases either by browsing the data series or through a keyword search. Data sources include, but are not limited to, WHO, ILO, WTU, UNESCO, and FAO.

World Bank Open Data
Free and open access to global development data.
International Social Survey Programme
The ISSP is a cross-national collaboration programme conducting annual surveys on diverse topics relevant to social sciences.