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Political Science Statistics Resources

Bureau of Justice Statistics (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
A primary source for criminal justice statistics. Find statistics and reports on crime rates & trends, victim characteristics, offender characteristics, incarceration rates, etc.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Good data source for employment information in the U.S. Includes information like the unemployment rate, consumer price index, payroll employment rate, and import/export prices indexes
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Information about all aspects of travel and transportation in and into the U.S.
U.S. Census Bureau
An excellent source for United States population and economic data.
Department of Homeland Security
Security and immigration database
Economic Research Service
Collection information on U.S. agriculture
Energy Information Administration
Statistics collected on current and future fuel technologies
National Agricultural Statistical Service
In-depth agricultural data
National Center for Education Statistics
U.S. statistics about all aspects of education down to the local district level
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Run by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) the NCHS collects health information which includes things outside of typical health topics. Additional information includes: mortality & natality, exercise, marriage, injury, and access to health care
National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics
Statistics on many aspects of science and engineering including: education in science and engineering, personnel characteristics, research and development programs, and funding for science programs
Social Security Administration Office of Research Evaluation and Statistics
Statistics about the U.S. Social Security programs.
Statistics of Income (U.S.)
IRS statistics
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Collection of analyses of economic data both in the U.S. and internationally
U.S. Government’s Open Data
Wonderful and overarching datasets in the following sectors:
Agriculture, climate, consumer, education, energy, finance, geospatial, global development, health, jobs & skills, public safety, science & research, weather, business, cities, counties, ethics, law, manufacturing, oceans, states

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Statista.com is a statistics portal that integrates data on over 80,000 topics from over 18,000 sources onto a single platform. Categorized into 21 market sectors, Statista.com provides companies, business customers, research institutions, and the academic community with direct access to quantitative data on media, business, finance, politics, and a wide variety of other areas of interest or markets.

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