Sociology

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. They conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research.

A standard 'core' of demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus topics of special interest, that has tracked the opinions of Americans over the last four decades.

Gallup.com includes some articles that summarize the results of recent, selected polling data. Includes some international polling.

Search multiple UN statistical databases for a particular indicator or by country.

Easy access to U.S. census data; coverage includes population, housing, economic, and geographic data. Begin with the Census Bureau (www.census.gov) for access to the Statistical Abstract of the United States as well as a wealth of other data.

Databases, Tables & Calculators by Subject for US labor statistics.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics, through its Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center, compiles comprehensive information describing suspects and defendants processed in the federal criminal justice system’.Various statistics can be generated from the data available in the areas of federal law enforcement, prosecution/courts and incarcerations.

Locate crime statistics, criminal background checks, laboratory services, training, victim assistance, and more.

Statistics for various issues concerning juveniles: family issues, crime, pregnancy, and more.

This is the starting point for health statistics from the CDC. Browse by topic, view publications, and links to interactive tools, surveys and more.

Locate and use numeric, statistical, geospatial, and qualitative data sets, find data management templates, find data repositories to house your own data and find tools for data visualization.