LibGuides: Data Visualization: Finding Data

Library Databases

City Data
Provides profiles of all U.S. cities including thousands of pictures, maps, satellite photos, stats about residents (race, income, ancestries, education, employment...), geographical data, crime data, housing, businesses, political contributions, weather, hospitals, schools, libraries, houses, airports, radio and TV stations, zip codes, area codes, user-submitted facts, similar cities list and comparisons to averages.
ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)
ICPSR contains the largest collection of social science data available. The topics covered are innumerable and data can be both quantitative or qualitative in nature. Special data archives include "Census 2000 at ICPSR," "Child Care and Early Education Research Connections," "Election 2000 at ICPSR," "Health and Medical Care Archive," "Homicide Research Working Group," "International Archive of Education Data," "National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging," "National Archive of Criminal Justice Data," "Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods," and "Substance Abuse & Mental Health Data Archive."

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MarketLine
Provides access to MarketLine reports which include company, industry, financial and country business data for every major marketplace in the world. Database contains: company profiles, company SWOTs, industry analysis, case studies, country profiles, country statistics and country PESTLEs.
New York City Data
This database, provided by Baruch College (CUNY), supplies statistics on NYC’s population and economy, trade and transportation, governance, and arts and entertainment. Included are sections on demographics, housing, and tourism.
Statista
Statista is an online statistics, market research and business intelligence portal. It provides access to data from market and opinion research institutions, as well as from business organizations and government institutions in English, French, German and Spanish. Statista also provides data on market forecasts, white paper studies, dossiers, industry reports, digital market outlooks and consumer market outlooks.
World Bank Open Data
Portal to World Bank's open data tools and resources including Open Data Catalog, DataBank, World Development Indicators, and Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals. Search or browse downloadable data by country or indicator.
World Development Indicators
World Development Indicators (WDI) is the primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates.
World Factbook
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities. Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map.

Online Resources

American Fact Finder
American FactFinder provides access to data about the United States, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas. The data in American FactFinder come from several censuses and surveys.
Consumer Barometer with Google
The Consumer Barometer is a tool to help you understand how people use the Internet across the world.
Data.gov
The home of the U.S. Government’s open data.
Data USA
Data USA puts public US Government data in your hands. Instead of searching through multiple data sources that are often incomplete and difficult to access, you can simply point to Data USA to answer your questions. Data USA provides an open, easy-to-use platform that turns data into knowledge. It allows millions of people to conduct their own analyses and create their own stories about America – its people, places, industries, skill sets and educational institutions. Ultimately, accelerating society’s ability to learn and better understand itself.
Esri Tapestry
Input a zip code to learn which Tapestry segments are associated with people living in that area.
FedStats
The Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM) is an interagency committee dedicated to improving the quality of Federal statistics. The FCSM was created by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to inform and advise OMB and the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy (ICSP) on methodological and statistical issues that affect the quality of Federal data.
Global Insights
Global Insights provides international business and trade information on over 200 countries, the 50 U.S. states, as well as nearly two dozen industry sectors, and many of the world’s trade blocs. Use the drop-down boxes below to find the country, state, industry, trade bloc or economic classification you desire.
Google Dataset Search
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Data
The International Monetary Fund provides several datasets ranging in topics from country data to world revenue longitudinal data.
Nielsen PRIZM
Input a zip code to learn which Nielsen segments are associated with that neighborhood.
NYC Community Portal
Demographic info of NYC Community Districts, includes socio-economics, race, gender, age, occupation, travel to work and more.
NYC Open Data
NYC Open Data makes the wealth of public data generated by various New York City agencies and other City organizations available for public use. The data sets are available in a variety of machine-readable formats and are refreshed when new data becomes available.
Ranked and Filed
Rank and Filed gathers data from EDGAR, indexes it, and returns it in formats meant to help investors research, investigate and discover companies on their own.
Shopping Insights with Google
Shopping Insights helps you understand what they’re looking for in your category.
Think with Google
Think with Google provides you Micro-Moments and Consumer Trends within various industries including advertising, consumer goods, retail, and travel.
UNdata
A portal for the United Nations' statistical datasets.
USAFacts
USAFacts is a new data-driven portrait of the American population, our government’s finances, and government’s impact on society.
US Census
This site provides the United States census data.
US Census Business Builder
The Census Business Builder (CBB) is a suite of services that provide selected demographic and economic data from the Census Bureau tailored to specific types of users in a simple to access and use format.
US Census Consumer Expenditure Survey
The Consumer Expenditure Surveys (CE) program provides data on expenditures, income, and demographic characteristics of consumers in the United States.
US Labor Industry Statistics Portal
This application provides access to the Census Bureau programs that provide economic data for a user-selected industry.
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Knowledge
WIPO is the world's most comprehensive source of data on the intellectual property (IP) system, as well as of empirical studies, reports and factual information on IP. Whether you are seeking statistical, legal or technical information, this page is a gateway to our unique collections of resources and reference material. We make all our publications and data collections freely available online.