STATISTICS RESOURCES 

DATA.NASA.GOV is NASA's clearinghouse site for open-data provided to the public.

Tens of thousands of datasets are available for you.

UNdata is a web-based data service for the global user community. It brings international statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single-entry point.

Under the OPEN Government Data Act government data is required to be made available in open, machine-readable formats, while continuing to ensure privacy and security.

The Census Bureau is the leading source of quality data about the nation's people and economy.

CCSS Research Support has an extensive data collection with emphasis on labor, political, and social behavior, demography, economics, and health. 

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. 

GSS is the only full-probability, personal-interview survey designed to monitor changes in both social characteristics and attitudes currently being conducted in the United States.

To serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and journalists, the ANES produces high quality data from its own surveys on voting, public opinion, and political participation

The Fragile Families & Child Wellbeing Study consists of a core survey with mothers, fathers, primary caregivers, and the focal child.

An international consortium of more than 750 academic institutions and research organizations, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for the social science research community.

This guide is designed to help you find both statistics and datasets. All data and statistics listed are either open-access or a JHU-specific resource. This guide is organized by discipline. Guidance on finding discipline-specific data and statistics is on the main page for each discipline, so be sure to check them out! Use the sidebar to find data and statistics relevant to your discipline of interest. 

IPUMS provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. IPUMS integration and documentation makes it easy to study change, conduct comparative research, merge information across data types, and analyze individuals within family and community contexts.

The Harvard Dataverse Repository is a free data repository open to all researchers from any discipline, both inside and outside of the Harvard community, where you can share, archive, cite, access, and explore research data. 

The Kinsey Institute provides information about the codebooks and data analysis used in their historical studies.

The Inter-University Consortium of Political and Social Research is a depository of datasets for use in secondary data analysis.

NOAA: Climate Data Online (CDO) provides free access to NCDC's archive of global historical weather and climate data in addition to station history information. 

NOAA: Climate at a Glance

NOAA: Climatic Data for Frost Protected Shallow Foundations

NOAA: Global-Scale Microwave Sounding Unit Temperatures

NOAA: Regional Snowfall Index (RSI) | Snow and Ice

NOAA: U.S. Climate Extremes Index (CEI) | Extremes

NOAA: Daily Weather Records | Data Tools | Climate Data Online (CDO)

Maine.gov: Residents: Records & Statistics

National Information Center on Health Services Research & Health Care Technology (NICHSR)

National Center for Health Statistics

CDC Data and Statistics

Welcome to the Global Health Observatory, WHO's gateway to health-related statistics for more than 1000 indicators for its 194 Member States. 

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an independent, nonprofit scientific and educational organization dedicated to reducing deaths, injuries and property damage from motor vehicle crashes through research and evaluation and through education of consumers, policymakers and safety professionals.

Data.census.gov is the data dissemination platform to access demographic and economic data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Explore Census Data

Sports Reference | Sports Stats, fast, easy, and up-to-date

Sports Statistics datasets are downloadable on this website.

Northern Arizona University site of sports stats and data.

Hamilton's site for sports stats and data.

This university's library created a webpage with links to many stats pages. Check it out!

Eastern Michigan University's webpage on Social Science Data Sources & Statistical Methods.

George Mason University - Find Data for Analysis

Popular sources for accessing research data sets for dissertations or class projects.

The home of the U.S. Government’s open data.

Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.

Check this site for data and statistics on education matters.

National Center for Educational Statistics

The World Bank is a unique global partnership that finances development and aid projects to end poverty and promote prosperity. We cultivate leading experts who share insight, research and data with the development community.

The Census Bureau provides information on a variety of educational topics, from educational attainment and school enrollment to school costs and financing.

Search this site for data and statistics related to Maine.

CDC Stats of the State of Maine

Check this site out for the Census Bureau's stats on Maine.

Maine QuickFacts on the US Census Bureau's website.

Maine's economy at a glance.

MDF is a non-partisan, statewide public-private organization with individual, corporate, non-profit and government agency members from across the state. 

These data sources provide information for communities looking for more local data. These sources provide either unique, local data; more information on demographic breakdowns (e.g., age, sex, race/ethnicity); or data for sub-county geographic units (e.g., cities, zipcodes or school districts).