Data Sources

The idea for a data page was inspired by Dr. Joshua Hall at WVU. I have expanded the data to include several links I found useful. It is the responsibility of the student (or other researcher) to adhere to ethical research and data reporting practices. 

Correlates of State Policy

State Policy Innovation and Diffusion (SPID) Database

State Energy Data

State-level Inequality and Human Capital Data

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Data

Congressional District Data

Nation Historic GIS Database; includes historical geographic boundaries and GIS/Tiger files for mapping in R/Stata

IPUMS Database

World Bank Maps 

AEA US Macro Data Links 

Senate Committees 

USDA County-Level Data 

Children's Bureau Data 

Comparative Constitutions Project

County-level Incarceration Data

Religion Data Archives (ARDA/USA)

County-level Religious Diversity Data

United States Religious Census

FBI Crime Data Explorer

Federal Judicial Center (FJC) Database

Penn World Tables Data

Ballotpedia

Urban Institute- State and Local Financial Data

State Economic Monitor

CDC Data Archives - National Health Data

Rule of Law Indicator

USDA Economic Research Service - County-level Data

County Business Patterns Database

Economic Roundtable

World Values Survey

Bureau of Economic Analysis

PRRI Data

US Census Bureau Data Tables

Census Business Builder