Public Data Sources

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

Regional & Local Economy

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

• USDA County-Level Data 

• Urban Institute- State and Local Financial Data

• State Economic Monitor

• USDA Economic Research Service - County-level Data

• Economic Roundtable

• Bureau of Economic Analysis

• US Census Bureau Data Tables

Public Policy & Government

• Correlates of State Policy

• State Policy Innovation and Diffusion (SPID) Database

• Congressional District Data

• Senate Committees 

• Comparative Constitutions Project

• Federal Judicial Center (FJC) Database

• Ballotpedia

• Rule of Law Indicator

Religion & Institutions

• Religion Data Archives (ARDA/USA)

• County-level Religious Diversity Data

• United States Religious Census

• World Values Survey

• PRRI Data

Crime & Justice

• County-level Incarceration Data

• FBI Crime Data Explorer

Health & Demographics

• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Data

• Children's Bureau Data 

• CDC Data Archives - National Health Data

• State-level Inequality and Human Capital Data

• IPUMS Database

Business & Labor

• County Business Patterns Database

• Census Business Builder 

General Economics

• State Energy Data

• World Bank Maps 

• AEA US Macro Data Links 

• Penn World Tables Data