U.S. Government
- U.S. Census Bureau
As the “Factfinder for the Nation,” the Census Bureau collects data about the people and economy of the United States and produces a wide variety of statistical data. Included at their site is a variety of economic, geographic, and socioeconomic information.
- FedStats
the gateway to statistics from over 100 U.S. Federal agencies
Educational & Research
- LSE RLAB Data Service
http://rlab.lse.ac.uk/data/default.asp
a list of data resources in economics and other social areas, sorted by subject area, each subject area includes datasets and reference volumes held in the RLAB library, and a list of useful links
- Social Sciences Data Collection
Browse or search SSDC research data, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) and data on the Internet.
- Statistics and Social Science Data
http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/
“The Geostat Center houses the University’s collection of electronic statistical and social science data. The majority of resources are available on-line, but due to server space restrictions and/or licensing requirements, some electronic data are available only on CDs or DVDs, or are installed on Geostat computers in the library. ” …
- WebEc Economics Data
http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/webecc8d.html
a comprehensive directory of economic data websites
- EDIRC Statistical Office
http://edirc.repec.org/statoff.html
economics departments, institutes and research centers in the world
- Access to Economic and Financial Data at Boston College
http://fmwww.bc.edu/ec-p/data/ecfindata.php
“A far from exhaustive list of sources of machine-readable data”
- NBER Data
a list of links to dozens of specific areas of data
Other Organizations
- Library of Economics and Liberty: Data and Research
http://www.econlib.org/library/data.html
U.S. data sources, world data sources, journals, working papers, and institutions