A wealth of historical and current population, health, business, education statistics and more. For historical census data, begin at the History page and explore.
Search U.S. government's official web portal to all federal, state, and local government web resources and services or use the specific links by department listed to right.
Explore data sets, micro data or geospatial data by country or by type. Scroll down to see what countries are included.
Surveys & Polls
There are a number of websites that conduct ongoing polls and surveys that can be used for a wide variety of subjects and over a wide span of years. Here are some of the most popular:
Funded by the National Science Foundation, this survey is conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) in even years to provide a non-biased view of public opinion on a variety of policy issues and public confidence in U.S. institutions.
Explore a wide range of subject opinion polls. Link to other countries from the Global Links at the bottom of the page. Go to the Home page to link to publications which also provide YouGov survey results. Want to add your opinion? Go to the Join page.
