University Libraries: POLI 200: Intro to Political Science: Data & Statistics

Census Sites

Census Bureau Data
Search Census data across America’s people, places, and economy.
Census Bureau QuickFacts
QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.
US Census Publications
Search for publications, briefs, and reports published by the US Census Bureau

Data.gov This link opens in a new window
Data.gov is the United States government's open data website. It provides access to datasets published by agencies across the federal government. Data.gov is intended to provide access to government open data to the public, achieve agency missions, drive innovation, fuel economic activity, and uphold the ideals of an open and transparent government.
ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research) This link opens in a new window
Note: Each user is required to create and login via an account using their Coastal email address. The “Access through your institution” button does not provide access.
A vast archive of social science data for research and instruction. Contains over 15,000 studies with accompanying data files in social and behavioral research, most of which are already prepared for use with statistical software such as SPSS and SAS.
PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
PolicyMap is a U.S. national data and mapping tool that combines a curated, comprehensive geographic data library with simple, robust mapping and analytics tools. University faculty, researchers, and students use it to create compelling maps of up to five layers, export trend charts with key benchmarks, download data for use in other tools, generate on-the-fly reports and upload your own data to view it with ours. Note: each user must create an account using their Coastal email address to access data.