LibGuides: Human Development & Family Studies: Data &amp; Statistics

Government Data & Statistical Resources

You can find data and statistics on virtually any topic from government departmental websites.

UPDATE: As of January 20, 2025, many government agencies have removed reports, documents, data sets, and other non-academic/grey literature sources from their web sites due to executive orders from the current administration.

Bureau of Justice Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Catalog of Government Publications (CGP) Basic Search
Explore Census Data
This resource replaces the now defunct American FactFinder. This is the U.S. Census Bureau's main vehicle for distributing U.S. census data, including economic censuses and surveys and annual population estimates. Population, housing, economic and geographic data can be found here.
Data.gov
The purpose of Data.gov is to increase public access to high value, machine readable datasets generated by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Data.gov provides descriptions of the Federal datasets (metadata), information about how to access the datasets, and tools that leverage government datasets.

DataOhio
A portal to datasets produced by Ohio government agencies on public health, education, children and youth, the environment, and more, updated regularly by the respective agencies.

Department of Homeland Security: Immigration Data & Statistics
Directory of Health and Human Services Data Sources
End of Term Web Archive
The End of Term Web Archive captures and saves U.S. Government websites at the end of presidential administrations. The EOT has thus far preserved websites from administration changes in 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020, and is currently archiving websites from 2024.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) A-Z Index
Alphabetical listing of government information on topics related to environmental issues.
Federal Bureau of Prisons: Research & Reports
Links to Bureau of Prisons data, plus links to related resources.
HUD User Research & Data Sets (U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development)
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts hundreds of surveys every year and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture. Production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, farm finances, chemical use, and changes in the demographics of U.S. producers are only a few examples.
National Center for Education Statistics
The NCES gathers official statistics on the condition of education, including adult education and literacy.
National Institute of Mental Health: Statistics
USA.gov
Search and browse government agencies.