Research Guides: Communication: Data & Statistics

Data & Statistics Resources

Statista This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive data portal. It is strong in areas including consumer and market research, media and advertising, technology and telecommunications, and Internet use.
ICPSR This link opens in a new window
ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 500,000 files of research in the social sciences. It hosts 16 specialized collections of data.
Sage Stats This link opens in a new window
SAGE Stats provides annual measures dating back more than two decades. It features statistical data series created from more than 200,000 government and non-government datasets, covering popular topics of research interest for U.S. states, counties, cities, metropolitan areas, and ZIP codes. Allows for quick downloads, comparisons, and visualizations.
Data-Planet Statistical Datasets This link opens in a new window
Provides access to statistical information produced by U.S. Federal agencies, states, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations. Subject areas of interest may include banking, finance and insurance; energy resources and industries; housing and construction; industry, business and commerce; international relations and trade; labor and employment and more.

Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Provides demographic information about the United States, from 1940 to 2000.
PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
Available data includes demographics, home sale statistics, health data, mortgage trends, school performance scores and labor data like unemployment, crime statistics and city crime rates. Allows you to display data in visually through custom demographic maps, tables, reports and an analysis tool, Analytics.
ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States This link opens in a new window
The ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States
Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
Contains more than 37,000 annual time series of quantitative historical information covering virtually every quantifiable dimension of American history: population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, governance, and international relations, from the earliest times to the present.

Polling The Nations This link opens in a new window
A compilation of questions and responses from more than 12,000 national, state, local and special surveys, conducted by 700 polling organizations in the United States and 70 other countries from 1986 through the present. Each record in the database consists of one poll question and the participants' responses. Records are indexed by subject matter, publication year, general and specific location, and survey method. Other information provided includes: source name and contact information, sample size, and notes on the sample population.
The Roper Center For Public Opinion Research - iPoll This link opens in a new window
The iPoll Databank is a comprehensive collection of public opinion survey datasets. The focus of the collection is on surveys from the United States, although the collection also includes surveys from Europe, Latin America and Asia. The collection includes datasets dating back as far as 1936 with over 800,000 questions and 25,000 studies in total. Users can search by keywords and interview dates.
Gallup Analytics This link opens in a new window
Gallup Analytics provides access to trended data for the U.S. back to the 1930's and a decade of data from more than 160 countries. It includes data sources from Gallup World Poll, Gallup Daily Tracking, and Gallup Brain.

Gallup U.S. Daily Tracking Microdata
The Gallup U.S. Daily Tracking Poll -- also known as U.S. Dailies and U.S. Tracker -- microdata covers polls conducted during individual years, 2008-2019, aiming to sample 1,000 respondents per day throughout the year.
Gallup World Poll Microdata
The Gallup World Poll microdata covers polls conducted in 168 countries during individual years, 2006-2019. 69 countries have been surveyed in all years, and 127 countries have been surveyed in eight or more years. Annual national samples typically survey 1,000 respondents, with some annual national samples surveying 2,000, 4,000, or even 10,000 respondents. Weighting variables are provided to produce nationwide estimates from the sample data. Data for all years are presented in one file, formatted for SPSS or STATA statistical software
Gallup Poll Social Series Microdata
The Gallup Poll Social Series (GPSS) is a set of public opinion surveys designed to monitor U.S. adults' views on numerous social, economic, and political topics. The topics are arranged thematically across monthly surveys. Gallup administers these surveys during the same month every year and includes the survey's core trend questions in the same order each administration. Using this consistent standard allows for analysis of changes in trend data that are not susceptible to question order bias and seasonal effects. Formatted for SPSS or STATA statistical software.

ProQuest TDM Studio
ProQuest TDM Studio is a text and data mining service that includes current and historical ProQuest content (including news, journals, dissertations and theses, primary sources and more). Researchers also have the option to incorporate content from other sources, and to utilize their preferred methods with open source programming languages such as R and Python for analysis and visualization.
Other options for text and data mining with library-purchased data

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