Research Guides: Data: Historical

Statistical Data

United States
International

Use the OSU Library catalog to find many current and historical statistical publications.

Sample Subject heading:
Ohio -- Statistics

Sample keyword search:
firearms and statistics
Ohio and agriculture and statistics

ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States
1878-present (some years missing (1970-2012) - see next entry); Use current edition with historical data or choose earlier edition. Offers an authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.
Statistical Abstract of the United States (1878-2012)
[Annual pdf vols.] Contains a collection of statistics on a wide variety of social and economic conditions in the United States and selected international data. Most of the data comes from the census and other US government agency data
Historical Statistics of the United States
Colonial period to 2000. Find historical data from many sources. Download tables.
Vital Statistics on American Politics
Data on elections, political parties, campaign finances, political action committees, public opinion, voting, the media, Congress, the presidency and executive branch, the judiciary, federalism, foreign military policy, social policy and economic policy
CQ Voting and Elections (US) 1789-present
[Link via CQ Electronic Library]. A database of elections data, authoritative analyses, concise explanations, and historical materials to help researchers investigate and understand voting and elections in America from 1789-present.

The African American Electorate: a statistical history by Hanes Walton; Donald R. Deskins; Sherman C. Puckett
ISBN: 9780872895089
Publication Date: Los Angeles : Sage/CQ Press, c2012
"This pioneering work ... traces the history of the laws dealing with enfranchisement and disenfranchisement of African Americans and provides the election return data for African-American candidates in national and sub-national elections over this same time span. Combining insightful narrative, tabular data, and original maps, The African American Electorate offers students and researchers the opportunity, for the first time, to explore the relationship between voters and political candidates, identify critical variables, and situate African Americans' voting behavior and political phenomena in the context of America's political history."

Social Explorer
Demographic information about the United States - Census: 1790 to 2010; American Community Survey; Religion.
U.S. Census Decinneal Sets 1790-2000
PDFs of old census volumes and searchable database for more recent.
National Bureau of Economic Research Data Files
Data files in economics, industry, demographics, trade, and health.
National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS)
Free online access to summary statistics and GIS files for U.S. censuses and other nationwide surveys from 1790 through the present.
Reports of the Immigration Commission
Most of these reports from the U.S. Immigration Commission appeared in 1911 and cover data on immigration themes from the 19th century through the early 20th century. Print copies are available in reprint from OSU Libraries - http://library.ohio-state.edu/record=b2556535~S7

Use the OSU Library catalog to find many current and historical statistical publications.

Sample Subject heading:
Brazil -- Statistics
Canada -- Statistics, Vital

Sample keyword search:
firearms and statistics
Ohio and agriculture and statistics

International Historical Statistics
Statistical data from around the world, Covers "a wide range of socio-economic topics. The collection includes data on the Americas and Europe, but also hard-to-find data on Africa, Asia and Oceania."
International Monetary Fund Statistical Databases
Financial data 1970-present.
World Development Indicators Online
Statistics from the World Bank on social, health, financial and demographic topics.
Global Financial Data
Global Financial Data is a searchable interface of current and historical financial and economic data. OSU users have access to the GF Database and the Real Estate Database collections. Data in the GFDatabase covers 200 global markets back to 1265 across such topics as asset allocation, commodities, economic and social indicators, equity, exchange rates, fixed-income assets, government and debt, international trade, and national accounts and GDP. The Real Estate database includes several data sets such as Winan's Real Estate Index of housing prices back to 1830, regional real estate price indices, national home average square foot data, and national and regional home prices, new home sales, and new home listings.
Money - Historical Value
Links to historical valuations of various currencies.
Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank
From Rutgers University, "its aim is to provide scholars with an expanding library of information in electronic format on the medieval and early modern periods of European history, circa 800-1815 C.E. "
North Atlantic Population Project
Historical complete censuses of Canada (1881), Denmark (1787, 1801), Great Britain (1851, 1861, Scotland 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911), Norway (1801, 1865, 1900, 1910), Sweden (1880, 1890, 1900, 1910), the United States (1850, 1880), and Iceland (1703, 1729, 1801, 1901, 1910)...Samples of census data are also available for Canada (1852, 1871, 1891, 1901, 1911), Great Britain (1851), the German state of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1819), Norway (1875), and the United States (1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910), which support cross-temporal analyses.

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