Posts under ‘Data Sources’

“The Census” isn’t one, monolithic chunk of data. Rather, it is a collection of different data sets collected or created for different purposes.

Here is a handout (PDF) discussing three of the main sources for population and housing data:

The Decennial Census
The American Community Survey
and the Population Estimates Program

The handout further explains how to obtain the data [...]

The New York Census Research Data Center is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Census Workshop Series. This year’s workshops, which will focus on mapping and spatial analysis, will be held at Baruch College as follows:

March 25th, Mapping, GIS and Spatial Data: U.S. Census and Beyond
April 8th, Hands-on Introduction to ArcGIS
May 8th, Spatial Statistics, [...]

The OFFSTATS website provides a collection of links to free, official statistics resources. Links are categorized by county, region, and over 70 topics. There are too many topics to list, but examples include: armaments, economic growth, foreign direct investment, health, migration, social indicators, time use surveys, wages and much more.This website was created and is [...]

The US Census Bureau’s website at www.census.gov contains many useful statistics and data sets. Below are some highlights …

American Factfinder – Source for population, housing, economic, and geographic statistics (search by city/town, county or zip code); data sets; population trends
American Community Survey (ACS) – Provides population and housing characteristics every year instead of every ten [...]

Baruch College will host three workshops designed to help faculty, graduate students, and other researchers better understand and use Census Bureau data.
All workshops will meet 12:30-2:30 in the Skylight Room, 3rd floor, 17 Lexington Ave. @ 23rd St. Lunch will be available starting at noon. There is no workshop fee, but space is limited.
To register, [...]

Euromonitor GMID provides information on countries, consumers, and industries. Access statistics and market reports covering demographics, lifestyles (disposable income, expenditures, eating and drinking habits, health, home ownership, etc.), country data, political and economic indicators, companies and brands, forecasts and analysis, and major markets. Database coverage is worldwide with a focus on North America, Europe, Asia [...]

ICPSR Direct maintains and provides access to a vast archive of social science data for supporting quantitative research, primarily secondary analysis. Holdings in the ICPSR Archive encompass a range of academic disciplines, including political science, sociology, demography, history, economics, international relations, gerontology, public health, criminal justice, and education. The data are available in a collection of [...]