Library Research Guides: Social Work: Find Data

General Data

Historical Statistics of the United States
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Provides historical statistics for the states and the nation.
ICPSR
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[PLEASE NOTE: USERS MUST CREATE AN ACCOUNT ON-CAMPUS BEFORE THEY CAN ACCESS OFF-CAMPUS] Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) supplies the numeric raw data from a variety of sources, including survey research, censuses, and administrative records.
ACCESS: Off-campus access is available but users must first create an account on-campus and log in on-campus every 6 months.
ProQuest Statistical Insight
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Access to statistical content information produced by U.S. federal agencies, states, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations. Includes tables, statistical reports, publication abstracts, and datasets. Results are ranked by relevance. Faceted search results can then be filtered by document type, source, date published, geographic area, and more.
ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
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Online tables and charts of basic statistics about the social, political and economic conditions of the United States.

American FactFinder
Provided by the U.S. Census Bureau, users can search, browse, retrieve, view, map, print, and download Census data in various formats.
American Community Services
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Policy Archive
The Policy Archive is a free digital archive of non-partisan public policy research from the Center for Governmental Studies. It collects and disseminates summaries and full-texts, videos, reports, briefs, and multimedia material of think tank, university, government, and foundation-funded policy research. NOTE: Always check the think tank individually for specific bias.
Policy Innovations