Selected Websites - Statistics and Data

American FactFinder

American FactFinder is an Internet site which allows users to retrieve data from the 2000 Census. It is the largest and most comprehensive collection of U.S. Census data on the Internet.

Bank for International Settlements

Access various publications of the BIS online, such as Bank statistics on external debt, Central Bank Survey of Foreign Exchange and Derivatives Market Activity, and many more.

Bureau of Economic Analysis

Current and historical economic data, news releases, publications, etc.

Bureau of Labor Statistics

A bureau within the U.S. Department of Labor. This site includes time series data and information on the labor force in America. Links to multiple news releases, including Consumer Price Indexes, Producer Price Indexes, as well as other publications such as the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Columbia University's Electronic Data Service

The Columbia Electronic Data Service (EDS) offers the University community access to a wide variety of numerical data resources and related services. Staff consultants are available to help university members select the appropriate data for their needs and to guide students and researchers through the process of extracting and moving the data to their own facilities. EDS, located in 215 Lehman Library, is a joint operation of Columbia University Information Technology (CUIT) and the Libraries. Access the EDS DataGate. "The EDS DataGate provides easy online acces to information about the thousands of data files available to Columbia affiliates through EDS."

County Business Patterns

Bureau of the Census site..

Data On the Net

Search or browse this collection of over 779 Internet sites of numeric statistical data, data catalogs, data libraries, social science gateways, addresses and more.

2002 Economic Census Data

Data by state and by industry from the 2002 Economic Census. The state data includes separate files for different industries within each state. Not all data is available.

Economic Statistics Briefing Room

"The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators. It provides links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies. All of the information included in the Economic Statistics Briefing Room is maintained and updated by the statistical units of those agencies. All the estimates for the indicators presented in the Federal Statistics Briefing Rooms are the most currently available values. "

Electronic Statistics Handbook

"StatSoft Inc. provides this electronic textbook on the use of statistics in laboratory research, business, social sciences, datamining, and engineering, among other fields. Its 24 sections deal with topics such as ANOVA/MANOVA, experimental design, process analysis, and survival/failure time analysis. There is also a detailed glossary and extensive bibliography.

Energy-Related Resources

This site includes statistics on petroleum, natural gas, coal, electricity, nuclear energy, etc. It also has the full text of the Annual Energy Outlook and the International Energy Outlook. From the Energy Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy.

Fair Model

From Yale, this site allows the user to do macroeconomic modeling. "This site brings the power of large scale macroeconometric analysis to anyone with access to the internet. It is a resource for business forecasters, government policy analysts, macroeconomic researchers, teachers, and students."

FedStats

Links to key statistics available from more than 70 Federal agencies, arranged alphabetically by topic, with keyword search capability.

FedWorld

This site provides an entry way to access U.S. Government information online. In the future, this site expects to add U.S.Government gopher and FTP servers. Access to reports by Industry number (through the Bureau of the Census at the Department of Commerce), Census of Population and Housing (also through the Bureau of the Census at the Department of Commerce), and other U.S. economic data.

FRASER: Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research

When used in connection with data contained in FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data), FRASERallows the researcher to create uninterrupted data series by accessing sources previously available only in printed form and those currently available electronically (on FRED]. In addition, the ability to retrieve series presented in preliminary, revised, and final releases provides a powerful tool in recreating and evaluating previous economic research and policy.

FRED: Federal Reserve Economic Data

FRED provides historical U.S. economic and financial data, including daily U.S. interest rates, monetary and business indicators and exchange rates. From the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. There is also a link to home pages of other Federal Reserve district banks.

The Government Information Sharing Project

The Government Information Sharing Project from Oregon State University includes online access to the Regional Economic Information System, the 1992 Economic Census, U.S. Imports/Exports History: 1991-1995, the Consolidated Federal Funds Report: 1986-95, and much more. All components are searchable.

Highway Statistics

Federal Highway Administration's Highway Statistics are available in PDF format.

IDB - International Data Base

The International Data Base (IDB) is a computerized data bank containing statistical tables of demographic, and socio-economic data for all countries of the world.

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

As a member of the ICPSR, Columbia University students, faculty, and staff can access numerous data sources. For more information, visit Electronic Data Service in 201 Lehman Library.

Info Nation

"InfoNation is an easy-to-use, two-step database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations."

International Monetary Fund's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board

The International Monetary Fund's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board (DSBB) provides links to key information about economic and financial data disseminated by member countries that subscribe to the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS). The DSBB provides information prepared by countries in support of their observance of the IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS).

IRS TaxStats

Iinformation about the financial composition of individuals, business taxpayers, tax exempt organizations and more. This data has been sampled from all kinds of returns and sorted in lots of interesting ways.

National Center for Education Statistics

Gateway to publications and online statistics.

New York State Data Center

The State Data Center is a cooperative program with the U.S. Bureau of the Census for managing the dissemination of Census, state and federal statistical information.

OECD Statistical Sources

This site contains recentstatistics of OECD Member countries, latest short term indicators, and frequently requested statistics.

Outside sites for Statistical Data

Collected by Electronic Data Service (EDS).

Purchasing Power Profiles (from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee)

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment and Training Institute provides comparison data on purchasing power, business activity, and workforce density for all census tracts, residential ZIP codes, and the 100 largest metro areas in the U.S. The profiles are designed to help cities, companies, developers, small business owners, and community organizations assess the advantages of urban density for underserved city neighborhoods.

SEDAC Catalog Search

Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center searchable database of datasets available. See also parent page: http://www.ciesin.org/.

Social Indicators of Development

Interactive query of the World Bank's dataset containg 125 socioeconomic variables from more than 170 economies for the period 1965-1993.

Statistics

From the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE), this site includes links to various statistical sources internationally.

Stat-USA 

Columbia University Libraries subscribes to this site. The site provides access to a variety of government statistical information. Includes information from the National Trade Data Bank compact disc, the current Economic Bulletin Board (also found at the University of Michigan site listed above), Global Business Procurement Opportunities (including the Commerce Business Daily and the Trade Opportunity Leads), and the Bureau of Economic Analysis - (including information not found at their website). Also contains press releases from the government for various statistical figures.

Trends in Developing Economies

Trends in Developing Economies (TIDE) provides brief reports on most of the World Bank's borrowing countries. This compendium of individual country economic trends complements the World Bank's World Development Report, which looks at major global and regional economic trends and their implications for the future prospects of the developing economies. TIDE digests information from national sources and adds staff commentary to explain recent developments.

United Nations Statistics Division

From the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, this page is a gateway to links to statistics, methodology, publications and data sets and contact information.

U.S. Census Bureau Economic Programs

A comprehensive collection of statistics related to economic programs associated with the Census Bureau. Find national and subnational data on foreign trade, county business patterns, e-commerce statistics and much more.

World Development Indicators Site

From the World Bank, the World Development Indicators web site provides access to a selection of current data from the most recent issue of WDI.