• ICPSR
  world's largest archive of social and political science data
  
• Odum Institute
  nation's oldest multidisciplinary social science university institute with a large repository of datasets.
   

• NationMaster
  vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. You can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease.

• Census Bureau
  collector of the nation's demographic and economic data.

Digitized Copies of Historical Censuses
(1950) (1960) (1970) (1980) (1990) (other)

• Factfinder
  part of the Census Bureau that displays population numbers from the 1990 Census, Census 2000, and the latest Population Estimates data, as well as selected links to tables and maps showing population data.
   
• Historical Statistics of the U.S.
  Source for statistical facts of American history.

Opinion Polls

• Gallup Brain
  Questions and responses from The Gallup Poll since 1935.

• Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
  comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States.
   
• Fedstats
  statistics from more than 100 government agencies
• Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data from more than 100 sources about many aspects of criminal justice in the United States. These data are displayed in over 1,000 tables.

• NC State Data Center
  consortium of agencies cooperating with the US Bureau of the Census to provide the public with data about North Carolina and its component geographic areas.

  LINC - Login to North Carolina
  The most valuable Web resource for NC statistical data. Over 1300 data items from state and federal agencies. Historical data and projections, 1960s to 2030.
   

• SC Office of Research & Statistics

SC Statistical Abstract
contains economic, demographic, and social data produced by a variety of state and federal agencies.

For more assistance in locating statistical data, please contact an appropriate subject specialist librarian or Reese Manceaux