Sociology: Demographics/Statistics

A comprehensive guide to commerce and workforce statistics curated by the S.C. State Library. Click on other tabs for stats on education, elections, health, taxes/revenue, and crime.

Need mortality statistics? Start here!

Use this website to locate world economic, social, and political indicators, and to get access to the annual World Development Report from 1978 to the present. Hosted by the World Bank Group.

Start here to locate international information and data about hundreds of issues, from Access to Information to Youth issues.

Need statistics about children's health, education and social issues? Start here.

Review and gather demographic and social data from the cecennial census.

Compare countries via charts and maps. Over 500 indicators about health, education, technology and more are available.

Washington Post's no-spin data on fatal police shootings in the United States. Filters include race, gender, age, State, and more. This link goes to 2015 and leads to 2016 and 2017 real-time data.

Offering a broad range of primary sources focusing on the lives of everyday Londoners. Manuscripts and datasets offering information on crime, poverty, illness and other social conditions are housed on this useful site.

Hosted by the University of Portsmouth, this website offers a unique view of Britain via historical maps, statistical data, travel writings, and more.

Using information from primary source newspapers and Manhattan District Attorney files, you'll see a picture of life for common African-American citizens living in Harlem. Topics include family, racism, and issues surrounding marginalized societies.

From the United States Census Bureau, you can find social, demographic, economic and housing demographics in communities.

Scroll over a state to see data on earnings, education, life expectancy, and other demographic and socioeconomic indicators. Also includes political information, from congressional districts to voter participation.