Political Science: Statistics

A comprehensive guide to demographics, education, elections, health, taxes/revenue, commerce/workforce, and crime - curated by the S.C. State Library.

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.

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.

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

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.