Finding Government Data Sources

A free, open-source platform focused on making American Community Survey (ACS) data more accessible, including the recent upload of the 2023 1-Year ACS data

Provides access to the world's social and economic data (including the USA). Note: data is drawn from US Census datasets, and thus may be impacted by federal orders.

Specifically provides data on work, housing, and community resources for households below the ALICE threshold (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed). The data is provided by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Public Use Microdata Sample. 2022 Report with 2024 update.

Free, open source data, including some demographic data. Short for Federal Reserve Economic Data, FRED is an online database consisting of hundreds of thousands of economic data time series from scores of national, international, public, and private sources. Created and maintained by the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Data and policy tool that provides a detailed report card on racial and economic equity – this tool can provide a holistic Racial Equity Index snapchat of communities. The Atlas draws its data from a unique regional equity indicators database developed and maintained by two private institutions: PolicyLink and USC Equity Research Institute ERI.

This tool is aggregated data from many sources – it seems to be still able to categorize disadvantaged communities (by environmental and economic standards), as well as other critical data denotations that are increasingly hard to access

Economic Policy Institute’s library. Provides researchers, media, and the public with easily accessible, up-to-date, and comprehensive historical data on the American labor force. It is compiled from Economic Policy Institute analysis of government data sources. Use it to research wages, inequality, and other economic indicators over time and among demographic groups.

StatsAmerica is a service of the Indiana Business Research Center (IBRC) in the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. We maintain tens of thousands of data items from dozens of federal and state sources, along with some commercial or private source data, and a unique and useful set of tools and reports that focus on innovation capacity, resilience, equity and distress.

SciOp is the curated catalog/index of Safeguarding Research & Culture (SRC), an alternative infrastructure for archival and dissemination of cultural heritage and scientific knowledge. Browse or search datasets by keyword.

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. We do not take policy positions.

Run by Cornell University - Our mission is to collect, preserve, and disseminate public opinion data; to serve as a resource to help improve the practice of survey research; and to broaden the understanding of public opinion through the use of survey data in the United States and around the world.