Online Databases
Oregon
- University of Oregon Library's bibliography of local data sources. Eugene, OR
Marion Polk County Community Health Information Project (CHIP)
Local area statistics used to assess neighborhood and city health.- Information from a biennial household telephone survey produced by the State of Oregon. Provides statistically reliable data on Oregon's population between decennial censuses. Salem, OR
- Maintained by the Oregon State library, this site offers links to Oregon-related statistics.
California
- A University of California-Berkeley database that has access to general US social and political data.
- Eight main categories.
- California data and information.
- California statistics in twelve categories.
- Selected data and statistics for the state.
- Provides California data and research links.
Washington
- Information on business and industry, employment, healthcare, transportation, etc.
- Offers data resources in fifteen categories.
- Local city and general state resources.
British Columbia
- British Columbia statistics and related links.
- Statistics for BC and greater Canada.
- Links to Canadian statistical resources and agencies.
Geographic Information Systems
ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute) Online University Database
An online list of academic GIs programs provided by ESRI.- ESRI's site for the promotion and education of the GIs community.
- Interactive mapping and geoscience data analysis site (global geographic information with several areas of focus including the US). Cornell University, NY.
- This site has several different organized paged links to various GIs sites on the web. Highly recommended!
- National Geographic's contribution to the world of online GIs; this site is a high quality example of interactive data mapping over the Internet.
- Provides academic access to extensive collections of national numeric and geospatial data files, as well as other services.
National
- An excellent interactive/GIs database for 1990 census data. Washington DC.
- CDC's web site for online access to their data and statistics, primarily health and disease related data. Atlanta, GA.
- A Java program for accessing 1990 Census data. New York, NY.
- Emory University Library's online database collection (mostly national, but some local and international.) Atlanta, GA.
- Uses imagemaps and cgi to access various demographic, economic, and census data. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.
- Harvard-MIT online databases. Tons of social and political science data! Cambridge, MA.
- The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (has world's largest archive of computerized social science data). University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
- A new project dedicated to collecting and distributing census data from around the world. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
- Hooked up to ICPSR. Tons of data on a large variety of topics. Los Angeles, CA.
National Agricultural Statistics Service for US Agriculture Statistical Information and Geographics
Provides access to US agricultural data by national, state, or county level. Washington, DC.- US health statistics. University of Michigan.
- Various searchable and downloadable data on virtually any topic. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
- Social and economic data on the US and other countries. Palisades, NY.
- Membership required to access their national social statistics. Los Altos, CA.
- US urban statistics in pre-made maps and downloadable data formats. Rutgers University: Bloustein School, New Brunswick, NJ.
- Site with FTP access to socio-demographic data from the US Census. Washington, DC.
- US Department of Agriculture's census division. This has national agricultural data organized both by geography and subject. Washington, DC.