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Statista is an easily searchable collection of statistics that are available on the open web, with a focus on market data and opinion research. Each graph includes links to the original data source, and allows you to download the data so you can manipulate it.

A place to get lost in, using data and understandable visuals to make sense of the world. "Gapminder identifies systematic misconceptions about important global trends and proportions and uses reliable data to develop easy to understand teaching materials to rid people of their misconceptions." Included here are

Data Planet lets you search for and analyze data sets on a wide range of topics. Use the search box to find data on your topic, or browse the list of subjects on the left side of the page.

This Pew project conducts public opinion survey research and demographic research.
"We generate a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and supports sound decision-making. We are nonprofit, nonpartisan and nonadvocacy. We value independence, objectivity, accuracy, rigor, humility, transparency and innovation."

More more more places to find useful data and stats.

Access more than 100,000 datasets produced across the federal, state and local governments of the U.S.

Provides data related to demographic, business, consumer expenditures, crime, health, and quality of life data from the state down to the local level. Allows users to create customized maps and reports with different variables.

The UN Data site provides a wide variety of statistics that can be searched from the home page. Scroll down and you can also browse the statistics by topic.

Ongoing nation-wide phone surveys of health-related risk behaviors. 1984-ongoing.