Find statistics or data with Statista
Where can I get data about my topic?
- There are many different places to find data about your topic, but I suggest starting with Statista, a website which compiles data that is available from across the web.
- On the Statista website, search for your topic. You should see a chart of the data and a description of where it comes from below the chart.
- Statista IS NOT the source of the data. You should cite the source listed on the page.
- Example: this data on public opinion in regards to gun safety and ownership comes from the Pew Research Center, so they should be cited as the source of the data. Check out the example citation below.
- I've also listed a variety of topic-specific websites below that you can use to find data.
Example APA Citation:
Pew Research Center. (2012). What do you think is more important - protecting the right of Americans to own guns, or controlling gun ownership (United States, July 2012). Retrieved from https://www.statista.com/statistics/237372/survey-on-the-importance-of-gun-control-and-gun-ownership-in-the-us/.
You could also use the link to the original article on the Pew Research Center site and cite that instead. Here is an APA citation for the page from which Statista drew the data for the citation listed above:
Pew Research Center. (2012). Views on gun laws unchanged after Aurora shooting. Retrieved from https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2012/07/30/views-on-gun-laws-unchanged-after-aurora-shooting/.
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Statista
Statista is an excellent source of business, economic, political, social, and historical statistics. It is a great place to simply search for your topic to find loads of relevant and useful statistics.
Other Data Sources
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Pew Research Center for People and the PressThe Pew Research Center compiles statistics on public opinion toward political and social issues including some major issues in the news such as immigration, health care, taxes and spending, gay marriage and attitudes towards news organizations.
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SimplyAnalyticsSimplyAnalytics provides demographic, business, or marketing data from the state down to the local level, allowing users to create customized maps and reports with an almost unlimited number of variables.
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Health StatisticsHealth statistics from the US National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
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Bureau of Labor StatisticsStatistics on employment, occupations, industry and demographics from the US government.
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Migration Population StatisticsStatistics on Americans born in other countries from the US Census Bureau.
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Education StatisticsFrom the National Center for Education Statistics.
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CQ Press Political Reference Suite of Online EditionsCQ Press Political Reference Suite of Online Editions integrates many of CQ Press's acclaimed reference titles on government and politics into a user-friendly, electronic format that offers a number of Web-enabled features that makes navigating this wealth of content intuitive and easy.
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Europa World PlusProvides economic, political and geographic background information and statistical data by country, and includes thousands of directory contact details with click-through web links and a comprehensive listing of some 1,900 international organizations.
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Statistical Abstract of the United StatesA collection of statistics about the US from a number of federal agencies. This series was ended in 2011.