LibGuides: Finding Data: Demographic Data (General)

Source

Mississippi populations

Mississippi Automated Resource Information System (MARIS)
Mississippi geographic data and mapped data sets (i.e. census data, cultural data, etc.)
Mississippi Public Universities
Data about Mississippi's 8 public Instituions of Higher Learning (IHL), including program offerings, report cards, enrollement, research profiles, and more.
Mississippi Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
The Behavioral Risk Factor Survey is an annual survey of Mississippi’s adult population about behaviors which affect risk of disease and disability.
Mississippi Today: Data
Data on current and trending Mississippi issues, such as economy, education, politics, and health, collected and displayed by Mississippi Today journalists.
DataUSA - Mississippi
Statistics on health, housing, economy, population, and more

National Data (United States)

Databases

Pew Research Center Data Sets
Find datasets compiled by Pew researchers, related to U.S. Politics & Policy, Journalism & Media, Internet, Science & Tech, Religion & Public Life, Hispanic Trends, Global Attitudes & Trends, Social & Demographic Trends, American Trends Panel, and Methodology

American FactFinder This link opens in a new window
American FactFinder is the primary way to access data from the Decennial Census, the American Community Survey, the Puerto Rico Community Survey, the Economic Census, the Population Estimates Program and Annual Economic Surveys. To learn more about the surveys and censuses, see the What We Provide section on the American FactFinder main page.
PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
PolicyMap offers easy-to-use online mapping with data on demographics, real estate, health, jobs and more in communities across the US. From the classroom to the boardroom, thousands of organizations trust PolicyMap to find the right data for their research, market studies, business planning, site selection, grant applications and impact analysis.

Web Links

County Health Rankings
The annual Rankings provide a revealing snapshot of how health is influenced by where we live, learn, work and play. They provide a starting point for change in communities.
United States Census Bureau
The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the nation's leading provider of quality data about its people and economy.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. Its mission is to collect, analyze, and disseminate essential economic information to support public and private decision making.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
For raw data from 1790 to 1970, historical Census information can be downloaded from the University of Michigan's Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS)
The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides easy access to summary tables and time series of population, housing, agriculture, and economic data, along with GIS-compatible boundary files, for years from 1790 through the present and for all levels of U.S. census geography, including states, counties, tracts, and blocks.
Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE)
The EDGE program develops information resources to identify and understand the social and spatial context of education in the U.S. It uses data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey to create custom indicators of social, economic, and housing conditions for school-age children and their parents.
DataUSA
National statistics in various areas, like industry, jobs, education, and more

International Data

UN Data
Download charts of international data/statistics about a country's population, education, economy, crime, gender, health, environment, culture, or government.
World Bank Open Data
Provides download access to over 2000 development indicators (i.e. agricultural development, aid effectiveness, climate change, and more) from the World Bank data sets
Demographic and Health Surveys
Since 1984, The Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program has provided technical assistance to more than 300 surveys in over 90 countries, advancing global understanding of health and population trends in developing countries.
International Macroeconomic Data Set - U.S. Dept of Agriculture Economic Research Service
The USDA's International Macroeconomic Data Set "provides data from 1969 through 2030 for real (adjusted for inflation) gross domestic product (GDP), population, real exchange rates, and other variables for the 190 countries and 34 regions that are most important for U.S. agricultural trade."