Data Sources

The following are a select list of data sources you can use to inform your research. If you have any questions or need help finding other data sources, just contact us.

NYC & NEW YORK STATE

CitiBike System Data This link opens in a new window
CitiBike releases data on bike rides throughout the city of New York. The data is available to download quarterly.
this database record is originally from NYU's Data Services: https://guides.nyu.edu/datasources/by-topic
New York State Open Data Portal This link opens in a new window
rings together local, state, and federal data in one place, searchable by location or subject.
this database record is originally from NYU's Data Services: https://guides.nyu.edu/datasources/by-topic
NYC Open Data This link opens in a new window
NYC Open Data makes the wealth of public data generated by various New York City agencies and other City organizations available for public use.
this database record is originally from NYU's Data Services: https://guides.nyu.edu/datasources/by-topic

U.S. FEDERAL

AHRQ Data Resources This link opens in a new window
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is the lead Federal agency charged with improving the safety and quality of healthcare for all Americans. AHRQ develops the knowledge, tools, and data needed to improve the healthcare system and help consumers, healthcare professionals, and policymakers make informed health decisions.
ALFRED (Archival Federal Reserve Economic Data) This link opens in a new window
Allows users to download data sets from a specific date in history, as far back as 1927 in some cases.
This database record is originally from NYU's Data Services: https://guides.nyu.edu/datasources/by-topic
Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) This link opens in a new window
A collection of surveys, polls, and other data submitted by researchers, including nearly 400 data files. Currently housed in the Social Science Research Institute at the Pennsylvania State University, the ARDA is funded by the Lilly Endowment, the John Templeton Foundation, and the Pennsylvania State University. Includes National Profiles, U.S. Denominations, and GIS Maps and Reports regarding religion.
This database record is originally from NYU's Data Services: https://guides.nyu.edu/datasources/by-topic
BEA Data (Bureau of Economic Analysis) This link opens in a new window
The BEA prepares national, regional, industry, and international accounts that present essential information on such key issues as economic growth, regional economic development, interindustry relationships, and the Nation's position in the world economy.
this database record is originally from NYU's Data Services: https://guides.nyu.edu/datasources/by-topic
Bureau of Labor Statistics Subject Areas This link opens in a new window
The Bureau of Labor Statistics 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.
this database record is originally from NYU's Data Services: https://guides.nyu.edu/datasources/by-topic
Bureau of Transportation Statistics Data Index This link opens in a new window
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), part of the Department of Transportation (DOT) is the preeminent source of statistics on commercial aviation, multimodal freight activity, and transportation economics, and provides context to decision makers and the public for understanding statistics on transportation.
this database record is originally from NYU's Data Services: https://guides.nyu.edu/datasources/by-topic
CARES Data List This link opens in a new window
CARES' mission is to link public information and spatial dynamics for timely policy decision-support, through interactive visualization and spatial analysis. In 2008, CARES merged with the former Community Information Resource Center (CIRC) and Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI).
this database record is originally from NYU's Data Services: https://guides.nyu.edu/datasources/by-topic
Census Data This link opens in a new window
The US Census Bureau provides a variety of tools you can use to explore, analyze and visualize Census data.
Crime Data Explorer This link opens in a new window
The FBI's Crime Data Explorer (CDE) aims to provide transparency, create easier access, and expand awareness of criminal, and noncriminal, law enforcement data sharing; improve accountability for law enforcement; and provide a foundation to help shape public policy with the result of a safer nation. Use the CDE to discover available data through visualizations, download data in .csv format, and other large data files.
Data.ed.gov This link opens in a new window
Data.ed.gov is the U.S. Department of Education’s solution for publishing, finding, and accessing our public data profiles. This open data catalog brings together the Department’s data assets in a single location, making them available with their metadata, documentation, and APIs for use by the public.
This project has not officially launched yet.
DataShop @ CMU This link opens in a new window
Provides access to school district geographic and demographic data useful for describing and analyzing characteristics of school districts, children, and K-12 education.
this database record is originally from NYU's Data Services: https://guides.nyu.edu/datasources/by-topic
Federal Reserve Economic Data - FRED This link opens in a new window
FRED (Federal Reserve Economic Data) is a database of over 15,000 US economic time series.
this database record is originally from NYU's Data Services: https://guides.nyu.edu/datasources/by-topic
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) This link opens in a new window
ICPSR is a social science repository that includes curated data sets pertaining to many disciplines within the social sciences. ICPSR contains original codebooks and descriptions of methodology, offers multiple file format downloads, and links data to relevant scholarly research. Users can search at the variable level and trace datasets to their use in academic publications.
this database record is originally from NYU's Data Services: https://guides.nyu.edu/datasources/by-topic
KIDS COUNT Data Center This link opens in a new window
KIDS COUNT® (LA INFANCIA CUENTA™) provides legislators, public officials and child advocates with reliable data, policy recommendations and tools to advance policies that benefit children.
National Center for Education Statistics DataLab This link opens in a new window
The National Center for Education Statistics collects, collates, analyzes, and reports complete statistics on the condition of American education. It also conducts and publishes reports, and reviews and reports on education activities internationally.
this database record is originally from NYU's Data Services: https://guides.nyu.edu/datasources/by-topic
Pew Research Center Tools and Resources This link opens in a new window
The Center is an independent opinion research group that studies politics, public policy issues, and attitudes toward the press. It is best known for regular national surveys that measure public attentiveness to major news stories, and for polling that charts trends in values and fundamental political and social attitudes.
this database record is originally from NYU's Data Services: https://guides.nyu.edu/datasources/by-topic
Resource Center for Minority Data This link opens in a new window
The mission for the Resource Center for Minority Data (RCMD) is to provide educators, researchers, and students with data resources so that they can produce analysis of issues affecting racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States. RCMD provides access and analytic tools enhancements to use on the vast array of available data.
WomanStats Project This link opens in a new window
The WomanStats Project is a team at Texas A&M University dedicated to the continual expansion of the WomanStats Database, the largest cross-national compilation of data, statistics, and maps on the status of women worldwide. Organized by country, it includes over 350 variables for 176 countries.
this database record is originally from NYU's Data Services: https://guides.nyu.edu/datasources/by-topic

INTERNATIONAL

EM-DAT, The International Disaster Database This link opens in a new window
EM-DAT contains essential core data on the occurrence and effects of over 22,000 mass disasters in the world from 1900 to the present day. The database is compiled from various sources, including UN agencies, non-governmental organisations, insurance companies, research institutes and press agencies.
IMF Data This link opens in a new window
The International Monetary Fund’s new and improved dissemination platform, providing greater data visualization and statistical tools. The suite of tools offered by the platform is extensive and strengthens the narrative and analysis of data and allows users to customize their data experience.
UNdata This link opens in a new window
The data download portal of the United Nations, with datasets from the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), World Health Organization (WHO), and more. Search by country, year, and indicator and create custom data extracts to download. Includes an API that developers can use to query, display results externally, and download to local storage for further analysis.
this database record is originally from NYU's Data Services: https://guides.nyu.edu/datasources/by-topic
World Bank Open Data This link opens in a new window
Free and open access to global development data. Browse by Country or Indicator.

International Historical Statistics: The Americas 1750-1988 by Brian Mitchell
Publication Date: 2016