Research Guides: Find Data and Statistics: Demographics & Population

U.S. Bureau of the Census

Current Population Survey
Sponsored jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), is the primary source of labor force statistics for the population of the United States.
U.S. Census A - Z Topics
Find statistics collected by the U.S. Census by topic area.

Population Reference Bureau Resource Library
Search for data and policy products on population, health, and environment issues. Browse collections, explore policy briefs, watch videos, and put the data in context.
Population Reference Bureau Data Sheets
Ready references of demographic and health indicators by country and region including population projections and key data insights.
Population Reference Bureau International Data
Includes indicators, regions, and countries.
Population Reference Bureau United States Indicators
Demographers in PRB’s U.S. Programs have selected key U.S. indicators that can be viewed in map, tabular, and trend chart formats, by state and county. Use the indicator selection button above to select from the available indicators.

Country Comparison: Population
Compares estimates from the U.S. Bureau of the Census based on statistics from population censuses, vital statistics registration systems, or sample surveys pertaining to the recent past and on assumptions about future trends.
HUD User Datasets
HUD provides interested researchers with access to the original datasets generated by PD&R-sponsored data collection efforts, including the American Housing Survey, median family incomes and income limits, as well as microdata from research initiatives on topics such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population.
National Vital Statistics System

Data Sharing for Demographic Research
Provides resources to demographic data producers and users, including confidentiality and disclosure review, restricted data contract development and data dissemination, a searchable index of important demography and population study data, and a catalogue of publications using data indexed.
Humanitarian Data Exchange
Open platform for sharing data across crises and organizations. HDX is managed by OCHA's Centre for Humanitarian Data, which is located in The Hague, the Netherlands. OCHA is part of the United Nations Secretariat and is responsible for bringing together humanitarian actors to ensure a coherent response to emergencies.
IPUMS USA
Collects, preserves and harmonizes U.S. census microdata and provides easy access to this data with enhanced documentation. Data includes decennial censuses from 1790 to 2010 and American Community Surveys (ACS) from 2000 to the present.
National Historical Geographic Information System
Provides easy access to summary tables and time series of population, housing, agriculture, and economic data, along with GIS-compatible mapping files, for years from 1790 through the present and for all levels of U.S. census geography, including states, counties, tracts, and blocks.
UNICEF Data: Child Statistics
Leads the collection, validation, analysis, use and communication of the most statistically sound, internationally comparable data on the situation of children and women around the world.