Demographic Resources

The following are sources for secondary demographic research. Note: ($$) denotes sources that charge a fee for information.

($$) American Demographics magazine (www.americandemographics.com) --Reports on the trends that shape consumer marketing.

American Sociological Association (www.asanet.org) -- Non-profit membership association that provides free data briefs, articles and research.

Bureau of the Census (www.census.gov) -- Conducts the decennial census of population and housing, demographic and economic censuses, and more than 200 annual surveys, many of them for other government agencies.

($$) Claritas Inc. (www.claritas.com) -- Provides demographic data, reports, maps and software. 

Data Online for Population, Health and Nutrition (DOLPHN) (www.phnip.com/dolphn) -- An online statistical data resource containing selected current and historical country-level demographic and health indicator data.

Demographic Research(www.demographic-research.org) -- A peer-reviewed journal specializing in international demographic data published by the German-based Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.

Population Reference Bureau (http://www.prb.org/) -- Provides timely and objective information on U.S. and international population trends and their implications.

Sprawl City (www.sprawlcity.org) -- A web site about consumption growth and population growth and their roles in urban sprawl. Includes articles, charts, graphs, U.S. federal data, and links to other web sites.

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (www.uis.unesco.org) -- Provides global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication.

United States Demographic Research (http://docs.lib.duke.edu/federal/guides/us_demographic.html) -- Provides demographic data for the United States and its geographic subdivisions, including states, counties, metropolitan areas, Congressional Districts, etc. In addition to total population, the resources present data for age, race, sex, and so on. 

University of Michigan Documents Center Statistical Resources on the Web: Demographics and Housing (http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stdemog.html) -- An extensive list of resources for finding demographic data, especially sources containing U.S. Census data.

U.S. Department of Commerce (www.doc.gov) -- Gathers vast quantities of economic and demographic data, issues patents and trademarks, helps set industrial standards, forecasts the weather, researches the oceans and oversees telecommunications policy.U.S.

Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov) – Provides impartial, timely, and accurate data relevant to the social and economic conditions of the nation, its workers, its workplaces, and the workers' families.

($$) USADATA (www.usadata.com) – Provides census-type statistics such as age, income, gender, marital status, and home ownership, forecasted consumer expenditures on over 400 products and services, and retail sales potential by store type.

The White House's Social Statistics Briefing Room (www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/ssbr.html) -- Provides easy access to current Federal social statistics.

Also:

  • Web sites for your state, city and township


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