LibGuides: Data Science Subject Guide: Datasets

Data Repositories

Use this specialized version of the Google search engine to access datasets:

Or, check this directory of open access data repositories by subject:

Or, search these massive repositories for downloadable data sets from a variety of fields:

Census Bureau Data Sets
Access datasets on demographics, taxes, the economy and more from the US Census Bureau.
Data.gov
Search and access open data sets from the agencies of the US federal government.
FiveThirtyEight
Download the data underlying their statistical analyses and information visualizations.
FRED Economic Data
Lengthy time-series data on the US and international economies.
HealthData.gov
Data sets on health topics as collected by the US government.
Pew Research Center
Download datasets from the Pew's survey research, organized by topic.
UNdata
Find data sets and statistics produced by the UN's member organizations.
World Bank Data
Open data sets of statistics about developing countries and international economies.