Statistics and Data Resources

The Statistics Resources guide recommends starting points for data sources from a variety of vendors, organizations, and agencies, including federal agencies. Due to various circumstances, including administrative transitions, federal data that was once accessible may become unavailable from the original federal source. However, many organizations and institutions actively work to archive federal and other data for future purposes, often referred to as Data Rescue efforts. If you are searching for federal data that is currently unavailable, we recommend exploring the resources listed below.

For continually updated information on government actions with potential impacts on research, refer to the Council on Government Relations (COGR) Administration Transition Information & Resources page.

Can't find the data you need? Contact your librarian to discuss strategies or possible alternative data sources.

Census Quick Facts - provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.

Data.Census.Gov - is one of the most popular ways to pull Census data.  The Census collects and disseminates data about business and economy, employment, government, health, housing, income, poverty, and population.  The Census Academy has tutorials on how to use their products.

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's data and statistics page is a collection of data about a wide variety of health topics. 

Arizona's Economic Indicators from Eller College of Management's Economic and Business Research Center (EBRC).

Arizona-Mexico Economic Indicators - Arizona-Mexico Economic Indicators: Arizona’s Trade & Competitiveness in the U.S.-Mexico Region focuses on Arizona’s trade with Mexico, assessment of the role of Arizona’s border ports of entry (BPOE) in the U.S.-Mexico border region, and monitoring key indicators of Mexico’s economy. 

University Libraries Data Cooperative - The Data Cooperative is a Library-based hub of data support services and resources for the UA faculty, staff, and student community. We aim to help individuals build capacity and foster interdisciplinary connections to solve research problems relating to data management, data science, visualization, and geospatial applications.

Data sources:

• Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) provides the leading business intelligence, data analytics, and research platform to global institutions—enabling historical analysis and insight into the latest innovations in academic research.  WRDS is available to all UArizona faculty, instructor, librarian, or Ph.D. candidates.  You must register on their site and be approved by the finance department.  WRDS is a resource provided by the Eller College of Management.


• Data Axle Reference Solutions (formerly ReferenceUSA) historical data sets. The ReferenceUSA datasets from Data Axle (formerly Infogroup) contain establishment-level data about US businesses in annual snapshots from 1997-2019.