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Geography

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Introduction

Statistical data can do several things. They can help you prove a point, refute a point and cause confusion everywhere! So what statistical resources does the library have and how do you get to them?

The list below is a selection of statistical resources the library subscribes to or which are freely available. This list is not exhaustive, but it does give you an idea of where to look for statistics.

Quick Look-ups for Statistical data

Besides the resources below, there are also statistical abstracts for other countries of the world in our collection. You can find them by doing a subject search in the online catalog for "[country name] statistics."

  • Guide to official statistics
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry HA 37 .G5816 1976 -
    The Office for National Statistics of the United Kingdom publishes this book. It tells you what type of statistics they collect, where they are and what agency collects them.
  • Resource logoInternational database by U.S. Census Bureau
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    • Link
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    The IDB helps the U.S. government and the public answer fundamental questions about the people and places of our world. These data inform program planning, policymaking, educational, and research data users. We have produced these data since the 1960s, and we have published our results on census.gov since 1996. We regularly update the IDB and release the results online. ...
  • UN Data logoWorld statistics pocketbook by United Nations. Statistical Division
    • Open Access Icon
    • E-Book
    Call Number: eBook
    This is a compilation of basic economic and social indicators for countries in the world. The book also includes the sources for the statistics listed.

International Monetary Fund databases

  • Balance of payments statistics by International Monetary Fund
    • On Campus or VPN
    • Database
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    Balance of Payments Statistics summarizes, for a specific period, the economic transactions of an economy with the rest of the world.
  • Direction of trade statistics by International Monetary Fund
    • On Campus or VPN
    • Database
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    The DOTS presents, for most member countries of the International Monetary Fund (the Fund), current figures on the value of merchandise exports and imports disaggregated according to their most important trading partners. This online edition currently covers 1999 to 2009.
  • Government finance statistics by International Monetary Fund
    • On Campus or VPN
    • Database
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    GFS Online contains detailed annual statistical data on revenue, expense, transactions in assets and liabilities, and stocks of assets and liabilities of general government and its subsectors as reported by member countries.
  • International financial statistics by International Monetary Fund
    • On Campus or VPN
    • Database
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    The IFS database contains approx. 32,000 time series covering more than 200 countries and areas and includes all series appearing on the IFS country pages. ...

Development statistic(s)

  • ARDA: American religion data archives
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) strives to democratize access to the best data on religion.
  • Countrydata by PRS Group
    • On Campus or VPN
    • Database
    Countrydata offers political, economic, financial, and social data for over 140 countries, in most cases back to 1984.
  • Food and Agriculture Organization
    FAOSTAT from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    FAOSTAT provides free access to food and agriculture data for over 245 countries and territories and covers all FAO regional groupings from 1961 to the most recent year available.
  • Gender statistics - United Nations
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    The Global Gender Statistics Programme is mandated by the United Nations Statistical Commission, implemented by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and coordinated by the Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Gender Statistics IAEG-GS. ...
  • UN DP logo
    Human development reports
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    These reports provide statistics on economic development and the quality of life around the world.
  • IFES ElectionGuide
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    The ElectionGuide is the most comprehensive and timely source of verified election information available online.
  • United States. Department of Agriculture logo
    National agricultural statistics service - USDA
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts hundreds of surveys every year and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture. Production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, farm finances, chemical use, and changes in the demographics of U.S. producers are only a few examples. ...
  • UNdata logo
    UNdata
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    • Database
    This database covers all countries and areas and selected series from more specialized international data sources.
  • UNESCO Institute for Statistics (IUS)
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the official and trusted source of internationally-comparable data on education, science, culture and communication. As the official statistical agency of UNESCO, the UIS produces a wide range of indicators in UNESCO’s fields of action by working with national statistical offices, line ministries and other statistical organizations. ...
  • World Bank logo
    World Development Indicators (WDI) Online
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    World Development Indicators (WDI) is the World Bank’s premier compilation of cross-country comparable data on development.

United States statistical sources

  • Bureau of Justice Statistics logo
    Bureau of Justice Statistics
    • Database
    • Link
    The mission of BJS is to collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. BJS also provides financial and technical support to state, local, and tribal governments to improve both their statistical capabilities and the quality and utility of their criminal history records. ...
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics logo
    Bureau of Labor Statistics
    • Database
    • Link
    You can find statistics of all types here such as Prices, Employment, Pay, Time Use and International statistics.
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics logo
    Consumer Expenditure Survey
    • Link
    How do Americans spend their money? The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) program consists of two surveys, the quarterly Interview Survey and the Diary Survey, that provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics.
  • Current Population Survey
    • Database
    • Link
    The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly survey of about 50,000 households conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The CPS is the primary source of information on the labor force characteristics of the U.S. population.
  • Data from the Department of Homeland Security
  • Data.gov logo
    Data.gov
    • Database
    • Link
    Data.gov's mission is to make machine readable, high value data more available to the public. You can do a keyword search or search by agency.
  • Bread for the World logo
    Hunger Statistics
    • Link
    From the Bread for the World Institute, data on hunger, foreign aid and poverty.
  • National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
    • Database
    Founded in 1920, the National Bureau of Economic Research is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works.
  • TracFed
    • On Campus or VPN
    • Database
    • Link
    TracFed describes itself as a unique source of authoritative information about federal government enforcement, staffing and spending.
  • Uniform Crime Reporting logo
    Uniform Crime Reporting
    • Link
    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) collects, published and archives data on criminal activities.

Crime data

  • Hall of Justice from the Sunlight Foundation
    • Link
    Hall of Justice, a project of the Sunlight Foundation, is a robust, searchable inventory of publicly available criminal justice datasets and research.
  • Uniform Crime Reporting logo
    Uniform Crime Reporting
    • Link
    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) collects, published and archives data on criminal activities.

Article index(es) for statistics

  • Current index to statistics extended database
    • On Campus or VPN
    • Database
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    This database contains bibliographic citations to statistical books and articles in more than 1,100 journals, with coverage generally extending back to 1974, and earlier in some instances.
  • Project euclid
    • Link
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    Project Euclid's mission is to advance scholarly communication in the field of theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics. Project Euclid is designed to address the unique needs of low-cost independent and society journals.

Help using statistics

  • Cover artElementary statistics for geographers by David L. Rigby; James E. Burt; Gerald M. Barber
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry G70.3 .B37 2009
    ISBN: 9781572304840
    Publication Date: 3rd ed.
    Widely adopted, this uniquely comprehensive text introduces the techniques and concepts of statistics in human and physical geography. Unlike other texts that gloss over the conceptual foundations and focus solely on method, the book explains not only how to apply quantitative tools but also why and how they work. ...
  • Cover artQuantitative geography: perspectives on spatial data analysis by A. Stewart Fotheringham; Chris Brunsdon; Martin Charlton
    • On Campus or VPN
    • E-Book
    Call Number: eBook
    ISBN: 9780761959489
    Integrating a discussion of the application of quantitative methods with practical examples, this book explains the philosophy of the new quantitative methodologies and contrasts them with the methods associated with geography's `Quantitative Revolution' of the 1960s. ...
  • Cover ArtQuantitative geography: the basics by Richard Harris
    • On Campus or VPN
    • E-Book
    Call Number: eBook
    ISBN: 9781446296530
    Numerical data are everywhere. Charts and statistics appear not just in geography journals but also in the media, in public policy, and in business and commerce too. To engage with quantitative geography, we must engage with the quantitative methods used to collect, analyse, present and interpret these data. Quantitative Geography: The Basics is the perfect introduction for undergraduates beginning any quantitative methods course. ...
  • Cover artStatistical methods for geography: a student's guide by Peter A. Rogerson
    • Book
    Call Number: Baker-Berry G 70.3 .R64 2015
    ISBN: 9781446295731
    Publication Date: 4th ed.
    How do beginning students of statistics for geography learn to fully understand the key concepts and apply the principal techniques? This text provides exactly that resource. Accessibly written, and focused on student learning, it's a statistics 101 that includes definitions, examples, and exercise throughout. Now fully integrated with online self-assessment exercises and video navigation, it explains everything required to get full credits for any undergraduate statistics module: Descriptive statistics, probability, inferential statistics, hypothesis testing and sampling, variance, correlation, regression analysis, spatial patterns, spatial data reduction using factor analysis and cluster analysis. ...

Electronic resources

  • Google Public Data Explorer
    • Link
    The Google Public Data Explorer makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate. You can create small scale maps or charts online with the data available. At this point, the data available is limited.
  • UN DP logo
    Human development reports
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    These reports provide statistics on economic development and the quality of life around the world.
  • Statistical yearbooks from around the world
    Many thanks to Statistics Finland for their exhaustive list.
  • Statistics from the Human Development Reports
    • Link
    This page includes information and instructions on understanding and using the data.

More statistics online

  • Resource logoNationMaster.com
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    This is a massive, central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form above, you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease.
  • Pew Research logoPew Research Center
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    Call Number: Online resource
    The Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It does not take positions on policy issues. Its work is carried out by 8 projects. See the site for the projects.

Statistical Databases

  • USDA logoAgricultural statistics by United States. Dept of Agriculture. National Agricultural Statistics Service
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    Agricultural Statistics is published each year to meet the need for a reliable reference book on agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs, and returns.
  • Resource logoBureau of justice statistics by United States. Department of Justice
    • Database
    • Link
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    The mission of BJS is to collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. BJS also provides financial and technical support to state, local, and tribal governments to improve both their statistical capabilities and the quality and utility of their criminal history records.
  • China data online
    • On Campus or VPN
    • Database
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    A comprehensive database Web site focusing on economic statistics of China, arranged by regions and categories. It includes monthly and yearly reports on China's macro-economic development, statistical databases about China's population and economy at the county and city level, and financial indicators of more than 568 industrial branches. Also included are statistical yearbooks, industrial and marketing surveys, and an atlas of China.
    Please note: Dartmouth College Library only subscribes to "Census Map & Report and "Sample Data" at this time.
  • CountryData by PRS Group
    • On Campus or VPN
    • Database
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    Provides political, economic and financial ratings for over 160 countries back to the 1980s.
  • FAO logoFAOSTAT by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    An online, multilingual database currently containing over 1 million time-series records covering international statistics in: production, trade, food-balance sheets, food aid shipments, fertilizer and pesticides, land use and irrigation, forest and fishery products, agricultural machinery and population.
  • Human development reports by United Nations Development Programme
    • Link
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    These reports provide statistics on economic development and the quality of life around the world. The reports are also available online at the United Nations Development Programme site.
  • IFES Election Guide
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    Election Guide contains information on the electoral results, parties and parliaments of countries around the world.
  • International data base by U.S. Census Bureau
    • Database
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    The International Data Base (IDB) is a data bank containing statistical tables of demographic and socio-economic data for all countries of the world. ...
  • Statistics and indicators on men and women
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    This United Nations resource provides statistics and indicators on women and men in six specific fields of concern: population, families, health, education, work and politics and human rights. The data are compiled mainly from official national and international sources ... Other sources and estimates that have been subjected to peer review are used to supplement official sources. All sources are given at the end of each table, as are technical notes on the indicators presented."
  • UNdata by United Nations
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    This database covers all countries and areas and selected series from more specialized international data sources.
  • UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is the official and trusted source of internationally-comparable data on education, science, culture and communication. As the official statistical agency of UNESCO, the UIS produces a wide range of indicators in UNESCO’s fields of action by working with national statistical offices, line ministries and other statistical organizations. ...
  • World Bank logoWorld Development Indicators (WDI) Online by World Bank Group
    • Open Access Icon
    • Database
    Call Number: Electronic resource
    The World Development Indicators (WDI) is the World Bank's annual compilation of data about development. WDI includes approximately 800 indicators in 87 tables, organized in six sections: World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. The tables cover 152 economies and 14 country groups-with basic indicators for a further 55 economies.

Health

  • County Health Rankings
    • Link
    The County Health Rankings show us that where we live matters to our health. The health of a community depends on many different factors – ranging from individual health behaviors, education and jobs, to quality of health care, to the environment.
  • Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
    • Link
    The project uses Medicare data to provide information and analysis about national, regional, and local markets, as well as hospitals and their affiliated physicians.
  • Disability Statistics Center
    • Link
    The Disability Statistics Center produces and disseminates policy-relevant statistical information on the demographics and status of people with disabilities in American society. The Center's work focuses on how that status is changing over time with regard to employment, access to technology, health care, community-based services, and other aspects of independent living and participation in society. ...
  • Center for Disease Control & Prevention logo
    National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
    • Link
    The mission of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is to provide statistical information that will guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people. ...
  • Center for Disease Control & Prevention logo
    Integrated Health Interview Series (IHIS)
    • Link
    The main objective of the NHIS is to monitor the health of the United States population through the collection and analysis of data on a broad range of health topics. A major strength of this survey lies in the ability to categorize these health characteristics by many demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. ...
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