SW 340 Advocacy for Policy Change: Data & Statistics
Search across Federal and State Websites
- USA.govThe USA.gov website allows you to search multiple federal and state agency website and reports.
Data Sets and Statistics
- Proquest Statistical Abstract of the United States
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Maintains the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States. - Sage DataContains national, state-level, and local level historical data for the areas of agriculture, crime and law enforcement, defense, economy, education, employment and labor, energy and environment, geography, government finances, health, households and housing, political science, population, social welfare as well as transportation. Replaces Sage Stats.
- National Equity AtlasThe Atlas presents data on changing demographics, racial inclusion, and the economic benefits of equity by region, state, and nationwide.
US Agency Data Sets
- Children's Bureau. Office of the Administration for Children and FamiliesThe Children’s Bureau (CB) partners with federal, state, tribal and local agencies to improve the overall health and well-being of our nation’s children and families.
- National Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
- National Institute of Mental Health StatisticsStatistics currently available on the prevalence, treatment, and costs of mental disorders for the population of the United States, in addition to information about possible consequences of mental illnesses, such as suicide and disability.
- U.S. Bureau of Justice StatisticsStatistical information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
- Census Bureau
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Offers population, housing, economic, trends, and geographic data.
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Child Welfare Information GatewayProvide access to publications, websites, databases, and online learning tools for improving child welfare practice.
- National Center for Health StatisticsCompiles statistical information to guide actions and policies to improve the health of U.S. citizens.
- SAMHSA's Office of Applied StatisticsCollects the latest national data on alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drug abuse including data on drug related emergency department episodes, medical examiner cases, and about the nation's substance abuse treatment system.
- HUD UserProvides data sets generated by the HUD Office of Policy Development and Research. Effors include the American Housing Survey, HUD median family income limits, and microdata from research initiatives such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population.
- Compendium of National Juvenile Justice Data SetsMaintains data sets about juvenile offending, victimization, and contact with the juvenile justice system. Data sources include official records and self-report data from surveys.
Statistics
Statistics and Data Interpretation for Social Work (ebook) by Publication Date: 2012-02-01
ICPSR
- ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research)Archives social science data that includes aging, child care, criminal justice, demography, education, political science as well as public and mental health.
Oregon and Portland Metro Data & Statistics
- Data Resource Center, Metro Regional GovernmentMetro’s Data Resource Center provides state-of-the-art mapping, spatial analysis, regional economic analysis and demographic forecasting for Metro, its regional partners, businesses and the public. Use "MetroMap" map viewer online.
- https://www.portlandmaps.com/Created by the City of Portland to provide a new way of accessing public data, including Census data, building permits, crime data, and more.
- Oregon Health Authority Data & StatisticsOregon Public Health Division's data and statistics on health behaviors, diseases and injuries.