Primary History Data Sets & Statistics

Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition
The best starting-place for statistical information on the United States, for the colonial era and 1790-2000 (including the Confederate States of America). Presents 37,339 data series on population (i...   [more]

Important History Data Sets & Statistics

1940 Census
National Archives and Record Administration's site for accessing manuscript census schedule from the 1940 census....   [more]
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A Vision of Britain Through Time
A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends, census data and historical descriptions....   [more]
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African Economic History Network
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American National Election Studies
Also Known as: ANES National Election Studies NES
Time series data from surveys conducted during U.S. presidential and congressional election years, 1948-present....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    ANES data sets and codebooks (via ICPSRdirect)
    SDA interface to ANES 2000 data (crosstabs, subsetting, extracts)
    NES Bibliography
    NES Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior
    ANES data sets and codebooks (alternative via ICPSRdirect)

Decennials - Census of Population and Housing
Also Known as: Historical census volumes
PDF-format versions of historic US decennial census volumes, 1790 to present. Topics covered include basic counts of population and housing, with race and gender, for the nation, states, counties, tow...   [more]
Holdings: 1790 to present (backfile in progress: 1790-1860, 1990-2000 available)
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Economic History Data Desk: Economic History of Latin America, United States and New World, 1500-1900
Data Sets and related materials on Colonial Latin American commodity prices, mineral production, and related topics; the Royal treasury accounts from the cajas of Spanish Mexico and Peru. Also include...   [more]
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Economic Research at St. Louis Fed (FRED, ALFRED, FRASER, CASSIDI)
Time series data for U.S. macroeconomic research....   [more]
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Election Statistics / Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives
Also Known as: Statistics of the presidential and congressional election , Statistics of the congressional election
Fulltext (PDF and HTML) of biennial reports on results of U.S. congressional elections and quadrennial reports on U.S. presidential and congressional elections, 1920-present....   [more]
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Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Cultural Exchange
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Historical Census Browser
Also Known as: Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-1960
Population and housing data for all U.S. states and counties, 1790 to 1960, based on decennial census of population and housing. Provides basic counts of population and housing, including race, gend...   [more]
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How Much Is That Worth Today?
Currency converters for comparative historical values of both US and UK currencies....   [more]
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iPOLL
Also Known as: Roper Center, RPOLL
REQUIRES FREE REGISTRATION. Question-level data from public opinion polls. Almost 400,000 questions from polls, 1935 to present, based upon Roper Center-archived surveys with US national adult samples...   [more]
Holdings: 1935 to present. Updated daily.

National Archives Access to Archival Databases
Also Known as: AAD
Online access to a selection of databases and other highly structured electronic records collections held by the U.S. National Archives. Series include military and defense-related payments to foreign...   [more]
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Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1789-2006
Also Known as: Wilkes University Election Statistics Project
County-level election returns for Pennsylvania covering U.S. presidential (1789-2000), U.S. senatorial (1912-2000), and Pennsylvania gubernatorial elections (1790-2002), with calculated percentages an...   [more]
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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database
A single multisource dataset of trans-Atlantic slave voyages containing British, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch data. Provides details on 34,941 voyages....   [more]
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U.S. Census - Research Guide
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Related History Data Sets & Statistics

Polling the Nations
Primary data, fulltext for approximately 250,000 individual questions and aggregated responses, often cross tabulated by respondent characteristics, compiled from public opinion surveys. Topics cove...   [more]

Social Explorer
The Social Explorer produces maps and reports of US Census Tract level data from 1940-2000. Using high quality maps and data, they make available the full contents of the tract data for the United Sta...   [more]
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Social Science Electronic Data Library
Also Known as: Sociometrics SSEDL
- from Sociometrics
A numeric data archive providing microdata for research into AIDS/STD, disability in the U.S., the American family, adolescent pregnancy and pregnancy prevention, aging, and maternal drug abuse, ...   [more]

UK National Digital Archive of Datasets
Also Known as: NDAD
FREE BUT REQUIRES REGISTRATION. Documentation and data downloading from British central government agencies' data sets preserved by the UK National Archives (formerly Public Records Office). Data sets...   [more]
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World Bank Documents & Reports
Also Known as: World Development Sources, WDS
Page-image fulltext of more than 14,000 World Bank documents. Covers World Bank activities and interests worldwide in agriculture, economic policy, education and social protection, electrical power, o...   [more]
Holdings: 1960-present. Updated weekly.
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