General Sources - U.S. and International - Statistics & Data - Research guides at University of Waterloo

United States

Statistical Abstract of the United States
The authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Published since 1878. A convenient volume for statistical reference and a guide to sources of more information both in print and on the Web.

Sources of data include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations.
U.S. Census Bureau
Includes demographic and industry/economic statistics and data
ICPSR
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. It hosts 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.

International

OECD iLibrary
Full text documents and statistical sets from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Coverage: 1998 - present
International Financial Statistics (from the IMF)
Internationally comparable, country-level economic and financial time series data. Standard source of statistics on all aspects of international and domestic finance.
Coverage: varies

Eurostat
Provides access to the publications and statistics from the EU, with data in economics, population, agriculture, trade, transportation, and the environment.
IPUMS International
IPUMS Integrated Census Samples. Registration is required to ensure that researchers respect the conditions of use
UN Data
UN Monthly Bulletin of Statistics Online
World Bank Open Data