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County and City Data Books for 1988 and 1994

The University of Virginia Social Science Data Center has made "County and City Data Books" for 1988 and 1994 available to be searched via the Web. "County and City Data Book" is a Census Bureau publication which is distributed every four to six years. It contains over 200 demographic, economic, and governmental variables from both federal government and private agency sources, presented for the...

https://ccdb.lib.virginia.edu/
International Data Base (IDB)

The US Census Bureau provides this excellent, interactive searchable database of international statistical information. The Census Bureau's IDB is highlighted by IDB Online Access, which allows the user to select one of 26 demographic, ethnic, and economic variables and any or "all [of] the countries in the world," and receive a table for that variable for the latest year, selected individual...

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/international-progra...
Baltic Sea Region: GIS, Maps and Statistical Database

The United Nations Environment Programme GRID-Arendal information center, UNEP/GRID-Arendal (described in the June 24, 1998 Scout Report for Science & Engineering) has recently released these data sets for the Baltic Sea Region. The data sets cover Arable Lands (350 K), Land and Ocean/Coastline (830 K), Land Cover (710 K), Pasture Lands (270 K), Population Density (890 K), Sub-watershed Drainage...

https://www.grida.no/resources/8300
Gridded Population of the World (GPW)

This multifaceted database from Columbia University's Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) offers best-available human census data in a newly revised, straightforward format. Designed "to facilitate the use of population data in interdisciplinary research," the Gridded Population of the World (GPW) database marks a breakthrough in data format (and therefore...

https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/theme/population
NationMaster

With endorsements from such respectable institutions as the New York Times and the BBC, NationMaster presents a formidable amount of data for the general public in a way that is both accessible and at times, downright addictive. The website brings together data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, the United Nations, as well as other such organizations. On the left-hand side of the page,...

https://www.nationmaster.com/
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IPUMS: National Historical Geographic Information System

The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides researchers and students interested in studying changes over time access to "population, housing, agricultural, and economic data, along with GIS-compatible boundary files, for geographic units in the United States from 1790 to the present." Visitors to this well-organized and regularly updated resource can use its data finder...

https://www.nhgis.org
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