Poverty, The Structure of

2013 - present. Annual compendium published by the federal government. Older content from 1878-2012 is freely available online as Statistical Abstract of the United States (link below).

Daily. Data-Planet In-library and remote access
Provides easy access to an extensive repository of standardized and structured statistical data from banking to Zillow real estate data. Contains over 52 billion data points from over 6.2 billion datasets from more than 75 private and governmental organizations. Data can be presented in charts, maps, graphs, and tables. For help in using Data-Planet, see the Data-Planet Statistical Dataset LibGuide.

Weekly University of Michigan In-library and remote access
As a member of the ICPSR, Saint Louis University provides access for its students, faculty, and staff to a vast repository of social science data sets for research and instruction. Disciplines represented include political science, sociology, economics, history, education, gerontology, criminal justice, public health, foreign policy, and law. All faculty, students, and staff downloading data need to create a MyData account. You can find out more about MyData, from the ICPSR Help page. For a searchable list of articles, books, book chapters, dissertations, technical reports, etc., both published and unpublished, that analysed ICPSR data for some purpose, visit the ICPSR Bibliography of Data-related Literature.

(U.S. Census). 1790-present. Social Explorer. In-library and remote access.
Updated as available. An ideal tool for identifying geographical census areas in the United States by selecting map areas or selecting table variables and then viewing maps or creating reports from the U.S. Census data from 1790 to present. Also includes religion data, crime data from the UCR and FBI (2010 to most recent), Health Data (fro 2010 to present), i addition to the most recent United Kingdom Census, Canadian Census, and European Statistical Data (Eurostat).

1960 to 1-2 years ago. World Bank Group. In-library and remote access (free web resource).
Updated annually. This database provides over 500 timeseries for approximately 210 countries spanning various time periods from 1960 to one or two years prior to current year. Statistical series cover social, environment, economic, market, and global indicators as well as population projections. As of 2010, includes Global Development Finance, Gender Statistics, Education Statistics, Africa Development Indicators, and more. Browse data by country, indicator, or topic; or create a data set by selecting country or countries, indicator(s), and time frame. View data, export data, or create a formatted report.