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Datasets, Descriptive Statistics, and Demographics

From the Schools of Social Work & Public Health Library / Hunter College Libraries

Description and Contents of Hunter Library Datasets, Descriptive Statistics, and Demographics Guide

This is a general guide to resources for locating descriptive information about populations, conditions, and geographies.

Highlighted Database: Statista

Statistica is a data aggregator that provides over 1million statistics from more than 18,000 sources.

Highlighted Database: Social Explorer

Social Explorer contains 220 years of demographic data, 25,000 maps, hundreds of profile reports, 40 billion data elements and 335,000 variables. 

Users can create reports and download data in convenient formats quickly and easily.

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