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The home of the U.S. Government’s open data
Here you will find data, tools, and resources to conduct research, develop web and mobile applications, design data visualizations, and more.

Congress.gov is the official source for federal legislative information. It replaces the nearly 20-year-old THOMAS.gov, and currently includes all data sets available on THOMAS.gov except nominations, treaties and communications

The IMF publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators. Manuals, guides, and other material on statistical practices at the IMF, in member countries, and of the statistical community at large are also available.

The Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS) collects and links data to evaluate education and workforce efforts in the Commonwealth. This includes developing reports, responding to research requests, and providing statistical data about these efforts so policymakers, agencies, and the general public can make better informed decisions.

Two-page profiles for all 120 counties in Kentucky on the following topics: Agriculture and food, Economic, Healthcare, Retail Sector, Small Business and Workforce.

County and city profiles for the state of Kentucky

Assists private, corporate, and nonprofit citizens of Kentucky with locating data they need for analysis and decision making. Contains demographic data, census surveys, economic data, and maps.

Bureau of Economic Analysis links to state and metro area data

Various statistics and reports on labor related topics such as business cost, salary and wages, employee benefits, and occupational outlook and projections.

The Place Database is a map of the United States which uses the PolicyMap platform to visualize the latest available data for dozens of indicators—ranging from housing affordability, to brownfield sites, to federal government spending. Many datasets include several years worth of data, so you can see how things have changed over time. You can zoom out to see certain data at the state level, or zoom in to see data as close as the block group. Datasets in the tool come from a variety of resources, such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Internal Revenue Service, and the National Conservation Easement Database. The tool also includes zoning maps for 105 cities, and detailed fiscal information about the 150 cities in the Fiscally Standardized Cities database (FISC).

Provide census-like data by state or city.

Aggregates information for all 50 states

Your key to European statistics.

NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, United Nations, World Health Organization, World Bank, World Resources Institute, UNESCO, UNICEF and OECD.

Created United Nations Statistics Division. A search engine for statistics compiled by United Nations. Provide quick links to different countries' government agencies that collect and disseminate data and statistics.

Search for data and reports published by the World Bank and its different initiatives.

US government profiles of countries and territories around the world. Information on geography, people, government, transportation, economy, communications, and so on.