MPA 620: Research Methods for Public Administration

Data on ethnicity, income, housing, age, education, and more at the ZIP code, city, county, or state level.

National data on housing availability, costs, and homelessness

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is a unit of the United States Department of Labor. It is the principal fact-finding agency for the U.S. government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics and serves as a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System. The BLS is a governmental statistical agency that collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor representatives.

Nonpartisan think tank that polls the American public on elections, immigration, technology, and religion

Since 1972, the GSS has comprehensively surveyed demographic, behavioral, and attitudinal questions, plus civil liberties, crime and violence, intergroup tolerance, morality, national spending priorities, psychological well-being, social mobility, and stress and traumatic events.

Current, independent, nonpartisan research on public opinion and governance

State level data on children in poverty and the benefits available to them

Primary federal entity for reporting on education in the United States.

Statistics on child abuse, neglect, foster care, and adoption from the US Department of Health & Human Services

Datasets on arrests, probation, domestic violence, complaints against police officers, hate crimes, and other criminal justice issues in California

Nationwide US data on disease, injury, vaccination, pregnancy, and other health behaviors and outcomes

Data on epidemiology, food insecurity, STIs, injuries & violence, & other public health issues. To view data for the San Fernando Valley, choose Service Planning Area 2 - San Fernando.