Sports Marketing & Media: Demographics

From the U.S. Census Bureau. Excellent resource of U.S., State and City demographic information.

Source for state, commonwealth, and territory comparative data. Statistical tables can be downloaded as PDFs or as a spreadsheet, allowing users to customize data.

Several programs at the Bureau of Labor Statistics make significant amounts of data available for specific demographic categories.

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research.

Offers fact sheets for all demographic groups including women and young people.

The U.S. Census Bureau tracks population trends in the U.S. This is an excellent resource for finding current and projected population estimates for the U.S., States, Counties, Cities, and Non-Metropolitan areas.

from the United Nations Statistical Division within the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Includes access to global disability statistics, population and vital statistics.

Quality data on religion worldwide.

Source for state, commonwealth, and territory comparative data. Statistical tables can be downloaded as PDFs or as a spreadsheet, allowing users to customize data.

Statistical information on crime, law enforcement, victims of crime, and criminal offenders.

Statistics and information on transportation.

Data and statistics from the U.S. government on health and disease.

The U.S. government's open data sets. Includes agriculture, climate, consumer, health, science and research data sets.

Global data and statistics on the challenges facing the world.

Live stats of Internet usage, including online searches, use of social media, and sales of smart phones worldwide.

Funding provided by National Endowment for the Arts. Contains 272 data sets. Free and easy access to data on the arts and on the arts' value and impact for individuals and communities.

From the website: The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research.

The Statistical Abstract of the United States, published from 1878 to 2012, is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. It is designed to serve as a convenient volume for statistical reference, and as a guide to other statistical publications and sources both in print and on the Web. These sources of data include the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations.

from the United Nations Statistics Division. Global statistics, country profiles, and glossaries.

Open access to global development data.

Search engine for data and statistics on the web.