Urban Studies: Data and Statistics

 National and International Statistics

• Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW): sources for international statistics 
• International Monetary Fund (IMF): The IMF's focuses on maintaining the stability of the international monetary system. 
• NationMaster: A vast compilation of data from hundreds of sources, that can be compared across different themes and countries
• ​United Nations Statistics
  • ​United Nations Library Research Guide
• US Census Bureau International Statistics
  • ​US Census Research Guide (UC San Diego)
• US Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Google Public Data Explorer
• WorldBank Open Data: The World Bank provides financial and technical assistance mostly to the developing world. 
• World Health Organization (WHO) Statistics.

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts homepage
• OLIVER:  MassGIS online mapping tool
• Statistical Maps of Massachusetts from MassStats.com
• Massachusetts State Data at the Donahue Institute (U Mass Amherst)
• Massachusetts Crime Statistics at NeighborhoodScout.com
• Massachusetts School Profiles from MA Department of Education 
• Massachusetts Office of Geographic Information (MassGIS)
• Massachusetts City and Town Population Estimates

• City of Worcester
  • ​City Department Listing
  • City of Worcester Budgets
  • City of Worcester Police
• • Worcester Regional Research Bureau

   

  Commercial sites

  • Statistics from various sources at www.CityRating.com   
  • Crime statistics from CityRating.com
  • Free Public Records Search Directory (all states)
  • Statistics about all states from City-Data.com
  • General Statistics about American Cities from local.com

  Historical

  • Massachusetts State Archives
  • State Library of Massachusetts Data Portal
  • Massachusetts Colonial and State Census Records