Data Visualization Tools: Data Resources

Open data hosted by Amazon.

Data.gov is the United States government's open data website. It provides access to datasets published by agencies across the federal government. Data.gov is intended to provide access to government open data to the public, achieve agency missions, drive innovation, fuel economic activity, and uphold the ideals of an open and transparent government.

FiveThirtyEight is sharing the data and code behind some of their articles and graphics. They hope you’ll use it to check their work and to create stories and visualizations of your own.

A directory of open data from Google.

Data from ICPSR on the gamut of topics.

One must create an account to access these data sets, but they are open access to those with accounts.

The NOAA Climatic Data Center allows download for detailed climate data for US and international locations for annual, monthly, daily, and in some cases hourly intervals.

The NYC Open Data portal is a powerful tool that ensures transparency and fosters civic innovation to help improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers. Data is gathered by the Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics (MODA) and the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT).

A list of datasets curated by the Tableau program to be used by anyone looking to create data visualizations.

Datasets hosted by UNICEF on a variety of topics.

Census data from 2020 and previously is available here for use.

Data from the World Health Organization that is open to utilize.

Provides data at the national and state level related to energy consumption, production, marketing, distribution, efficiency, expenditures, and environmental characteristics.

Gallup.com provides articles that summarize the results of recent, selected polling data. Includes some international polling.

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research.

Public Agenda applies its expertise in nonpartisan research and public engagement to foster progress on the issues people care about most, including: Education, health care, and reinventing opportunity.

The Quinnipiac University Poll is a nationally recognized leader in public opinion research taking the pulse of American voters, on a continual basis, across the country regarding key public policy issues and elections.

In partnership with the International Institutions and Global Governance program at the Council on Foreign Relations, WorldOpinion.org consolidates global and U.S. public opinion covering ten major issue areas: elements of world order, international institutions, violent conflict, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, climate change, energy security, the global economy, economic development, and human rights.