US Government and Agencies
- Data.gov
- Federal Reserve Economic Research
- U.S. Federal Statistics Data
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- U.S. Federal Agency Expenditures
- U.S. Energy Information Administration
- U.S. Census Bureau Data
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- U.S. Department of Education
- Police Data Initiative
- Immigration and deportation data (Homeland security)
Global Data
- The World Bank
- Gapminder, data about global inequality
- United Nations Datasets
- International Monetary Fund
- Open Spending, fiscal data from around the world
- NOAA/NCEI weather and climate data
- European Union Open Data Portal
- Eurostat European Statistics
- Open Data Census, assesses the state of open data around the world
- Open Data for AfricaCensus India
- India Open Government Data (OGD) Platform
- UK Government Data
- Australia Government Data
Additional Public Data Resources
- AWS Public Data Sets, large public data sets that you can analyze using cloud-based applications-- no downloading necessary
- Enigma, access to government, NGO, and other public domain datasets.
- Google Public Data, with dynamic visualization and exploration tools.
- Knoema World Data Atlas, over 1000 indicators on all countries
- Kaggle Datasets, open data on everything from government, health and science to popular games and dating trends
- Global Digital Activism Datasets, data on the impact of digital media on political contention
