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Historical Stats
- Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
Data on the United States, including demographics, economics, government, & finance from 1790-2000.
The U.S. Census Bureau hosts the complete series of the Statistical Abstract of the United States, a comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. The series runs 1878 to 2010, when the program was terminated.
HeritageQuest
- HeritageQuest Online This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive treasury of American genealogical sources—rich in unique primary sources, local and family histories, and finding aids. To connect, please allow your browser to use your location information. You can also connect by entering a library card number from an Ohio public library.
User guide on the ProQuest website.
The State Library of Ohio currently offers Ancestry Library to Ohio residents. This database is an expanded version of HeritageQuest. Log in with your library card.
Demographic Visualizations
- Mapping Inequality: Redlining in New Deal AmericaFrom the University of Richmond's Digital Lab, which digitized New Deal redlining maps to illuminate how federal policy makers "used racial criteria to categorize lending and insurance risks."
- Mapping Prejudice"Visualizing the hidden histories of race and privilege in the urban landscape." Focused on Minneapolis, from the University of Minnesota.
- Visual CapitalistVariety of data visualizations, including inequality and money.
- 60 Years of Urban ChangeCreated by the Institute for Quality Communities in the University of Oklahoma Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture
- Income inequality from the U.S. Census BureauVariety of visualizations related to income inequality from the US Census Bureau
- Racial Dot MapAn accessible visualization of geographic distribution, population density, and racial diversity of the American people in every neighborhood in the entire country, based on the 2010 Census. Hosted by the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service
- Justice MapSimilar to Social Explorer, but only with race and income options. A project for Energy Justice Network and Sunlight Foundation
International Data Visualizations
