Public data on Google (statistics & visualizations!!!!!)

You can search through publicly available data/statistics on Google!! This is useful because the U.S. government collects A LOT of data in order to enact legislation..

If you go to Google.com and type in [unemployment rate] or [population] followed by a U.S. state or county, you will see the most recent estimates..

Here is a video that explains how to search:



ALSO: World bank data is now available (INTERNATIONAL statistics!!!)

History students can find more statistical resources here and Communication students can find more statistical resources here

ETA: Google now has a Public Data Explorer, now you can create VISUALIZATIONS with the data sets!! Click on this link to see how the visualization on US unemployment was created.