• The Population Reference Bureau--The Population Reference Bureau informs people around the world about population, health, and the environment, and empowers them to use that information to advance the well-being of current and future generations.
  
  
• FedSTATS--A gateway to statistics from over 100 federal agencies.
  
  
• Gallup Poll--The Gallup Poll provides information from its current surveys
  
  
• The Modern Language Association Language Map--A Map of Languages in the United States--intended for use by students, teachers, and anyone interested in learning about the linguistic and cultural composition of the United States. The MLA Language Map uses data from the 2000 United States census to display the locations and numbers of speakers of thirty languages and three groups of less commonly spoken languages in the United States. The Language Map illustrates the concentration of language speakers in zip codes and counties. The Data Center provides actual numbers and percentages of speakers and includes census data about seven additional groups of languages less commonly spoken in the United States.
  
  
• Polling Report--"An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion."
  
  
• Population Data Sheet--for most up-to-date demographic data and estimates for all the countries and major regions of the world. The rundown provides a look at regional and national contrasts in age structure, population growth, life expectancy, income, and other determinants that mark today's deep demographic divisions.
  
  
• U.S. Census Bureau--The Census Bureau gathers economic and social statistics on the U.S. population. Larger statistical files are in pdf or Excel format. The American Fact Finder database on this site contains summary statistics and is easier to use.
  
  
• White House--Social Statistics Briefing Room. Current U.S. statistical information on crime, demography, education and health. 
  
   

Documents and Documentation

• Tops in the area of survey files on the WWW is the Roper Center at the University of Conneticut. The site provides access to more than 10,000 survey files, making accessible the world's largest archive of machine-readable public opinion data. Searchable by word, date, country and organization and covers both domestic and international collections. Includes both the Japanest and Latin American Data Banks in their entireity. A thorough and easily-accessible site, of tremendous use to students in the social sciences.

• U.N. Documentation (Dag Hammarskjold Library)--All United Nations documents, from all U.N. agencies and organizations, searchable by subject.

• Documents Center - University of Michigan Library --National, foreign and international government documents, searchable by subject, country or international agency.