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Datasets on a variety of public interest, cultural, and generally newsworthy topics. Includes links to other data blogs

Many articles contain data available for download. Select an article and look for "Download the data" or "Get the data".

Blog by British independent data journalist David McCandless

Select a dataset and then click on "Download as... Excel" under the "File" menu.

Data compiled from US census on language usage in the US, can search by city, county, state, country

Use the Search fields to display a dataset, then copy/paste the data into Excel.

Comparisons of a variety of topics, especially useful for comparing brands, procedures, schools; all in table form

Choose a topic of interest and copy/paste the data into Excel.

Film data; includes box office and dvd sales

Choose a topic of interest and copy/paste the data into Excel.

Many articles have useful charts to copy/paste into spreadsheet form

Copy/paste any data tables within articles into an Excel spreadsheet.

Data for post-secondary education in the United States

Use the Search field to view your desired dataset, then click on "Download Excel".

Databases on environmental, social and economic trends

Select a database of your interest, define your parameters and download the data table (as Excel, or CSV you can convert to Excel)

Earthquake data, among other real-time data sets

Select data for a given period and dowload the data as a "CSV" file. You can then open it in Excel and format the data using the "Text to Column" feature.

Environmental data, including air, water quality, cancer risk, etc.

Select a dataset and dowload as a "CSV" file. You can then open it in Excel and format the data using the "Text to Column" feature.

Financial markets data, stocks, bonds, historical data

Many articles include data tables that can be copied and pasted into Excel. Example: Go to Markets and select "Movers by Index", copy/paste any data tables into Excel.

Datasets that are generated and held by the Federal Government

Select items on the list that have the "Datasets" icon and then click on the "Export" option.

Data about development in countries around the globe

Select datasets in Excel format.

Data covering a wide range of themes including agriculture, crime, education, environment, and more

Select a dataset of interest, click "Download" and select the "Comma" value separated option.

Data about the nation's people and economy collected by the US Census Bureau

Browse datasets using the categories on the left and click "Download".

Bank data and statistics

Run a report and click on "Save to Excel file".

Tables, articles, and data that describe and measure elements of the U.S. tax system

Search the various categories until you find "Data Tables" or "Statistics Tables".

Dengue and flu trends around the world

Some projects and articles contain data available for download. Example: Select the "Google Flu Trends" project and click the Download link below the map.

Inflation and prices, unemployment, pay and benefits, etc.

Click the "Top Picks" icon for the dataset that interests you. Retrieve the data and click on the ".xls" link to download.

Statistics on all OECD countries and some non-member countries; economic, scientific, cultural indicators

Browse datasets by keyword, theme or country and click on the "Export Excel" button on the top menu.

Traffic fatalities; search by type of vehicle, BAC of driver, etc.

Select the dataset you want and click on the "Export (XLS)" icon at the top of the table.

Results of various polls; large variety of topics

Select a trend that interests you and copy/paste the tables into Excel. You can also explore topics across the top menu and find charts available for download. See example »

Official information from all three branches of the government; includes President's Report series

Select a dataset and enter search parameters. Open the text version and copy/paste into Excel. Example: Select "Economic Indicators", then "January 2009", and open "Gross Domestic Product".

Information and datasets on international peace and security topics; all data based on open sources

Select a database and then generate data tables using the options on the right. Example: Select "SIPRI arms transfers database" and click on "Generate importer/exporter TIV tables"

Reports with tables

Most of the data tables are in PDF format. You can copy and paste the table into Excel.

Facebook ad pricing and other interesting web analytics

Some articles contain data available for download. Example: Go to http://euri.ca/tag/facebook/, click on the first article and find a link to the raw data at the bottom.

Major League Baseball statistics

Select comma-delimited version files

Do you have or know of other interesting public datasets available? Please tell us about it!