Highline College Library: Get Background Information: Finding Statistics

Finding Statistics

Finding statistics on your topic can be tricky, but the tips on this library guide will help you get started. If you search for more than 15 minutes and can't find what you're looking for, please contact us using the Ask a Librarian page.

Getting Started with Statista

Statista This link opens in a new window
Statista provides statistics, consumer survey results, and industry studies on over 60,000 topics. To learn more, watch the Statista video tutorial

Links to Sources with Statistics

U.S. Census Bureau
Data.gov
The home of the U.S. Government’s open data
USA.gov
USA.gov is the U.S. government's official web portal and provides access for the public to get U.S. government information and services on the web.

Searching for Articles and Websites with Statistics

Finding Articles: You can find articles with statistics in them by using the library's Search Everything tool from the library's home page.

To begin, click Advanced Search under the Search Everything tool.
Enter your topic and add the word statistics. Do the search.

Finding Web Sites: You can also find web sites in a similar way.

Go to Google, and type in your topic along with the word statistics.

After you do an initial search in Google, you will see a cog icon in the upper right corner.
Click that to go to Advanced Search.

On the Advanced Search screen, you can limit your search to .gov web sites (or .edu, .org, etc.). Government web sites are a good place to find statistics.