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Public Opinion Research

Gallup Poll: Great reputation as a nonpartisan poll/survey examiner for news "based on US and world polls, daily tracking and public opinion research." Use the resources pull down, and go to topics A-Z, or just enter your basic terms in the search box.

Pew Institute: A nonpartisan site that uses polls/surveys to examine current issues and trends affecting America and the world. Use the search box to look for a specific item, or the topic index (tab at the top) or search by general overview. Scroll down in each issue, as there are several survey questions shown for each.

U.S. Crime Research

Bureau of Prisons Statistics
Locate inmate statistics, population statistics, or staff statistics.
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program
"Generates reliable statistics for use in law enforcement. It also provides information for students of criminal justice, researchers, the media, and the public. The program has been providing crime statistics since 1930"--website.
Gun Violence Statistics
Gun Violence Archive (GVA) is a not for profit corporation formed in 2013 to provide free online public access to accurate information about gun-related violence in the United States.
Gun Violence Statistics
Gun Violence Archive (GVA) is a not for profit corporation formed in 2013 to provide free online public access to accurate information about gun-related violence in the United States.
Police Violence Statistics Map
Crowd sourced data on police violence from three databases in the U.S since 2013. Source data available in Excel format.
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Data on crime, enforcement, courts and sentencing, corrections, and victims.

Congressional Reports

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports
CRS reports provide authoritative, objective and nonpartisan information on timely topics to members of Congress. Reports range in length from several pages to more than one-hundred pages and cover the full breadth of topics of interest to Congress.

U.S. Demographic Data

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Find information on wages, unemployment rates, labor force demographics, consumer spending, and more.
ChildStats
Federal agency statistics on children and families in the US.
Poverty in the US
Explore recent poverty data provided by the US Census Bureau
US Census Bureau
Information on people, households, economic indicators, foreign trade, education, religion, and other specifics.

U.S. Health Research

Center for Disease Control - Data and Statistics
Find national and county level data on a variety of health and disease topics.
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
Run by the CDC, this has info on A-Z topics and more.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Find news, research, trends, and statistics on drug abuse and addiction in the U.S.
Opioid Crisis Statistics
Data on the U.S. Opioid crisis, provided by the Dept. of Health and Human Services