List of Free Data Sets for Analytic and Forecasting Efforts
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Population & Geography Data
- US Census Data Access Tools
Starting point for accessing data sets in the US Census.
- US Zip Codes
A free source of USPS Zip codes. - National Center for Health Statistics
Marriage data occurring in States that meet reporting criteria for inclusion in the marriage-registration area, except for California unlicensed marriages.
Economy & Finance Data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
Contains information on inflation & prices, employment, unemployment, pay & benefits, spending, productivity, workplace, employee projections and more.
- Bureau of Economic Analysis
Provides national, regional, international, industry and other data sets.
- Barron’s Market Data Center
Real-time and daily data from WSJ.com and weekly data from Barron’s.
- Yahoo! Historical Stock Prices
Provides daily open, high, low, close, adj. close, and volume of any equity over history. (enter the ticker of the equity you want to track).
- World Bank dataBank
Provides data on world development indicators, finance, gender, education, health nutrition & population and more.
- International Monetary Fund Data & Statistics
The IMF publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators.
- Federal Reserve Bank Economic Data (FRED)
Information on Banking, Business/Fiscal, CPI, Employment & Population, Exchange Rates, Foreign Exchange Intervention, GDP and more. - ISM Manufacturing PMI
Climate Data
- United States Historical Climatology Network
The daily data include observations of maximum and minimum temperature, precipitation amount, snowfall amount, and snow depth. Monthly data include mean, maximum, and minimum temperature and total precipitation. Records for most stations extend through 2008.
Search & Competitive Web
- Quantcast
Provides detailed visitor information for web sites. - Google Trends
Provides the daily search volume of terms on Google. While not the actual search volume, the exportable file provides a relative index.












