EC 0062: Economics of International Migration

Covers 1790-2030, with special non-population census, including manufacturing, special historical and modern reports and publications in .pdf and .zip formats you can download. You cannot search the pdfs.

Manipulate data from the census, population, housing, etc. from 1790 to 1960.

Fully searchable and downloadable compendium of statistics that includes over 37,000 data series on various topics. Allows users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets.

Print: 5 vols. Ref HA 202 .H57 2006

Data on individuals in U.S. (1790-1880, 1900-1940), Canada, and the U.K. censuses (1841, 1851 +) and other useful information.

Print: Tisch Book Stacks HA 214 .S38 1988

The central hub for all published US government data, including the Census, the American Community Survey, and the Economic Census

The American Housing Survey (AHS) collects data on the Nation's housing, including apartments, single-family homes, mobile homes, vacant housing units, household characteristics, income, housing and neighborhood quality, housing costs, equipment and fuels

1913-1922

Online: 1941-2001

Users can access data from multiple indicators in one place and all in the same format. This tool provides an easy way to create data tables in ASCII text or time series charts in your favorite spreadsheet format. Users can select an indicator and choose data by item, time period and other dimensions using drop-down menus.

This topic guide from the U.S. Census Bureau provides data and other information about people who are not United States citizens at birth who are now in the U.S.

•Annual Flow Reports
•Annual Reports
•Annual Population Estimates
•Working Papers and Special Projects
•Fact Sheets
•Yearbook of Immigration Statistics
•Fiscal Year End Statistical Reports
•Archived Publications

Provides data on foreign nationals granted lawful permanent residence, and those admitted into the United States on a temporary basis (e.g., tourists, students, or workers). It also includes data on those who applied for asylum or refugee status, or were naturalized and on immigration law enforcement. The Yearbook replaced the Statistical Yearbook of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in 2001.

HathiTrust offers digital access to the following years of this yearbook, which recorded admissions into the United States on a permanent basis, temporary basis, asylum or refugee status, and naturalization annually. The dates covered are: 1978-1984, 1987, 1995, 1997-1998, 2000-2001

Downloadable data from a survey of Mexican immigrants’ home communities and some migrants in the US.

Downloadable data from a survey of a sample of recently admitted legal immigrants.

PolicyMap is a fully web-based Geographic Information System. You can even use our GIS mapping services to easily incorporate your own data and leverage it against the thousands of indicators already available in PolicyMap.

The ProQuest Statistical Abstract of the United States is the authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.

Provides access to statistical data produced by U.S. Federal agencies, States, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations. There are up to 2 billion charts, maps, views, rankings, time series and tables available for use in the Data-Planet repository. Data-Planet Statistical Datasets offers powerful capabilities to compare & contrast multiple data series, perform statistical calculations on the data, and customize output views.

Explore the Largest Repository of Statistics and Datasets.

Simplified version of American FactFinder. Has historical census data all the way back to 1790!
Has mapping capability.

The standard summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic organization of the United States. Serves as a convenient volume for statistical reference. The series was terminated in 2012.

This tool, made for economic development, provides a fast and simple way to calculate whether a county, region, or neighborhood (based on census tract groupings) may meet certain federal grant thresholds based on unemployment and per capita income.

Economic statistics by geography, sector, and frequency.

Full-text of Country Reports, Country Profiles, Country Finance and Country Commerce series, and Risk Briefing.

Global market information on countries, consumers, and companies through in-depth reports and relevant statistical data. Includes consumer demographics and market trends.

Eurostat is the European Union's published data hub.

Factiva from Dow Jones has over 14,000 news and business sources from around the world, including newspapers, magazines, wire services, media transcripts, company and industry reports, historical market data, and advanced charting tools.

Harvard's Lamont Library's hub for data and government materials. Directions for accessing the collections are listed on the website

The Gulf Labour Markets, Migration, and Population (GLMM) Programme is an independent, nonpartisan, international research program run by the Gulf Research Center. Their website includes resources on data and analysis and policy recommendations that impact Gulf labor migration, populations, and markets, and more.

Click "IP Login" for full access
Provides India-specific socio-economic statistical facts and figures culled from various secondary level authentic sources. Includes industry, labor, tourism, population, health, education, and general data.

Current and historical data for China, including geospatial data/GIS and Census data. It provides easy access to the various statistical yearbooks published by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, comprehensive statistics, and Census data of economy and population at national, provincial, city, county, and even township levels.

ILO work on migration
ILO Database on Labour Statistics (LABORSTA)

Online database of financial statistics from over 200 countries. Annual entries begin in 1945; quarterly and monthly entries begin in 1945. Balance of payments, interest and exchange rates, trade and banking statistics; tables for every country.

The European Union has long been concerned with looking at how migrants are integrated into various member states (and several non-EU countries), and this visual site is a great resource for researchers and policy analysts.

MPI is a think tank in Washington DC that does research on migration. Its new DataHub has links to data on international migration.
Country Resources also has country and comparative data and general information

An online inventory from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe of institutions and other information sources on migration in Europe, Central Asia, and North America. The information on each institution or source includes location, website, contact details, short summary of the activities, and category of the institution.

General statistics from many sources provided with capability to generate graphs and maps.

Full online access to resources, covering trade, environment, agriculture, technololgy, economic development, and more. The books, reports, working papers and periodicals are full-text and the databases have extensive statistical information.

1997 to the present
From OECD

From the OECD

Provides access to statistical data produced by U.S. Federal agencies, States, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations. There are up to 2 billion charts, maps, views, rankings, time series and tables available for use in the Data-Planet repository. Data-Planet Statistical Datasets offers powerful capabilities to compare & contrast multiple data series, perform statistical calculations on the data, and customize output views.

Explore the Largest Repository of Statistics and Datasets.

Chapter on international migration

The application is an interactive data visualization and mapping tool used by a range of international organizations and universities for a variety of purposes. Visitors can use data on over 250 world development indicators to create interactive maps, graphs, and charts.

Official UK statistical agency

Search for publications, statistical reports, etc.

For migration summaries, population and development indicators by country see the:
United Nations Migration Profiles Common Set of Indicators

Click on ‘Statistics’ at the bottom of the page, to get the UNHCR’s latest annual statistical report on refugees worldwide.

Data from the United Kingdom

Best resource is the ‘Data and Research’ tab on the World Bank home page. Also go to ‘Publications’ then select Documents, previously known as World Development Sources (WDS). It contains more than 14,000 World Bank documents including both research and project documents.

Use the DataBank to use the data.

World Development Indicators (WDI) is the primary World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized international sources. It presents the most current and accurate global development data available, and includes national, regional and global estimates.

Survey microdata for select sub-Saharan African countries. Available in Stata and SPSS.

From the International Organization for Migration