Online Statistical Information for the UNC Law Community

This Environmental Protection Agency website provides data about U.S. air quality and air pollutants in a variety of formats. Data can often be narrowed by state, county, and/or city. The data dates back to 1980.

This site provides EPA research on the impacts of climate change on human health and the environment.

[Available to UNC faculty, students, and staff] Data Planet Statistical Datasets provides easy access to an extensive repository of standardized and structured statistical data. The over 12.6 billion datasets in Data Planet provide immediate access to data presented in charts, maps, graphs, and table form, via multiple points of entry. Data comes from more than 70 U.S. and international sources including Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, China Data Institute, Deutsche Borse Group, European Commission, the World Bank, and more. The site allows for searching by subject and subjects covered by the data include energy resources and demand, food and agriculture, and natural resources and environment. The time period covered varies.

On this page, access research from the Office of Research and Development of the EPA. Topics include air and water, ecosystems and land, and health and chemicals.

[Available electronically via University Libraries with Onyen and password] This page has links to many of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's climate and weather data sets, publications, and data tools. Some data sets may require special software to read.

This web page contains reports about individuals involved in wildlife recreation activities, such as hunting and fishing. The reports cover both individual states and the U.S. as a whole. These reports are only published every few years, but the earliest report is 1991. Reports after 2011 are published on a new website, which is linked on the webpage.

This web page provides statistics on weather-related fatalities, injuries, and damage. Data can be narrowed by state or weather hazard. Data dates back to 1995.

This website has recreational and commercial fishing statistics for North Carolina.

The site includes information and statistics compiled by the EPA for North Carolina on air, water, land and waste cleanups, and pesticides and other toxic chemicals.

This website contains general North Carolina hunting statistics and statistics focusing on four types of animals: Black bears, white-tailed deer, wild turkeys, and wild boars.

This webpage links to data and statistics from the North Carolina environmental agency. The data and statistics are often contained on sub-sites of NC DEQ. The general categories of data and statistics include air, coast/fisheries, open space/farming/forestry, waste, water, and wetlands.