Data to Study Racial Inequity: Home

Sources of data for studying racism and racial disparities in wealth, opportunity, and privilege; as well as to explore the Black and African American experience.

What's In This Guide?

This guide provides data sources for those studying racial inequity, organized into the following pages:

Data Sources with Exploration Interfaces - resources that offer data exploration interfaces which make them somewhat easier for beginners or for those looking to obtain specific data points.
Raw Data Sources - sources for raw data for use in data software like Stata, SPSS, or R.
Put the Data in Context - information about how to contextualize the data.
Can't find a particular topic? Need help? Contact individuals listed on the Getting Help page.

A variety of contextual resources are used in this guide, including those cited in the Racial Equity Institute's Groundwater Approach presentation, and How to Be an Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi.

Note: Our initial focus here has been on Black Americans in terms of citations that illustrate context. We have begun expanding to include other races and ethnicities, but welcome suggestions. Email the contact listed on this page.

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Subjects: Numeric Data, Population, Statistics (Numeric Data)