GLBL 221: The Migratory Experience: Country Information & Data

Data Sources (start here!)

Social Explorer
Provides web-based access to United States Census data from 1790 to the present, and to other U.S. and international data, with the ability to make tables and interactive maps easily or export data for analysis. Data include the most commonly used variables and geographies.
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.

Statistical Abstract of the United States
An authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users. North Carolina residents with a borrower's card may access from off campus by visiting NCLive directly. Contact the Davis Library Service Desk for the NCLive password.
Coverage: 2013 - Present

NOTE: Some data sources use the term "foreign-born" to describe immigrant populations. See the Census Bureau page, About Foreign Born.

CIA World Factbook
Contains data provided by various components of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Bureau of the Census, and the US Department of State.
Access: No restrictions.

UNHCR: The United Nations Refugee Agency statistics
Contains research, reports and statistics on the UN's work with refugees around the world.
Office of Refugee Resettlement
Refugee Arrival Data from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services.