Social Science Data Resources: California

Data and statistical reports on California population, demography, finance and economics. See the Demograhy section for data on population.

The State of California’s Employment Development Department offers a link to InfoUSA’s employer directory for the state as part of its Data Library. This database can be searched by keyword, NAICS code, county, or industry.

Includes links to numeric and geographic data covering a variety of topics including demography, health statistics, state contracts, traffic records. Statistics and data sets are available from state agencies and links are provided to other data sources - local, federal and other sources.

Rand State Statistics (also known as Rand California) focuses on California and U.S. state level statistics. Various subjects are covered – population & demographics, health & health care, employment, etc. More than 200 databases covering all 50 states are included.

The Statewide Database (SWDB) is the redistricting database for the state of California. In 2001, 2011, and 2021 these data were used for state legislative and local redistrictings following the 2000, 2010, and 2020 Censuses as mandated by law. Data collection and processing for the redistricting are ongoing tasks conducted over a ten year period of time, starting with the collection of the census at the beginning of each decade. With each election between redistrictings, updated data sets are available as a free, public resource as soon they are processed.

Data and statistics collected from California schools and learning support resources to identify trends and educational needs and to measure performance.
DataQuest has Reports for accountability (e.g. API, AYP), test data, enrollment, graduates, dropouts, course enrollments, staffing, and data regarding English learners.
Ed-Data has State, county, district, and school level reports covering topics such as students, staffing, finances, and performance rankings.

County estimates, Ag Census for California, crop and livestock and other statistics. From the USDA NASS and California Dept. of Food and Ag.

SACOG develops long range forecasts based on internal estimates in addition to maintaining information from the U.S. Census Bureau, California Department of Finance (DOF) California Employment Development Department (EDD) and a number of other data sources.

Data and statistics collected from California schools and learning support resources to identify trends and educational needs and to measure performance.
DataQuest has Reports for accountability (e.g. API, AYP), test data, enrollment, graduates, dropouts, course enrollments, staffing, and data regarding English learners.
Ed-Data has State, county, district, and school level reports covering topics such as students, staffing, finances, and performance rankings.

Statistical and data tables produced by the California Department of Public Health.