Social Work Research Guide

BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.

BLS gathers and disseminates data about employment and unemployment within the United States. Explore the subject area content within the site, or use the available data retrieval tools to create and download data sets.

The Child Welfare Information Gateway serves as a resource for reliable national data on child maltreatment reports, investigations, victims, and perpetrators.

GSS gathers data on contemporary American society in order to monitor and explain trends and constants in attitudes, behaviors, and attributes.

The House Ways and Means Committee Green Book provides program descriptions and historical data on a wide variety of social and economic topics, including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health insurance, the elderly, families with children, poverty and taxation. It has become a standard reference work for those interested in the direction of social policy in the United States. It is compiled by the staff of the Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.

National and state data published annually by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Provides information and data trends on the conditions of children and families in the U.S.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

The NCHS is part of the CDC and provides health statistics for the United States.

Funded through a grant from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.

Annual national crime statistics back to 1996.

Statistics put together annual by the office of Homeland Security providing data on foreign nationals in the U.S.

Search data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Census on housing, population, business and government.

U.S. Census' national-level income and poverty statistics for all U.S. states and counties as well as estimates of school-age children in poverty.

This tool will help you find local government websites for Ohio.

The county extension program in the State of Ohio provides resources about home and family life, farms, businesses, local communities, and health. Use "Locate an Office" to find the website for a specific county office.

Chambers of Commerce are organizations that advocate for the needs of business. Use this directory to locate the website for a local Chamber within Ohio.

The RAC provides a list of tools and organizations that can be useful for rural areas.

Formerly known as the Department of Development, ODSA works to support of Ohio's businesses and communities.

Use the subject links to locate health data for Ohio counties.

The reports prepared by ODJFS provide key information about employment, poverty, and family services for each county in Ohio.

NODIS is a member of the State Data Center Network, which compiles and distributed statistical reports for individual states and regions.