Data & Statistics - Communication Essentials - COMM 102 - Research Guides at Columbia College Chicago Library

Statistics

Mintel
Comprehensive research reports on consumer markets and products in U.S., related demographic data and analysis, and articles on trends in global consumer markets.
Pew Research Center
A nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes, and trends shaping the world.
Statista
A large, user-friendly statistics portal with a global scope. Find infographics, in-depth dossiers and reports, and Powerpoint slides, along with original source details.

City of Chicago Data Portal
Statistical Atlas of the U.S. - Chicago
A map-based, easy entry into demographics and other statistics for locations. This link is scoped to Chicago, and searches can got down to the level of zip codes.

Finding raw datasets on some topics can be challenging, depending on the topic.

Some places to try:

Organizational web pages (Try searching Google for your topic and and "organization" or "association".
Published reports (Try searching your topic and "data" or "statistics" or "report".
Books or eBook chapters (Use the Library search at https://library.colum.edu and search for your topic to try to find books or book chapters that may use statistics.)

Pew Research Center datasets
Pew provides downloadable datasets in a variety of areas.
Google Dataset Search