Finding Statistical Information

If you need statistical information about LCC, there's no better source than the office of Institutional Research.

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For more state and local resources, see the following sites:

• State of the Cities Data Systems
  Information on housing and economic development, including demographic and economic population characteristics, labor force data, information on jobs, and much more.
• American Fact Finder
  Serves as a quick way to find population, housing, economic, and geographic data. From the U. S. Census Bureau.

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You might also try the websites for the executive branches at the city, county, and state levels.

• City of Eugene
• City of Springfield
• Lane County
• State of Oregon Government
  • Office of the Governor

Use Google to make your search more effective:

You can not only limit your search to only government sites by adding site:gov to your search string, as in the following example:

   immigration site:gov

You can also limit your search to one specific site, as in the following examples:

   tattoos site:nih.gov

   obesity site:oregon.gov

   unhoused site:eugene-or.gov

Another way to make your Web search more effective is to use Google Advanced Search.  It allows you to be a lot more specific.

Polling data can tell you how people feel about a certain person or issue.

• Pew Research Center
  Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research. They do not take policy positions.
• Public Agenda Online
  Nonpartisan opinion research organization that reports surveys conducted by national firms on public policy issues. Especially strong coverage of quality of life and social issues; for example, race relations, health care, privacy, drug abuse, crime, the environment, and immigration.