CORGIS: The Collection of Really Great, Interesting, Situated Datasets
By Austin Cory Bart, Ryan Whitcomb, Jason Riddle, Omar Saleem, Dr. Eli Tilevich, Dr. Clifford A. Shaffer, Dr. Dennis Kafura
Records of AIDS related statistics from several countries. View
aids, death, disease, hiv, orphans, health, countries,...Information about flight delays in major aiports since 2003. View
airplane, airports, travel, plane, air, flights, delays,...Information about over 2000 billionaires from around the world. View
money, rich, wealthy, people, person, billionaireThis library holds data about Broadway shows, such as tickets sold. View
broadway, musical, theatre, ticketsThe Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) includes measures of establishment openings and closings, firm startups, job creation and destruction by firm size, age, and industrial sector, and several other statistics on business dynamics for the US. View
government, united states, us, usa, business, businesses,...Cumulative cancer deaths for the period 2007-2013 are reported for each U.S. state. View
cancer, cancer deaths, medical, healthRecords and computed statistics about the top 1000 books on Project Gutenberg. View
classics, books, texts, text, book, classic, english,...This dataset provides data on the number and valuation of new housing units authorized by building permits. View
construction, permits, us, united states, america,...Estimates of the total dollar value of construction work done in the U.S. View
construction, spending, us, united states, america,...Data related to USA consumer price index, tracking the prices of various commonly purchased goods View
consumer goods, price trendsDemographic information for counties in the United States. View
demographics, population, age, ethnicity, race, language,...The data set contains daily reports of Covid-19 cases and deaths in countries worldwide. The data also shows the country's population and the number of cases per 100,000 people on a rolling 14 day average. View
Covid, Covid-19, pandemic, infection, world healthBehavioural analysis on how different populations are responding to the pandemic View
Covid-19, social response, healthcareMobility analysis on how different populations are responding to the pandemic View
Covid-19, social response, healthcareThis dataset is about substance abuse (cigarettes, marijuana, cocaine, alcohol) among different age groups and states. View
drugs, substances, drug usageRecords from different earthquake occurences across the world. View
earthquakes, nature, disaster, magnitude, richter scale,...A breakdown of how each county voted in the 2016 Presidential primaries. View
politics, election, votes, counties, candidateThis data set describes over 2000 U.S. electric utilities. Reported data for 2019 includes electrical generation, distribution, revenues, and customers. View
elctricity,electric power, utilities, utility revenuesThe Emissions Database for Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) supported by the European Union shows green house gas emissons by country. This data set contains data from 1970 through 2012. View
emissions, CO2, green house gas, pollutionUnited States Government reports on consumption, production, import, and export of various fuel sources. View
energy, renewable, united states, us, nuclear, fossil fuels, powerThe Annual Survey of State Government Finances provides a comprehensive summary of the annual survey findings for state governments, as well as data for individual states. View
finance, government, expenditure, charges, money, united states, usData about counties ability to access supermarkets, supercenters, grocery stores, or other sources of healthy and affordable food. View
counties, states, food, access, availability, supermarket,...Reports of country's development over time View
world, countries, development, health, population, urban,...A collection of key metrics maintained by Our World in Data - updated regularly and includes data on CO2 emissions, other greenhouse gases, energy mix, and other relevant metrics. View
emissions, CO2, CO2 share, N2O, CH4This library holds data about employment of new graduates by major. View
graduation, grads, majors, education, college, university,...This library holds data about reports of diseases in America. View
health, diseases, infectionTo help consumers make informed decisions about health care, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) collects data about the cost and quality of care at over 4,000 Medicare-qualified hospitals. View
hospitals, health care, medical, hospital costs, hospital qualityRecords about dams in the United States such as location, dimensions, and project information View
hydropower, dams, lakes, rivers, waterways, irrigation,...Statistics for various food ingredients View
ingredients, vitamins, minerals, health, nutritionA sampling of work-related injury and illness data from the US. View
osha, united states, us, usa, government, health, safety,...Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age. View
labor, race, age, sex, gender, america, usa, census,...This dataset has records for the awarding of the United States Medal of Honor, one of the military's highest honors. View
us, usa, united states, military, combat, government, army,...The Music library is a compilation of over one million contemporary songs and information about their audio features and metadata. View
music, songs, artists, creativity, mediaThe data set shows the number and rates of deaths due to opioid overdose. View
opioids, drug deaths, heroin, cocaine, drug overdoseThe Washington Post is compiling a database of every fatal shooting in the United States by a police officer in the line of duty since Jan. 1, 2015 by culling local news reports, law enforcement websites and social media and by monitoring independent databases. The Post conducted additional reporting in many cases. View
violence, crime, violent, police, shootings, race, location, timeE-book sales on Amazon, including daily and total earnings for 54,000 titles. View
publishers, amazon, books, sales, genres, literature, englishReal estate information in the United States, including inventory, building, and customer data. View
real, estate, buildings, government, buildingMonthly sales, inventories, and inventory/sales ratios for retail trade and food services. View
retail, services, government, united states, usa, us, trade,...SAT scores for students across the United States, organized by year and state. View
school, education, K-12, kindergarten, learning, teaching, satInformation about tall buildings constructed all over the world. View
buildings, construction, building, skyscrapers,...This dataset has financial records of New Orleans slave sales, 1856-1861. There are almost 16,000 sales recorded in this dataset. View
slavery, slave, slaves, buyer, seller, origin, history, economicsRecords about the crime rates and totals for US states over time. View
crime, burglary, larceny, motor, property, violent, assault,...Demographic information for the states in the United States. View
demographics, population, age, ethnicity, race, language,...The State Fragility Index scores for countries around the world from 1995 to 2018 View
world, countries, security, politics, economy, society,...This dataset has about suicide attacks all over the world for the past three decades. View
global, attack, damage, kill, hurt, destroy, pain,...This dataset contains information about supreme court cases for the several decades. View
us, usa, united states, government, law, legal, court, case,...This dataset is about the Tate art collection, with metadata about paintings, drawings, sculptures, and more. View
artwork, art, sculpture, tateThis library has data about video games, including their play time and sales. View
video games, games, publishers, console, gamingWeekly weather records in 2016 across the U.S. View
weather, rain, snow, sleet, fog, temperature, wind, climate,...This dataset provides locations and technical specifications of wind turbines in the United States, almost all of which are utility-scale. Utility-scale turbines are ones that generate power and feed it into the grid, supplying a utility with energy. They are usually much larger than turbines that would feed a homeowner or business. View
energy, wind, power, air, turbine, utility, location, time