Data versus Statistics

Data are the raw numbers which are gathered, processed and summarized into statistics.  This page is in preparation and is no doubt incomplete.

Data Sources

Beginner's Guide to Locating and Using Numeric Data, Diane Sredl can help with data discovery and manipulation. 

Harvard Dataverse

Statistics

To find more statistical publications in HOLLIS:

Use Advanced search to search: Israel AND (immigration OR immigrants) AND Statistics

Find the proper subject terms (see HOLLIS page), for example: 

Israel Cities Statistics
Jerusalem statistics

Statistics Sources

The Methods and materials of demography, ed. by Jacob S. Siegel, David A. Swanson. 2nd ed. San Diego, Calif.: Elsevier Academic Press, 2004, 819 p. 
HOLLIS Record
HathiTrust Full Text (1980 ed.)
–Chapter on international migration

Analytical bibliography of international migration statistics, selected countries, 1925-1950. United Nations. Bureau of Social Affairs. New York, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 1955, 195 p.
HOLLIS Record

International historical statistics, 1750-2010

League of Nations Statistical Yearbook  (1926-1944)  Migration Movements section is in the Territory, Population chapter

UN Statistics Resource Guide

Demographic yearbook. New York [etc.] Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office, United Nations, 1948- .
HOLLIS Record
UN Version
--Largely vital statistics: Population, birth, death rates, etc.
--Each issue (1949-1996) has a special topic. International Migration Statistics in 1977, 1989

UN Statistics Division: Demographic and Social Statistics: International Migration

UN Population Division International Migration 1990-2019

UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency: Statistical Yearbooks, 1994-

Migration Data Hub (Migration Policy Institute)

Migration Data Portal

International migration, 1945-1957. International Labour Office. Geneva, 1959, 414 p.

International migrations, ed. by Walter Willcox. (Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research, no. 14, 18) New York, 1929-31. 2 v.
HOLLIS record 
--I. Statistics compiled on behalf of the International Labour Office, Geneva, with introduction and notes by I. Ferenczi.
--II. Interpretations, by a group of scholars in different countries (Includes discussions of sources).

Statistical handbook of Middle Eastern countries : Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, the Lebanon, Syria, Transjordan, Turkey / Jewish Agency for Palestine, Economic Research Institute. 2d ed. Jerusalem : The Institute, 1945, viii, 183 p.
Microforms (Lamont)  |  Offsite Storage    |  Film W 17100
Widener  |  Offsite Storage    |  XP 2165
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Reprint of 1944 ed. with a few misprints corrected and supplement with new statistics
Includes detailed statistical breakdown of immigrants

Statistical handbook of Middle Eastern countries; Palestine, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, the Lebanon, Syria, Transjordan, Turkey. Jerusalem, 1944, viii, 166 p.
Widener  |  Econ 7974.10
HOLLIS Record

Analytical bibliography of international migration statistics, selected countries, 1925-1950. United Nations. Bureau of Social Affairs. New York, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 1955, 195 p.
HOLLIS Record

United States

Statistical Yearbook of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1978-2001
Online Version

Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States: 1850 to 2000 (pdf document)

Yearbook of Immigration Statistics (Department of Homeland Security), 1996-present.

Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States (Migration Policy Institute)

Essays with some Statistics

International migration, 1945-1957. International Labour Office. Geneva, 1959, 414 p.
HOLLIS Record
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