Where to go for data when the federal websites shut down

Because it looks like most federal websites will shut down when the government does... (update: Census website down as of 10:30am EST)

Here are some other helpful data resources, ranging from national to state and local downloads, to get you through any dark days with no federal data access:

• IPUMS USA for all things Census
• SHADAC for all things healthcare
• Population Reference Bureau for all things American Community Survey
• Annie E. Casey Foundation for all things child well-being related
• Missouri Census Data Center (another all-things Census option)
• National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS), GeoCommons, and Eric Fischer's collection of 2013 TIGER shapefiles for all things spatial
• Census Reporter for another source of American Community Survey data

You may also want to try the "Wayback Machine," an online archive of webpages. (It does work for the Census Bureau webpage as of September 2013.)

For state-specific data... here are links provided by readers and colleagues around the nation:

Check the Clearinghouse of SDCs for a comprehensive listing of Census State Data Centers, or refer to one of these state-based resources:

• Alabama (Center for Business and Economic Researh, University of Alabama)
• Alaska (Department of Commerce - Community Database Online)
• Arizona (Office of Employment and Population statistics)
• Arkansas (Census state data center - note: some downloadable data, some broken links)
• California (Department of Finance, KidsData.org)
• Colorado (Colorado State Data Center)
• Connecticut (Connecticut State Data Center)
• Delaware (Delaware State Data Center)
• District of Columbia (District of Columbia, Dept. of Planning)
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii (Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism)
• Idaho
• Illinois (Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Economic Opportunity)
• Indiana (Stats Indiana)
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota (Minnesota Compass)
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York (New York State Data Center, Cornell Program on Applied Demographics)
• North Carolina
• North Dakota (North Dakota Kids Count, North Dakota Compass)
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon (Oregon Census State Data Center)
• Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania State Data Center)
• Puerto Rico
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas (Texas State Data Center)
• Utah (Utah Governor's Office of Planning & Budget)
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington (Office of Financial Management / State Demographer)
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

And here's a bit of 2012 American Community Survey data that may be helpful:

• Percent of population without health insurance coverage by state and Congressional district
• Percent of children without health insurance coverage by state and Congressional district
• Characteristics of the uninsured
• and more

I also have data on U.S. fertility and birth rate by age back to the early 1900s... contact me if you'd like the file.

Please tweet me @DataGeekB or email me if you have recommendations to add to the list!

Special thanks to @SR_Spatial, @MetroGram, @CarlSchmertmann and @NDCompass for recommending several links. @PolicyMap also contacted me to let me know that they provide a wealth of data, some for free, some for a subscription fee.