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===HTML tables===

[http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/php_site/pwt_index.php Penn world table] - Purchasing power parity and national income accounts converted to international prices for 168 countries for some or all of the years 1950-2000.<br>
Use the [http://pwt.econ.upenn.edu/php_site/pwt61_form.php HTML form] to generate data as

[http://www.wineinstitute.org/communications/statistics/worldstats.htm World wine statistics] - Information on worldwide wine production and consumption.<br>
===HTML table, SAS or CSV===

[http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR17/sr17.html USDA food nutrient data] - Information about the nutrients contained in a number of 
different foods and food groups.<br>
Data [http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/SR17/dnload/sr17dnld.html available] in <b>ASCII, MS ACCESS</b> and <b>Excel</b> formats.<br>

[http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/ Frequently occurring first and last names] - U.S. Census Bureau genealogical data on names.<br>
[http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/?sex=male&yob=2003 Popular baby names] - Social Security Administration data on distributions of given names.<br>

===Text files, HTML tables===

[http://www.metrokc.gov/Assessor/download/download.asp King County department of assessments] - Data on housing and properties in King County.<br>

===Excel files===

[http://www.metrokc.gov/elections/canvass/2004/ King County elections] - Official King County election data for 2004 elections.<br>
[http://www.dhs.gov/ximgtn/statistics/publications/yearbook.shtm DHS Yearbook of Immigration Statistics] - "The Yearbook of Immigration Statistics is a compendium of tables that provides data on foreign nationals who, during a fiscal year, were granted lawful permanent residence (i.e., admitted as immigrants or became legal permanent residents), were admitted into the United States on a temporary basis (e.g., tourists, students, or workers), applied for asylum or refugee status, or were naturalized. The Yearbook also presents data on immigration law enforcement actions, including alien apprehensions, removals, and prosecutions."

===CSV===
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John Stasko has made the following data sets available:
*[http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/AY2004/cs7450_spring/a1-cars.csv Cars (comma separated text)]
*[http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/AY2004/cs7450_spring/a1-cars.xls Cars (Excel)]
*[http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/AY2004/cs7450_spring/a1-cereals.csv Cereals (comma separated text)]
*[http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/AY2004/cs7450_spring/a1-cereals.xls Cereals (Excel)]
*[http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/AY2004/cs7450_spring/a1-film.csv Films (comma separated text)]
*[http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/AY2004/cs7450_spring/a1-film.xls Films (Excel)]
*[http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/AY2004/cs7450_spring/a1-grocerystoresurvey.csv Grocery store survey (comma separated text)]
*[http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/AY2004/cs7450_spring/a1-grocerystoresurvey.xls Grocery store survey (Excel)]
*[http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/AY2004/cs7450_spring/a1-mutualfunds.csv Mutual funds (comma separated text)]
*[http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/AY2004/cs7450_spring/a1-mutualfunds.xls Mutual funds (Excel)]
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Pat Hanrahan has also collected pointers to a variety of
[http://www.graphics.stanford.edu/courses/cs448b-04-winter/online_databases.html online databases].

===Data sharing sites===

A number of new companies have made it their mission to facilitate data sharing online. These sites include [http://swivel.com Swivel], [http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/app Many Eyes], [http://www.data360.org/ Data360], [http://www.freebase.com/ Freebase] and others. You may be able to find and extract interesting data from these sites.