Here are links to the boxes on this Free Datasets subpage.  The links will quickly jump the screen to the boxes of information.
Free datasets by category: Census & Vital Statistics, Children, Community Development, Criminal Justice, Economic, Education, Elderly, General/Multidisciplinary, Health, Religion, Social 
Click here for a list of the free datasets by name A-Z
Click here for the datasets that are not free, but are free to current WUSTL students faculty & staff

Many free datasets are copyright protected. Internet items are copyright protected. Investigate whether your intended use of an item requires permission from the copyright holder.
Census & Vital Statistics

Many free datasets are copyright protected.  Internet items are copyright protected.  Investigate whether your intended use of an item requires permission from the copyright holder.
Children

Many free datasets are copyright protected.  Internet items are copyright protected.  Investigate whether your intended use of an item requires permission from the copyright holder. 
Community Development

Many free datasets are copyright protected.  Internet items are copyright protected.  Investigate whether your intended use of an item requires permission from the copyright holder. 
Criminal Justice

Many free datasets are copyright protected.  Internet items are copyright protected.  Investigate whether your intended use of an item requires permission from the copyright holder. 
Economic

Many free datasets are copyright protected.  Internet items are copyright protected.  Investigate whether your intended use of an item requires permission from the copyright holder. 
Education

Many free datasets are copyright protected.  Internet items are copyright protected.  Investigate whether your intended use of an item requires permission from the copyright holder. 
Elderly

Many free datasets are copyright protected.  Internet items are copyright protected.  Investigate whether your intended use of an item requires permission from the copyright holder. 
General/Multidisciplinary

Many free datasets are copyright protected.  Internet items are copyright protected.  Investigate whether your intended use of an item requires permission from the copyright holder. 
Health

Many free datasets are copyright protected.  Internet items are copyright protected.  Investigate whether your intended use of an item requires permission from the copyright holder.
Religion

Many free datasets are copyright protected.  Internet items are copyright protected.  Investigate whether your intended use of an item requires permission from the copyright holder.
Social

The following datasets can be freely downloaded.  When searching for datasets, consider the following terms: "dataset"  "datasets"  "data set"  "data sets"  "data archive"  "databank"  "data bank"  "data collection"  "data collections"  "data file"  "data files"  "raw data"

Many free datasets are copyright protected.  Internet items are copyright protected.  Investigate whether your intended use of an item requires permission from the copyright holder.  You do not need permission to use datasets that were published before 1929.  You do not need permission to use U.S. federal government created datasets.  Don't forget to properly cite all of the resources that you use.

Off-campus access to the following datasets is restricted to current WUSTL students, faculty, and staff.