History

Growth of ICPSR
Year Revenues Member Institutions Staff
1962-63$64,30025--
1967-68$606,40312764
1972-73$900,30014846
1977-78$1,398,67622462
1982-83$2,044,06127062
1987-88$2,561,49732555
1992-93$4,319,21737880
1997-98$5,758,02336991
2002-03$9,883,979373112
2007-08 $16,265,086 657 106
2009-10 $19,148,425 700 118
2012-13 $18,826,424 740 115
2013-14 $18,214,116 750 108
2014-15 $17,165,381 759 110
2014-15 $17,165,381 759 110
2015-16 $18,220,374 765 108
2016-17 $18,837,261 759 106
2017-18 $18,423,431 778 106
2018-19 $17.3 785 96
2019-20 $16.4 791 123
2020-21     146

Establishment of Special Topic Archives
Year Archive Established
1962 Survey Data Archive
1966 Historical Archive
1968 International Relations Archive
1976 National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA)
1978 National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)
1995 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive(SAMHDA)
1996 International Archive of Education Data (IAED)
1998 Health and Medical Care Archive (HMCA)
2003 Child Care and Early Education Research Connections (CCEERC)
2004 Data Sharing for Demographic Research (DSDR)
2005 Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN)
2006 Resource Center for Minority Data (RCMD)
2007 Pre-Kindergarten through Third Grade Archive (PreK-3rd)
2007 International Data Resource Center (IDRC)
2007 Terrorism Preparedness Data Resource Center (TPDRC)
2008 Integrated Fertility Survey Series (IFSS)
2009 National Addiction & HIV/AIDS Digital Archive Program (NAHDAP)
2009 NCAA Student-Athlete Experiences Data Archive
2009 China Multi-Generational Panel Dataset – Liaoning
2009 Teaching With Data
2010 The Center for Population Research in LGBT Health's Population Research in Sexual Minority Health (PRISM) Data Archive
2012 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Multiple Chronic Conditions (AHRQ MCC) Research Network
2012 Education Research Data Sharing Initiative (AERA-ICPSR partnership)
2012 Measures of Effective Teaching Longitudinal Database (MET LDB)
2013 Seek, Test, Treat, & Retain (STTR) Data Harmonization Initiative
2013 HIV Open Data Project
2014 Archive of Data on Disability to Enable Policy and research (ADDEP)
2015 National Archive of Data on Arts & Culture (NADAC)
2016 Civic Learning, Engagement, & Action Data Sharing (CivicLEADS)
2016 Open Data Flint
2017 DataLumos
2018 US Census Data Repository
2019 Child and Family Data Archive
2020 Data Archive for Interdisciplinary Research on Learning (DAIRL)
2021 COVID-19 Data Repository

Size of ICPSR's Holdings

Curated holdings as of January 2022

On-Demand* Total Members Public
Studies 8,559 5,317 3,242
Datasets 71,289 31,860 39,429
Files 224,649 92,116 132,533
ASCII data files 40,764 23,763 17,001
SAS setup and transport files 40,965 15,987 24,978
SPSS setup, portable, and system files 32,694 13,494 19,200
Stata setup, system, and dictionary files 47813 17,394 30,419
Documentation files (public, by definition) 22,840   22,840
*On-Demand: every file in each of these studies is downloadable
Restricted** Total Members Public
Studies 2,312 252 2,060
Datasets 11,634 823 10,811
Files 108,238 8,457 99,781
ASCII data files 8,903 668 8,235
SAS setup and transport files 21,465 1,671 19,794
SPSS setup, portable, and system files 15,931 1,286 14,645
Stata setup, system, and dictionary files 26,973 2,029 24,944
Documentation files (public, by definition) 21,901   21,901
**Restricted: each study has at least one file that is not downloadable

Note that counts do not include union catalog entries (data described but not held at ICPSR) or self-deposited projects.