Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released 2022 Census of Agriculture data tabulated by zip code. This allows users to explore farm characteristics at a local level. The zip code tabulations are available through Quick Stats, NASS’s online data query tool.
“We are excited to provide data users yet another access point to ag census data with our zip code tabulations,” said NASS Administrator Joseph Parsons. “Information from the Census of Agriculture is highly sought after by producers, agribusinesses, community planners, researchers, and policymakers alike. The ability to examine the data from local vantage points – congressional district, watershed, county, and now five-digit postal zip code – gives those stakeholders and decisionmakers the ability to advocate for their industry and their communities.”
Last week, NASS released data for the 2023 Irrigation and Water Management Survey, the first of four ag census follow-ons to be released. On Dec. 16, the agency will release data from the 2023 Census of Aquaculture.
Since releasing the 2022 Census of Agriculture in February 2024, NASS has made available on its ag census web page a range of products related to the 2022 ag census, including: Market Value of Ag Products Rankings; State and County Profiles; Congressional District Profiles and Rankings; the Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Profiles; the Watersheds report; the American Indian Reservations Report; and the Specialty Crops publication. In addition, the 2022 Puerto Rico Census of Agriculture data were released in July 2024.
Other products to be released this fall and winter include additional ag census Highlights publications found on the NASS website at nass.usda.gov/Publications/Highlights. Census of Agriculture Highlights cover topics such as producer demographics, commodity specifics, and more.
In preparation for the 2027 Census of Agriculture, NASS is already asking for content change suggestions and for new producers who did not receive a 2022 Census of Agriculture questionnaire last year to sign up to be counted in future censuses and surveys. Both forms can be found at nass.usda.gov.
Source : usda.gov