Agriculture Census of the United States, 2002

Description:

This polygon shapefile portrays a selected set of information that was collected for the 2002 Census of Agriculture by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. There are 25 categories of data which include information about farms, crops, livestock, values of products, and farm operator characteristics. The data is for the United States and is presented by county. This is a replacement for the May 2003 Agriculture Census of the United States 1997 map layer. This layer is part of the 1997-2014 edition of the National Atlas of the United States. These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the national level, and for large regional areas. The data should be displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:2,000,000-scale data. No responsibility is assumed by the National Atlas of the United States in the use of these data. National Atlas of the United States. (2005). Agriculture Census of the United States, 2002. National Atlas of the United States. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/qp249dw6789. The complete information for the 2002 Census of Agriculture is available from the National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, <http://www.nass.usda.gov/Census_of_Agriculture/index.asp>. Data for additional years are available from the same site. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

Creator:

National Atlas of the United States

Publisher:

National Atlas of the United States

Provider:

Stanford

Collection:

National atlas of the United States of America, 1997-2014

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon data

Subject:

Farms, Orchards, Tractors, Livestock, Soybean products, Agriculture, Vegetables, Wheat, Crops, Chickens, Broilers (Chickens), Corn, Family farm, Cows, Cropland, Calves, Cattle, Census, Cotton, Poultry, Agricultural machinery, and Farming

Temporal Coverage:

2002

Date Issued:

2005

Spatial Coverage:

United States, Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (State), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington (D.C.), Washington (State), West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile

More details at:

https://purl.stanford.edu/qp249dw6789