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2012 Census of Agriculture - Web Maps

Metadata Updated: January 3, 2024

The Census of Agriculture provides a detailed picture every five years of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Conducted by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, the 2012 Census of Agriculture collected more than six million data items directly from farmers. The Ag Census Web Maps application makes this information available at the county level through a few clicks. The maps and accompanying data help users visualize, download, and analyze Census of Agriculture data in a geospatial context.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: Creative Commons CCZero

Downloads & Resources

References

https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/Ag_Census_Web_Maps/Data_download/Ag_Census_Map_documentation_07172015.pdf

Dates

Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
Metadata Updated Date January 3, 2024
Data Update Frequency R/P1Y

Metadata Source

Harvested from USDA JSON

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
Metadata Updated Date January 3, 2024
Publisher National Agricultural Statistics Service, Department of Agriculture
Maintainer
Identifier USDA-NASS-00006
Data Last Modified 2015-02-02
Category Agriculture
Public Access Level public
Data Update Frequency R/P1Y
Bureau Code 005:15
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
Data Quality True
Data Dictionary https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/Ag_Census_Web_Maps/Data_download/index.php
Data Dictionary Type text/html
Harvest Object Id e3c56bed-a241-4a0f-93dc-54e20870603e
Harvest Source Id d3fafa34-0cb9-48f1-ab1d-5b5fdc783806
Harvest Source Title USDA JSON
Homepage URL https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/Ag_Census_Web_Maps/Overview/
License https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Old Spatial United States
Program Code 005:042
Related Documents https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/Ag_Census_Web_Maps/Data_download/Ag_Census_Map_documentation_07172015.pdf
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 834e276a87641b96cb0c9ead9bd40670e527d3b67ced8250e92ec2efaf9b8bd4
Source Schema Version 1.1
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