Agricultural Census Data By Region and Farm Type
Background
The USDA Census of Agriculture is a comprehensive accounting of agricultural production in the United States prepared by the Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), U.S. Department of Agriculture. CDF contracted with the Census Bureau to tabulate 1982 and 1987 Census of Agriculture data in order to get a clearer statistical picture of livestock operations in California. CDF has a similar contract with NASS to tabulate 1992 and 1997 data. Those interested in range livestock operations in California will find these data a useful reference concerning agricultural land use and practice.
Agricultural Census Data Regions are aggregations of counties for which the U.S. Bureau of the Census summarized 1982 and 1987 Agricultural Census data, with particular attention to livestock enterprises. Data summarized at the county level frequently had a high degree of results withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms. Aggregating counties reduced the incidence of withheld results. The regions include from two to four closely related counties and are subsets of the FRRAP Regions used in the 1988 FRAP Assessment. This aggregation constitutes a framework within which to summarize Agricultural Census data with a minimum of data withheld to avoid disclosure.
This project reports data for enterprise types (called "farmtypes") within each region. Farmtypes include the following:
- Farms with livestock
- Crop and livestock farms
- Feedlots
- Beef ranches
- Beef ranches 1-49 acres
- Beef ranches 50-499 acres
- Beef ranches 500-1,999 acres
- Beef ranches 2,000-11,999 acres
- Beef ranches 12,000+ acres
- Small ruminant farms
- Dairies
- Other
- Farms without livestock
Data reported for farmtypes include: number and areas of farms, livestock inventories, sales of livestock and livestock products, forage production, irrigation, production expenses, land use, land tenure, operator characteristics, type of organization, and grazing permits.
Region |
Counties Within Region |
|---|---|
| North Coast (1) | Mendocino, Humboldt, Del Norte |
| North Interior (2) | Trinity, Siskiyou, Shasta, Lassen, Modoc |
| South Sacramento Valley (3) | Solano, Yolo, Sutter, Sacramento |
| North Sacramento Valley (4) | Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, Butte, Yuba |
| North Sierra (5) | Plumas, Sierra |
| North Central Sierra (6) | Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Amador |
| Central Sierra (7) | Calaveras, Tuolumne, Mariposa |
| North Bay (8) | Lake, Napa, Sonoma, Marin |
| South Bay (9) | Contra Costa, Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz |
| Central Coast (10) | Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo |
| South Central Coast (11) | Santa Barbara, Ventura |
| North San Joaquin Valley (12) | San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced |
| Central San Joaquin Valley (13) | Madera, Fresno |
| South San Joaquin Valley (14) | Tulare, Kings, Kern |
| Eastside (15) | Alpine, Mono, Inyo |
| South Coast (16) | Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego |
| Mojave / Colorado Desert (17) | San Bernardino, Riverside, Imperial |
Download the data: http://frap.cdf.ca.gov/data/frapgisdata/select.asp?htmlid=463
For more information, please contact:
Jim Spero
CAL FIRE Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP)
PO Box 944246
Sacramento, CA 94244-2460
916.327-3939
james.spero@fire.ca.gov