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Welcome to the NRCS, Social Sciences Team Social and Economic Data web site.
December, 2006:
2006 Limited Resource Farmer Data
March, 2006:
2005 Emergency Watershed Protection Population Data
2005 Emergency Watershed Protection Disability and Income Data (Revised March, 2006)
2005 Emergency Watershed Protection Rules
2005 Limited Resource Farmer Data
DemogDocs (March, 2006 version)
The Social Sciences Team
of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) develops and
supports this website. The site provides conservation professionals with:
The site brings together a
combination of over 200 county level variables from the U.S. 2000 General
Population Census, the 2002 U.S. Agricultural Census, and special
Agricultural Census information provided by the National Agricultural
Statistical Service. All data sets are geo referenced using Federal
Information Processing Standards (FIPS) codes so that the conservation
professional may use them in a wide variety of mapping software.
This web site contains several sets of social/economic data. They
include (or will include) the following:
- County Level Data: The County Level Data Sets
include over 200 variables from the 2000 General Population Census , the 2002
Census of Agriculture, and several special National Agricultural Statistical
Service data runs done specifically for the Natural Resources Conservation
Service.
- Limited Resource Farmer
and Beginning Farmer Data: The
Limited Resource and Beginning Farmer Data Set includes information helpful for
analysis of the base population of Limited Resource Farmers and Beginning
Farmers at the county level.
- County Level Historical Data:
The County Level Historical Data Set will include a small set of
agricultural statistical information and general population information
covering the last 30 years. It is expected to be available by June of 2003.
- Special Data Sets:
Any customized data set created for headquarters, regional, state, or field
level offices in NRCS will be available from this page. These will be added as
they are created.
- Social Profile Data Sets These data sets were created for use in Earth Team Coordinator Training
Courses. They may be used by state and county employees to gain an understanding
of the cultural, social, and economic variety within their area. Each data set
is contained in an Excel spreadsheet and the information is derived from the the
2000 General Population Census. The data includes Race, ethnicity (hispanic/non-hispanic),
gender, potential volunteer population, and primary language..
The Natural Resources Conservation Service provides leadership
in a partnership effort to help people conserve, maintain, and improve our natural
resources and environment.
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