Racial Diversity in Agriculture

Links to USDA Census of Agriculture and Economic Research Service data, tables and reports.

Presents 2012 Census data on farming trends by race, ethnicity and gender in the United States and each state .

The Farm Service Agency targets a portion of its loan funds to "Socially Disadvantaged Applicants" which include minorities and women farmers and ranchers.

Outreach Coordinator contacts and initiatives for special audiences: African-Americans, American Indians, Alaskan Natives, Asian/Pacific Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, and Women.

Community-based group involved in advocacy, land retention and rural development for black and other small farmers throughout the country.

This project focuses on the issues facing Hispanic and Latino farmers and ranchers. The Final Report (2007) includes a comprehensive bibliography and a directory of public and private organizations serving this population.

Explore U.S. tribal and community food projects, success stories, and reports about people who are rebuilding local, equitable food systems. Full-text reports include, Intertribal Food Systems: A National Intertribal Survey and Report.

In follow up to the 1989 report, Agriculture at Risk: A Report to the Nation, this study reviews more recent data looking at occupational safety issues specific to Hispanic, African-American, Caribbean and Haitian and Native American minorities.

According to U.S. Census Bureau county population estimates taken in 2005, "racial and ethnic minorities now make up 19 percent of nonmetro residents and are geographically dispersed throughout the Nation." Overview, reports and data about critical demographic and economic trends and characteristics of rural minority residents.