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Percent of Principal Farm Operators Reporting Primary Occupation as Farming: 2007

Source: Ag Atlas, 2007

Census of Agriculture

The Census of Agriculture was part of the Census of Population and Housing (Decennial Census) until 1920. After 1925, it was conducted at 5-yearly intervals, currently in years ending with -2 and -7. In 1997, responsibility for the Census of Agriculture was transferred from the Census Bureau (Dept. of Commerce) to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (Dept. of Agriculture). The census provides information on agricultural production, statistics on farms and farm operators, values for crops and livestock and fertilizer use.

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Agricultural Census of the United States
This link goes to the three most recent agricultural census data (2017, 2012 and 2007). It also links to specialized reports and older census years, back to 1840. Clicking on a Census will bring up the full reports, state data, and specialized reports including Agricultural Atlases and Maps, Specialty Crops Reports, Horticulture Specialties, land ownership, and others.
Historical Statistics of the United States colonial times to 1970, Bicentennial Edition, 1975
Supplement to the Statistical Abstract, bicentennial edition. Contains annual, time-series data with national coverage on almost any aspect of United States economics, population or infrastructure since the government began recording statistics. Data by decade from 1850 to 1970. MSU Main Library First Floor, East Wing C 3.134/2:H 62/789-970/ pt.1 and pt. 2
Researching Farms and Farmers in the U.S. Census
Guidance searching U.S. Agricultural Schedules.
Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940
1967.
On the 692 rolls of this microfilm publication, M595, are reproduced Indian census rolls, 1885-1940, with a few later rolls. These census rolls were usually submitted each year by agents or superintendents in charge of Indian reservations as required by an act of Congress of July 4, 1884 (23 Stat. 98)
1910 Census Instructions to Enumerators
The text is excerpted on pages 45-57 from Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses From 1790 to 2000.

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