USDA announces 2022 Census of Agriculture data release details

Acting Regional Director USDA-NASS Northeastern Regional Field Office

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The 2022 Census of Agriculture data will be released on Feb. 13, 2024. Data collection was concluded last summer with a preliminary national return rate of 61%. The ag census, conducted once every five years, was mailed to more than 3 million producers across the United States late last year. Early next year, we will conduct the Census of Agriculture in the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and U.S. Virgin Islands.

The ag census data will be available at nass.usda.gov/AgCensus and in the searchable database, Quick Stats. Publication dates for the various ag census data products can be found online at 2024 Agricultural Statistics Board Calendar. Like all NASS data, ag census data will be available in aggregate form only, ensuring that no individual operation or producer can be identified, as required by

federal law.