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ERS Mapping and Spatial Data Center: Interactive Mapping Applications

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The following are links to applications that have been published on the ERS website that allow the user to dynamically interact with a map by customizing the map to an area of geographic interest or selecting a vector of data to view. The applications are listed by subject area.

Farm Programs:

  • Farm Program Acres - Map county-level farm program and planted acreage data and manipulate data to illustrate the share of commodity base acreage planted to nine major program crops (corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, wheat, rice, cotton, peanuts, and oilseeds). Available data includes program acres from USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) (Production Flexibility Contract acres under the 1996 Farm Act, Base acres designated under the 2002 Farm Act, and Base acres updated to 1998-2001 plantings under the 2002 Farm Act), as well as planted acreage from USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

Food & Nutrition Assistance and Food Sector:

  • Food Environment Atlas - Get a spatial overview of a community's ability to access healthy food and its success in doing so by assembling county-level statistics on food choices, health and well-being, and community characteristics.

  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Data System Maps - Map selected variables from time-series data on county-level estimates of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation and benefit levels, combined with area estimates of total population and the number of persons in poverty. The most recent year of data available is 2008 for SNAP participation and 2007 for SNAP benefits.

Rural America:

  • Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America - Assemble statistics and view county-level data in four broad categories of socioeconomic factors: people, jobs, agriculture, and county classifications. The Atlas also features new data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

  • Rural Definitions - The Rural Definitions data product provides several resources and tools for understanding the issues involved in defining the line between rural and urban areas in the U.S. The resources include National and State Indicator Tables, State-Level maps of 9 rural definitions, and a Rural Definition Mapping Utility that allows comparing different Rural Definitions

For more information, contact: Chris Dicken

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Updated date: September 7, 2011