United States Agriculture Data, 1840 - 2012

This collection includes county-level data from the United States Censuses of Agriculture for the years 1840 to 2012. The files provide data about the number, types, output, and prices of various agricultural products, as well as information on the amount, expenses, sales, values, and production of machinery. Most of the basic crop output data apply to the previous harvest year. Data collected also included the population and value of livestock, the number of animals slaughtered, and the size, type, and value of farms. Part 46 of this collection contains data from 1980 through 2010. Variables in part 46 include information such as the average value of farmland, number and value of buildings per acre, food services, resident population, composition of households, and unemployment rates.

本数据集囊括了自1840年至2012年美国农业普查的县级数据。数据文件提供了关于各类农产品数量、种类、产出和价格的信息，以及关于机械设备数量、费用、销售额、价值和生产情况的数据。大多数基本作物产出数据适用于前一年收获。收集的数据还包括牲畜的数量和价值、屠宰动物的数量以及农场规模、类型和价值。本数据集的第46部分包含了1980年至2010年的数据。第46部分中的变量包括如农田平均价值、每英亩建筑数量和价值、餐饮服务、居民人口、家庭构成以及失业率等信息。