PUBLICATION PROGRAM 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



Results of the 1 987 Census of Agriculture are being published 

 In a series of reports which provide data for each county (or 

 equivalent), each State, the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, 

 the Virgin Islands of the United States, American Samoa, and the 

 Northern Mariana Islands. The publications include statistics on 

 the number of farms; land in farms; farm and operator character- 

 istics; livestock, poultry, and their products; crop production and 

 value; operating expenditures; irrigation; and other characteris- 

 tics of farms. 



Publication order forms may be obtained from Data User 

 Services Division, Customer Services, Bureau of the Census, 

 Washington, DC 20233, any U.S. Department of Commerce 

 district office, or by calling (301) 763-1 113. 



ADVANCE REPORTS (AC87-A-01-000(A) TO 56-000(A) 



Advance Reports are published separately for each county (or 

 equivalent) in the United States with 10 farms or more, for each 

 State, and the United States. The reports contain data for all 

 agricultural operations with SI, 000 or more in actual or potential 

 sales of agricultural products in the census year. The Advance 

 Reports contain final data for major data items together with 

 comparable data from the 1982 census. Included in the reports 

 are data on number of farms, land in farms, size of farms, land 

 use practices, farm operator characteristics, sales expenditures, 

 machinery and equipment, livestock, poultry, dairy products sold, 

 and major crops harvested (which vary by State). No advance 

 reports are available for Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin 

 Islands. 



VOLUME 1. GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 

 (AC87-A-1 TO 56) 



State and County Data (A-1 to 50) are published showing 

 detailed data in national and State tables for the United States, 

 and in county and State tables separately for each State. These 

 reports include data on number and size of farms; crop produc- 

 tion; livestock, poultry, and their products; tenure, age, and 

 occupation of operators; types of organization; value of products 

 sold; and standard industrial classification of farms. 



Summary and State Data (A-51) 



• Chapter 1. National level data 



• Chapter 2. State level data 



Outlying Areas (A-52 to 56) provide detailed data for the 

 regions and municipios of Puerto Rico; the election districts of 

 Guam: the U.S. Virgin Islands; American Samoa; and Northern 

 Mariana Islands. 



VOLUME 2. SUBJECT SERIES (AC87-S-1 TO 6) 



Agricultural Atlas of the United States (AC87-S-1), formerly 

 the Graphic Summary, presents a profile of the Nation's agricul- 

 ture in a series of dot and multicolor pattern maps. The maps 

 provide displays on size and type of farm, land use, farm tenure, 

 market value of products sold, crops harvested, livestocl: inven- 

 tories, and other characteristics of farms. 



Coverage Evaluation (AC87-S-2) provides national and regional 

 level estimates on the completeness of the census, in terms of 

 both the number of farms missed and selected characteristics of 

 those farms. 



Ranking of States and Counties (AC87-S-3) presents the 

 ranking of the top 20 States and the top 100 counties of 

 importance of selected items from the 1987 census. Comparative 

 data from the 1982 census are included in most tables. Tables 

 also show cumulative totals for States and counties. 



History (AC87-S-4) is a concise description of the major 

 census operations together with facsimiles of selected data 

 tables. It explains the history of the agriculture census, farm 

 definition, data collection and processing, and dissemination of 

 census data. 



Government Payments and Market Value of Agricultural 

 Products Sold (AC87-S-5) shows detailed data for farms cross- , 

 tabulated by combined market value of agricultural products sold 

 and Government payments received, including detailed national 

 data and selected data for each State. 



ZIP Code Tabulations of Selected Items From the 1987 

 Census of Agriculture (AC87-S-6) provides tabulations by five- 

 digit ZIP Code for selected items from the 1987 census. Data 

 items include number of farms, land in farms, farms by size, 

 market value of agricultural products sold by size of sale, 

 livestock inventory, cropland harvested, and selected crops. 



VOLUME 3. RELATED SURVEYS (AC87-RS-1 AND 2) 



The Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey (AC87-RS-1) pro- 

 vides statistical data collected from a sample of farm operations 

 from the 1987 Census of Agriculture. The publication offers 

 information on acres irrigated, land use, yields of specified crops, 

 methods of water distribution, quantity of water used by its 

 source, and other irhgation practices. 



Agricultural Economics and Land Ownership Survey (AC87- 

 RS-2) provides data on indebtedness, expenditures, income and 

 assets for both farm operators and landlords. This report also 

 includes measures of credit used for purchases and expendi- 

 tures, debt by type of lender, assets, off-farm income, and other 

 land ownership data. 



VOLUME 4. CENSUS OF HORTICULTURAL 

 SPECIALTIES (AC87-HOR-1) 



This report includes detailed information on the horticultural 

 establishments with production and sales of S2,000 or more. It 

 provides data on number of establishments, value of sales of 

 horticultural products, type of horticultural products, and kinds of 

 horticultural businesses, for the United States, States, and 

 counties. 



ELECTRONIC MEDIA 



Flexible Diskette— The Advance Reports of the 1 987 Census 

 of Agriculture are available on flexible diskettes. The files can be 

 used with any compatible microcomputer employing the PC-DOS 

 2.0 or higher operating system. Diskettes can be obtained by 

 calling (301) 763-4100. 



Computer Tapes — Public-use computer tapes contain the 

 same summary statistics that are found in the published reports. 

 Two files are available for each State: data for counties and the 

 aggregated State-level data. Order forms may be obtained from 

 the Data User Services Division, Customer Services, Bureau of 

 the Census, Washington, DC 20233 (or call (301) 763-4100). 



Compact Disc-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM)— Data for the 

 conterminous United States and Puerto Rico are available on 

 CD-ROM. The CD-ROM can be obtained from the Data User 

 Services Division, Customer Services, Bureau of the Census, 

 Washington, DC 20233 (or call (301) 763-4100). 



Online Access— National and State level data from the 1987 

 Census of Agriculture are available on CENDATA through two 

 information vendors — CompuServe and DIALOG. In addition, the 

 advance reports, highlights of the Subject Series, and Related 

 Surveys reports, are available online from AGRIDATA. For infor- 

 mation on these services call (301) 763-4100. 



