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As of Dec. 1, there were 73.1 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, down 2% from December 2021 and down 1% from Sept. 1, 2022, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). [...]

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Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) mailed the 2022 Census of Agriculture paper questionnaires to all known agriculture producers across the nation and Puerto Rico. Last month, producers in the states received their survey codes with an invitation to respond online. Any producer who did not respond online [...]

These files are the product of the Common Core of Data (CCD) data collection for the 2021–22 school year. Data are reported at state, district, and school levels and include staff counts by professional category, as well as student membership disaggregated by grade, race/ethnicity, and sex. Also included are school-level [...]

This provisional set of web tables presents data findings from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) spring 2022 data collection. The spring 2022 collection includes four survey components: Enrollment for fall 2021; Finance for fiscal year 2021; data on employees in postsecondary education for Fall 2021; and data for [...]

In 2019-20, the national public school adjusted cohort graduation rate for U.S. students was 86.5 percent. Although the data generally show increases in the rate from 2018-19, both overall and by reported subgroups, caution should be used when interpreting changes from prior years because the pandemic resulted in unplanned [...]

Esta semana, el Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA, por sus siglas en inglés) envió por correo el Censo de Agricultura de Puerto Rico 2022 a todos los productores agropecuarios conocidos en cada municipio y la fecha límite para responder es el 6 de febrero de 2023. Los [...]

This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) mailed the Puerto Rico 2022 Census of Agriculture to all known agriculture producers in every municipio. The deadline for response is Feb. 6, 2023. Ag producers can respond online at agcounts.usda.gov or by mail. The ag census is the only comprehensive and [...]

Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the results of the 2021 Organic Survey, which show total sales of $11.2 billion in organic products, an increase of $1.28 billion, or 13%, from 2019. There were 17,445 certified organic farms, a 5% increase from 2019. [...]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is seeking nominations to the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics. Members of this committee advise the Secretary of Agriculture on the scope, timing and content of periodic agricultural censuses, surveys of agriculture, and other related industries. The committee also makes [...]

Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) mailed survey codes to all known agriculture producers across the 50 states with an invitation to respond online to the 2022 Census of Agriculture at agcounts.usda.gov. The ag census is the nation’s only comprehensive and impartial agriculture data for every state, county, and [...]

The age-adjusted rate of alcohol-induced deaths in 2020 was 13.1 per 100,000 standard population. From 2000 to 2020, the rate increased in both urban and rural counties: from 7.1 to 12.7 in urban counties and from 7.0 to 15.8 in rural counties. From 2019 to 2020, the rate increased by 26% for [...]

Nearly 25 million working age adults in the United States (ages 18-64) were without health insurance in 2021, according to new data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina had the highest rates of uninsured among this group. The data are captured in two new reports [...]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will hold its biannual Data Users’ Meeting virtually Nov. 15 from noon-3:30 p.m. EST. The Data Users’ Meeting is held to share recent and pending statistical program changes with the public and to solicit input on these and other programs [...]

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2022/20221028/20221028.htm HOST:  We talked this week with Ari Minino, a statistician with the NCHS Division of Vital Statistics and co-author on a new report out on October 28th on COVID-19 mortality in 2020 by occupation and industry.  The report was a collaborative analysis conducted by NCHS and NIOSH – the National [...]