Census of Agriculture - Puerto Rico

Description

The Census of Agriculture is the leading source of statistics about Puerto Rico's agricultural production. A comprehensive dataset of farms, including land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures, crop and livestock types for Puerto Rico.

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Detailed Methodology

Sample

The purpose of a census is to enumerate all members of a population with a defined characteristic. For the Puerto Rico Census of Agriculture, that goal is to account for "any place from which $500 or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the census year." To do this, NASS creates a Census Mail List (CML) of agricultural operations that potentially meet the farm definition, collects agricultural information from those operations, reviews the data, and combines the data to provide information on the farm characteristics of farm operations and farm operators at the island and regional levels.

Method of data collection

Survey (self- or interviewer-administered)

Frequency of data collection

Every five years

Reference date

Last year/last 12 months

Number of cases

Varies by year, approximately 3,000 cases

Number of variables

Varies by year, approximately 1,100 variables