News
Census of Agriculture 2007
2/4/2009 **updated 11/13/2009**
Summary information for the nation, states, and counties is now on the NASS web site. You can access summary reports in PDF and online profiles from the 2007 Census of Agriculture site.
According to NASS customer service staff, the DVD product should be released by the end of 2009. The version accessible via the Desktop Data Query Tool is the final release. Release dates for the media and other Census of Agriculture products are announced in Guide to Census Products.
USA Counties Compendium Recently Updated
4/28/2009
The Census Bureau has updated the popular USA Counties online product. It compiles information produced from a wide variety of federal statistical sources. Among the topics included: economic life and the labor force, education and school enrollments, participants in social welfare programs, composition of local area goverments, population estimates and migration.
Changes announced for two CDC/NCHS surveys
2/23/2009
Due to budgetary constraints, the 2009 National Health Interview Survey sample will be reduced to about 17,000 households and 43,600 sample persons. A table published in today's Federal Register details the NHIS sample sizes since 2000.
The same Federal Register notice announced that the 2009 National Hospital Discharge Survey will not be conducted.