United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Environment Atlas

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Details Low Income children obesity rates, SNAP and WIC programs, farms with direct sales to consumers, direct-sale farm revenue
Topics health, federal nutrition programs, local foods
Source U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
Years Available Various (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Geographies County
Public Edition or Subscriber-only Public Edition
Download Available yes
For more information http://www.ers.usda.gov/FoodAtlas/

Description:

The Food Environment Atlas is a project of the Economic Research Service, the economic information and research division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Atlas assembles data about food choices, health and well-being, and community characteristics. Data are available at various geographies including county, state and region.

Health related indicators, including low-income preschool obesity rates, come from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The low income preschool figures were derived by a CDC analysis of the Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System, see http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6231a4.htm?s_cid=mm6231a4_w.

Data on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food Stamp Program, come from the Food and Nutrition Service of USDA’s SNAP Benefits Redemption Division. Data on the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program come from the Food and Nutrition Service of USDA’s Program Analysis and Monitoring Branch, Supplemental Food Programs Division. SNAP benefits data are calculated by the Bureau of Economic Analysis at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Low-income participants in the SNAP program come from Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, U.S. Census Bureau. Population data used to determine rates is from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Data on farms with direct sales to consumer are from the 2007 Agricultural Census, see: http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/index.asp.

PolicyMap will remove the WIC and SNAP data published in the Food Environment Atlas in 2021 if the data is not updated by the source.

Available Data Layers & Indicators (31)
Average SNAP redemption per SNAP-authorized store in 2008.
Average SNAP redemption per SNAP-authorized store in 2009.
Average SNAP redemption per SNAP-authorized store in 2011.
Average SNAP redemption per SNAP-authorized store in 2012.
Average WIC redemption per WIC-authorized store in 2008.
Average WIC redemption per WIC-authorized store in 2009.
Average WIC redemption per WIC-authorized store in 2011.
Average WIC redemption per WIC-authorized store in 2012.
Low-income preschool obesity rate, 2006-08.
Low-income preschool obesity rate, 2009-11.
Number of SNAP-authorized stores in 2008.
Number of SNAP-authorized stores in 2009.
Number of SNAP-authorized stores in 2011.
Number of SNAP-authorized stores in 2012.
Number of SNAP-authorized stores per 1,000 population in 2008.
Number of SNAP-authorized stores per 1,000 population in 2009.
Number of SNAP-authorized stores per 1,000 population in 2011.
Number of SNAP-authorized stores per 1,000 population in 2012.
Number of WIC-authorized stores in 2008.
Number of WIC-authorized stores in 2009.
Number of WIC-authorized stores in 2011.
Number of WIC-authorized stores in 2012.
Number of WIC-authorized stores per 1,000 population in 2008.
Number of WIC-authorized stores per 1,000 population in 2009.
Number of WIC-authorized stores per 1,000 population in 2011.
Number of WIC-authorized stores per 1,000 population in 2012.
Per capita dollar amount of WIC redemptions in 2008.
Per capita dollar amount of WIC redemptions in 2011.
Per capita dollar amount of WIC redemptions in 2012.
Total WIC redemptions as of 2008.
Total WIC redemptions as of 2009.