National Agricultural Statistics Service

National Agricultural Statistics Service
Agency overview
Formed1863; 161 years ago (1863)
JurisdictionFederal government of the United States
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., U.S.
Agency executive
Parent departmentUnited States Department of Agriculture
Websitehttp://www.nass.usda.gov/
Compiling the crop report in 1917

The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is the statistical branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System. NASS has 12 regional offices throughout the United States and Puerto Rico and a headquarters unit in Washington, D.C. NASS conducts hundreds of surveys and issues nearly 500 national reports each year on issues including agricultural production, economics, demographics and the environment. NASS also conducts the United States Census of Agriculture every five years.