[OC] Anteil der Bevölkerung, der in den USA auf Bauernhöfen lebt

Source: IPUMS USA Census Microdata – 2024 5-year data

Data citation: IPUMS USA, University of Minnesota, [www.ipums.org](http://www.ipums.org/)

Tools: R (packages: dplyr, ggplot2, sf, usmap, tools, ggfx, grid, scales, cowplot, showtext, sysfonts, colorspace)

You may be wondering what a Public Use Microdata Area (PUMA) is…

PUMAs are areas designated by the Census Bureau for statistical reporting. They each have between 100k and 200k residents, don’t cross state lines, and follow county and city boundaries when possible. Their big advantage over county maps is letting us see much more detail in urban areas, but it does come at the cost of being able to present all the information in one image. Additionally, many counties often have very high margins of error for survey data like this. The relatively consistent size of PUMAs ensures reasonably low margins of error across the whole map.

A map of places that have farms, and don’t have many people.

Does this includes the people who declare their home a „farm“ for tax and zoning reasons, but don’t actually engage in agriculture for a living?

In any case 1.3% is really low for the amount of influence they have.

I think it’d be interesting to see a comparison of this as well as one showing how many ppl work on farms in each state.

For example, if you live in Nebraska, there’s a 1 in 4 chance your job is tied to the agriculture industry.

Having driven across northern North Dakota and eastern Montana, I can say I feel like it would be fairly hard to NOT live on a farm. Unless you instead live on an oil field.