Food access research atlas.

Format:

Government document

Website/Database

Contributor:

United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food security--United States--Statistics.

Food security.

Food supply--United States--Statistics.

Food supply.

Grocery trade--Social aspects--United States--Statistics.

Grocery trade.

Agriculture--Social aspects--United States--Statistics.

Agriculture.

Agriculture--Economic aspects--United States--Statistics.

Geospatial data--United States.

Geospatial data.

Agriculture--Economic aspects.

Agriculture--Social aspects.

United States.

Genre:

Statistics.

Physical Description:

Updated irregularly

Began in: 2011.

Former Title:

Food desert locator 2011-[Feb. 2014?]

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Summary:

A mapping tool that enables users to: Create maps showing food access indicators by census tract using different measures and indicators of supermarket accessibility; view indicators of food access for selected subpopulations; and, download census-tract-level data on food access measures.

Notes:

"Presents a spatial overview of food access indicators for low-income and other census tracts using different measures of supermarket accessibility; provides food access data for populations within census tracts; and offers census-tract-level data on food access that can be downloaded for community planning or research purposes."

"The original version of the Food Desert Locator implemented a single measure of food deserts ... In the new Food Access Research Atlas, food access indicators for census tracts using 1/2-mile and 1-mile demarcations to the nearest supermarket for urban areas, 10-mile and 20-mile demarcations to the nearest supermarket for rural areas, and vehicle availability for all tracts are estimated and mapped. Users of the Atlas can view census tracts by food access indicators using these different measures, including the original food desert measure, to see how the map changes as the distance demarcation or inclusion of vehicle access changes"--About the Atlas.

Provides a narrower set of statistics on food choices, health and well-being, and community characteristics than the USDA ERS Food Environment Atlas.

Description based on: Version last updated May 28, 2014; title from title screen (USDA website, viewed June 3, 2014).

Latest issue consulted: Version last updated Mar. 11, 2015 (viewed Apr. 06, 2015).

ISSN:

2378-2625

OCLC:

730943048