National Agricultural Statistics Service

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Agency overview
Formed	1863; 161 years ago (1863)
Jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States
Headquarters	Washington, D.C., U.S.
Agency executive	Hubert Hamer, Administrator
Parent department	United States Department of Agriculture
Website	http://www.nass.usda.gov/

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.