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Food Environment Atlas - Data Access and Documentation Downloads

The current version of the Food Environment Atlas has more than 300 variables, including new indicators on all other general merchandise stores (including dollar stores) and deep poverty rates. All of the data included in the Atlas are aggregated into an Excel spreadsheet as well as a machine-readable CSV format for easy download. These data come from a variety of sources and cover varying years and geographic levels. Previous versions of the Food Environment Atlas are archived and available for download. The documentation for each version of the data provides complete information on definitions and data sources.

In the downloadable Excel/CSV spreadsheets:

  • State and county Federal information processing standards (FIPS) codes are provided. FIPS and GEOID are used interchangeably in the online mapping tool and data download and they represent the same value.
  • The variable lookup file links the short field descriptions (indicator names) used in the data file with the longer indicator names used in the Atlas.
  • "No data" fields are referenced with N/A or with -9999. Counties that didn’t exist in a particular year are referenced with -8888.

The current version of the Food Environment Atlas data, along with seven previous versions of the data and documentation, are available:
 

File Downloads

  • Food Environment Atlas Data Download

    Download XLSX
  • Food Environment Atlas .csv Files

    Download ZIP

  • 2020 Food Environment Atlas Data Download

    Download XLS
  • 2020 Food Environment Atlas .csv Files

    Download ZIP
  • 2020 Food Environment Atlas Documentation

    Download TXT

  • Data Download

    Download XLS
  • 2017 Food Environment Atlas Documentation.pdf

    Download PDF

  • 2015 Food Environment Atlas Data Download.xls

    Download XLS
  • Food Environment Atlas documentation

    Download PDF