The following is copy from the latest release from the National Drought Mitigation Center:

Within the announcement, there are a few links that will provide additional information.  These include:

Crops in Drought

U.S. Drought Monitor statistics

Narrative of Drought

 

          

 

U.S. Drought Monitor for May 9, 2017:

 

For the contiguous 48 states, the U.S. Drought Monitor showed 5.23 percent of the area in moderate drought or worse, compared with 4.98 percent a week earlier.

Drought now affects 32,578,680 people, compared with 40,149,839 a week earlier.

 

For all 50 U.S. states and Puerto Rico, the U.S. Drought Monitor showed 4.41 percent of the area in moderate drought or worse, compared with 4.21 percent a week earlier.

Drought now affects 32,654,866 people, compared with 40,226,026 a week earlier.

 

To find populations affected by drought for specific states or time periods please visit https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/MapsAndData/DataTables.aspx

Just select one of the Population types from the Statistic Type pulldown.

 

The attachments include the weekly map and narrative as well as the one-week change map.

 

For complete U.S. Drought Monitor statistics and additional products and information, please visit https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu

 

“U.S. Crops in Drought” is updated each week:

https://www.usda.gov/oce/weather/Drought/AgInDrought.pdf