This species was found at 608 bioassessment sites, 40 rapid fish bioassessment sites, 105 fisheries assessment sites, and 6 fisheries presence-only assessment sites. In total, it was collected at 731 distinct sites, or 50.7% of the 1442 total sites monitored by the bioassessment program. It is the 8th most commonly collected species.

The Sand Shiner was collected in 1294 bioassessment sampling sessions and 276 fisheries assessment sessions. It was present in 40 rapid bioassessment sessions and 6 presence-only sessions.

The biological assessment program has collected a total of 104,272 individual Sand Shiner specimens, ranking it the #6 most collected fish.