Table 50 Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987-Con. 



(For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Other occupations 



Age of operator (years) 



OWNED AND RENTED LAND 



Owned land in farms. 



sed from others . 

 I land in farms .. 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place i 

 On farm operated ... 

 Not on farm operated 

 Not reported 



Operators by principal occupation; 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days of work off farm: 



1 00 to 1 99 days . 

 200 days or more 



Operators by years on present farm: 



Operators by age group: 



Under 25 years 



25 to 34 years 



35 to 44 years 



bti to 59 years 



60 to 64 years 



65 to 69 years 



70 years and over . 

 Average age 



Operators of Spanish ongin ( 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) . 

 Partnership 



Other than family f 



acres. 



79 664 

 1 075 

 66 983 



367 

 32 359 



366 

 32 270 



See footnotes at end of table 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



24 386 



. 242 



20 278 



58 

 3 871 



58 

 3 871 



DELAWARE 71 



