Table 16. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization for All Farms 

 and Farms Operated by Black and Other Races: 1987, 1982, and 1978 



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



Characteristics 



All farms 



Farms operated by Black and other races' 



Tenure ot operator: 



All operators _ farms 



acres 



Harvested cropland farms 



acres 



Full owners _ __. _ farms 



acres 



Harvested cropland farms 



acres. 



Pari owners farms. 



acres. 



Harvested cropland.- farms. 



acres 



Tenants _ farms. 



acres. 



Harvested cropland farms, 



acres. 



Percent of tenancy percent. 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days of work off farm: 



None 



Any 



1 to 49 days 



50 to 99 days 



100 to 149 days 



150 to 199 days 



200 days or more 



Not reported 



Operators by years on present farm: 



2 years or less _ 



3 or 4 years 



5 to 9 years 



10 years or more.. 



Average years on present farm 



Not reported 



Operators by age group: 



Under 25 years 



25 to 34 years 



35 to 44 years 



45 to 49 years 



50 to 54 years 



55 to 59 years 



60 to 64 years 



65 to 69 years ___ 



70 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 

 Male -_ farms. 



acres- 

 Female,^ farms. 



acres. 



Operators ot Spanish ongm (see text) farms. 



acres- 



Operators not of Spanish origin _ farms. 



Spanish ongm not reported farms. 



Type of organization: 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) farms. 



acres. 



Partnership farms, 



acres. 



Corporation farms. 



acres. 

 Family held: 



fvlore than 10 stockholders farms. 



acres- 



10 or less stockholders _ farms. 



acres- 



Other than family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



acres. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



acres. 

 Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional. 



etc. farms. 



acres. 



3 243 



3 965 



10 388 



48 083 



20,1 



8.6 



4 885 



6 949 



12 984 



46 019 



179 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



127 

 24 

 12 



12 

 13 

 25 

 71 

 14.3 



148 



23 058 



15 



2 020 



18 



1 841 



73 



72 



142 



20 018 



15 



2 521 



4 



(D) 



4 

 (D) 



2 



(D) 



128 

 23 

 13 



106 

 58 



13 

 12 

 32 

 76 

 14.2 



3 

 19 

 55 



35 



33 



19 

 48.0 



146 

 28 128 



'For classification of social and ethnic groups, see text. 



20 WISCONSIN 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



