Table 5. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1982, 1978, and 



1974-Con. 



[For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



Farms operated by Black and other races' 



1982 



1978 



1974 



Operator characteristics — Con- 

 Operators by years on present farm: 



2 years or less _ 



3 or 4 years 



5 10 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 54 years ___ 



55 to 64 years 



65 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 

 Male - --- farms. 



acres. 

 Female farms. 



acres. 



Operators of Spanish origin farms. 



acres- 



Type of organization: 



Individual or family farms. 



acres - 



Partnership farms. 



acres- 



Corporation farms. 



acres. 

 Family held: 



More 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. 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



1 421 

 7 148 

 12 237 

 16 203 

 16 141 

 10 452 

 50.9 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



37 

 36 

 63 

 112 

 11.8 

 60 



7 

 36 

 68 

 73 



80 



44 

 50.1 



286 



34 198 



22 



1 419 



28 

 1 404 



281 



27 418 



22 



3 181 



293 



33 373 



28 



3 524 



19 

 1 788 



295 



30 463 



23 



3 206 



2 



(D) 



5 



5 018 



2 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



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



21974 data apply only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorship) and partnerships; see text. 



Table 6. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish Origin, 

 and Specified Racial Groups: 1982 and 1978 



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



4 MICHIGAN 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



