Table 5. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 

 1978 



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



1982 and 



Characteristics 



Michigan 



Alcona 



Alger 



Allegan 



Alpena 



FARMS 



Land in farms . 



Harvested cropland _ 



-farms. 1982.. 



1978., 



acres. 1982., 



1978_ 



.farms, 1982. 



1978., 



acres. 1982_, 



1978. 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres. 1982. 



1978. 



Harvested cropland farms. 1982. 



1978. 



acres. 1982- 



1978. 



Pan owners ..farms. 1982. 



1978. 



acres. 1982. 



1978. 



Owned land in farms acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Rented land in farms acres, 1982. 



1978- 



Harvested cropland farms, 1982. 



1978- 



acres, 1982. 



1978- 



Tenants farms. 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Harvested cropland farms. 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 

 On farm operated 1982- 



1978- 

 Not on farm operated 1982. 



1978. 

 Not reported 1982. 



1978. 



Operators by principal occupation; 

 Farming 1982. 



1978. 

 Other _ 1982. 



1978. 



Operators by days of work off farm: 

 None 1982. 



1978. 

 Any 1982- 



1978. 



1 to 49 days 1982. 



1978. 

 50 to 99 days 1982. 



1978. 

 100 to 149 days 1982. 



1978. 

 150 to 199 days 1982. 



1978. 

 200 days or more 1982. 



1978. 



Not reported 1982. 



1978. 



1982 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-- 1982. 



1978. 

 25 to 34 years 1982. 



1978. 

 35 to 44 years 1982. 



1978. 

 45 to 54 years — 1982. 



1978. 



55 to 64 years 1982. 



1978. 

 65 years and over 1982. 



1978. 

 Average age 1982. 



1978. 



226 

 234 



42 

 31 

 27 

 22 



157 

 134 

 138 

 153 



105 



99 



166 



181 



16 

 30 



6 



21 



35 



16 



100 



105 



24 



7 



12 

 29 

 46 

 152 

 19.9 

 56 



4 

 10 

 34 

 27 

 56 

 61 

 62 

 56 



54 

 74 

 85 

 59 

 52.8 

 51.8 



65 

 78 



7 

 4 

 4 

 12 



45 

 41 

 31 

 53 



35 

 35 

 36 

 57 



Z 

 6 

 6 

 1 

 3 

 6 

 1 

 5 

 24 

 39 



5 

 2 



2 

 13 



15 



38 



16.2 



1 

 1 

 13 

 12 

 18 

 18 

 9 

 22 



22 



30 

 13 



11 

 49.7 

 50.5 



1 509 

 1 573 

 189 

 185 

 133 

 165 



904 

 973 

 927 

 950 



702 



675 



1 024 



1 161 



90 



110 



44 



74 



47 



64 



107 



105 



736 



808 



105 

 87 



77 

 132 

 295 

 1 030 

 18.5 

 297 



45 

 44 

 272 

 262 

 428 

 419 

 410 

 453 



374 

 469 

 302 

 276 

 49.3 

 49.5 



442 



450 



80 773 



79 758 



418 



425 



34 934 



33 241 



299 

 333 

 41 551 

 46 205 

 278 

 309 



13 486 



14 983 



130 



111 



35 926 



32 955 



21 206 



19 339 



14 720 



13 616 



129 



110 



19 652 



17 901 



13 



6 



3 296 



598 



11 



6 



1 796 



357 



361 

 361 

 45 

 43 

 36 

 46 



199 

 182 

 243 

 268 



133 

 143 

 287 

 294 



32 

 33 

 13 

 10 

 17 

 13 

 55 

 34 

 170 

 204 



22 



13 



20 

 34 

 69 

 254 

 18.0 

 65 



11 



8 



59 



54 



88 



102 



105 



106 



100 

 113 

 79 

 67 

 50.1 

 50.1 



219 

 209 

 40 

 33 

 20 

 26 



148 

 144 

 131 

 124 



114 

 115 

 150 

 143 



17 

 25 

 10 



9 

 17 



9 

 16 

 18 

 90 

 82 



15 

 10 



14 

 37 

 46 

 136 

 17.7 

 46 



3 

 1 

 34 

 41 

 66 

 43 

 64 

 59 



66 

 70 

 46 

 54 

 50.4 

 51.9 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



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