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

 1978-Con. 



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



Characteristics 



Grand Traverse 



Gratiot 



Houghton 



tngham 



FARMS 



Land in farms . 



Han/ested 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-. 



Part 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.. 



Haniested 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- 



462 

 487 



74 148 



75 990 

 425 

 472 



39 072 

 38 119 



327 



356 



40 108 



42 965 



293 



341 



15 704 



17 598 



121 



116 



30 728 



29 956 



18 683 

 18 576 

 12 045 

 11 380 



118 



116 



20 902 



18 417 



14 



15 



3 312 



3 069 



14 



15 



2 466 



2 104 



369 

 372 

 65 

 76 

 28 

 39 



252 



249 

 210 

 238 



165 

 173 

 271 

 289 



31 

 43 

 15 

 12 

 27 

 16 

 39 

 24 

 159 

 194 



26 

 25 



13 

 38 

 73 

 264 

 19.5 

 74 



3 



6 



55 



58 

 99 

 100 

 122 

 128 



113 

 109 

 70 

 86 

 50.7 

 50.7 



1 215 



1 334 



288 828 



280 016 



1 142 



1 295 



236 505 



209 105 



631 



723 

 78 192 

 90 323 

 567 

 686 

 56 439 

 60 761 



483 



507 



194 173 



174 274 



97 475 



86 697 

 96 698 



87 577 

 480 

 505 



166 083 

 135 401 



101 



104 



16 463 



15 419 



95 



104 



13 983 



12 943 



984 

 1 079 

 127 

 142 

 104 

 113 



742 

 746 

 473 

 588 



506 

 545 

 618 

 737 



79 

 92 

 37 

 49 

 38 

 35 

 47 

 60 

 417 

 501 



91 

 52 



58 

 85 

 167 

 689 

 20.0 

 216 



42 



46 

 175 

 220 

 305 

 286 

 247 

 312 



289 

 321 

 157 

 149 

 48.1 

 48.0 



1 354 



1 542 



264 630 



263 797 



1 246 



1 448 



186 636 



173 331 



836 



1 012 

 93 711 



102 442 

 740 

 928 



56 307 

 54 646 



424 



422 



152 000 



141 011 



72 752 



68 419 



79 248 



72 592 



418 



416 



118 049 



103 139 



94 



108 



18 919 



20 344 



88 



104 



12 280 



15 546 



1 104 

 1 209 

 142 

 172 

 108 

 161 



686 

 664 

 856 



440 

 501 

 801 

 976 



84 

 34 

 42 

 33 

 47 

 92 

 75 

 556 

 728 



113 

 65 



81 

 119 

 226 

 718 

 16.7 

 210 



35 

 42 

 206 

 185 

 319 

 344 

 295 

 413 



299 

 343 

 200 



215 

 48.8 

 49.4 



195 



212 



35 538 



41 659 



182 



203 



10 021 



12 557 



134 



130 



19 811 



18 798 



121 



121 



4 371 



4 395 



57 

 76 

 15 257 

 21 951 

 10 305 

 14 077 



4 952 



7 874 



57 

 76 



5 584 



8 004 



470 



910 



4 



6 



66 



158 



171 

 193 

 11 

 13 

 13 

 6 



91 



96 



104 



116 



70 

 80 

 117 

 127 



11 

 15 



6 

 11 

 13 



8 

 18 

 24 

 69 



8 

 5 



8 



15 



34 



111 



19.1 



27 



1 

 1 

 36 

 26 

 32 

 37 

 47 

 54 



41 

 61 

 38 

 33 

 50.1 

 51.3 



1 655 



1 800 



434 975 



405 649 



1 556 



1 721 



358 724 



309 874 



850 



935 



131 632 



120 047 



763 



857 



96 916 



79 282 



645 



681 



272 644 



251 615 



145 216 



133 504 



127 428 



118 111 



637 



680 



234 062 



201 859 



160 

 184 

 30 699 

 33 987 

 156 

 184 



27 756 



28 733 



1 214 

 1 365 

 229 

 243 

 212 

 192 



1 304 



1 329 



351 



471 



875 

 950 

 581 

 754 



118 

 134 

 46 

 52 

 52 

 79 

 67 

 74 

 298 

 415 



199 

 96 



76 

 101 

 189 

 894 

 21.1 

 395 



81 

 89 

 281 

 252 

 332 

 338 

 334 

 427 



438 

 481 

 189 

 213 

 47.7 

 48.4 



1 105 



1 067 



222 742 



226 301 



976 



999 



160 037 



151 990 



696 



651 



70 263 



74 700 



581 



590 



39 359 



37 165 



363 



356 



145 959 



135 506 



77 970 



73 185 



67 989 



62 321 



353 



354 



115 453 



103 417 



47 



60 



6 520 



16 095 



42 



55 



5 225 



11 408 



902 

 860 

 122 

 116 

 81 

 91 



490 

 488 

 615 

 579 



339 

 383 

 695 

 649 



71 

 76 

 22 

 20 

 26 

 13 

 64 

 37 

 512 

 503 



71 

 35 



48 

 108 

 205 

 546 

 17.3 

 198 



27 

 22 

 122 

 136 

 286 

 260 

 265 

 277 



248 

 218 

 157 

 154 

 49.3 

 49.0 



1 187 



1 232 



242 776 



244 245 



1 098 



1 184 



173 200 



157 622 



753 

 780 



91 095 



101 605 



672 



738 



53 767 



57 054 



376 

 390 

 143 307 

 134 041 

 78 750 

 75 903 

 64 557 



58 138 

 370 

 388 



112 858 

 95 168 



58 



62 



8 374 



8 599 



56 



58 



6 575 



5 400 



1 001 



1 032 



98 



109 



88 



91 



620 

 625 

 567 

 607 



449 

 461 

 679 

 704 



57 

 55 

 29 

 18 

 35 

 26 

 53 

 41 

 505 

 564 



59 

 67 



58 

 113 

 161 

 660 

 18.3 

 195 



41 

 32 

 149 

 187 

 314 

 298 

 264 

 299 



268 

 254 

 151 

 162 

 48.5 

 48.2 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



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