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

 1978 



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



Characteristics 



California 



Alameda 



Alpine 



FARMS 



l_and in farms _ 



l-larvested cropland - 



-farms, 1982- 



1978- 



acres, 1982-. 



1978- 



- farms, 1982.. 



1978- 



acres, 1982-. 



1978-. 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners (arms. 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.. 



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: 

 Fanning 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. 



82 463 



73 194 



32 156 894 



32 727 202 



59 048 



56 253 



8 764 808 



8 804 374 



60 556 

 51 729 

 10 425 358 

 9 270 573 

 43 316 

 39 807 



3 064 201 

 2 620 082 



12 692 

 12 702 



16 234 908 



17 498 754 

 6 030 891 

 6 307 000 



10 204 017 



11 191 754 



9 700 

 10 234 



4 244 893 



4 586 892 



9 215 

 8 763 



5 496 628 

 5 957 875 



6 032 



6 212 



1 455 714 



1 597 400 



447 

 349 

 237 

 209 

 55 

 74 



261 

 229 

 478 

 403 



201 

 209 

 485 

 401 



35 

 23 

 22 

 15 

 29 

 20 

 35 

 34 

 364 

 309 



53 

 22 



69 

 103 

 176 

 253 



13.2 

 138 



10 

 11 

 62 

 62 

 176 

 131 

 197 

 168 



179 

 173 

 115 

 87 

 51.1 

 50.7 



5 



6 



352 



394 



1 



2 



(D) 



(0) 



(D) 



2 

 2 



P) 

 pi 



pi 



(D) 



1 



i 



2 



i 



1 



2 



9.7 

 2 



1 



1 



1 



47.4 



44.0 



243 

 154 

 82 

 79 

 24 



140 

 101 

 219 

 155 



113 



89 



230 



161 



19 

 12 

 18 



7 

 20 

 12 

 28 



16 

 144 

 114 



16 

 6 



28 

 45 



79 

 152 

 14.0 



54 



5 



2 

 28 

 21 

 88 

 43 

 83 

 65 



91 

 63 



86 



62 



53.9 



54.4 



1 294 

 1 125 

 356 

 355 

 135 

 126 



965 

 854 

 820 

 752 



722 

 635 

 953 

 924 



122 



146 



70 



58 



63 



SO 



107 



86 



591 



584 



110 

 47 



119 

 192 

 421 

 777 

 14.4 

 276 



14 

 29 

 171 

 185 

 383 

 282 

 365 

 376 



485 

 483 

 367 

 251 

 52.6 

 51.4 



288 

 225 

 92 

 78 

 25 

 27 



155 

 123 

 250 

 207 



119 

 108 

 271 

 211 



17 

 15 

 14 

 20 

 25 

 13 

 39 

 20 

 176 

 143 



15 

 11 



34 

 43 

 101 

 158 



13.8 

 69 



6 

 5 

 42 

 29 

 84 

 58 

 86 

 56 



96 

 89 

 91 

 93 

 52.7 

 54.5 



164 CALIFORNIA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



