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 



Contra Costa 



Del Norte 



El Dorado 



Fresno 



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. 



Part owners farms. 1982., 



1978., 



acres. 1982. 



1978_, 



Owned land in fams .acres. 1982.. 



1978.. 



Ranted 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 worit off farm: 

 None 1982.. 



1978. 

 Any 1982.. 



1978.. 



1 to 49 days 1982. 



1978. 

 SO 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- 



962 

 853 

 265 319 

 233 654 

 565 

 588 



42 392 



43 341 



683 

 568 

 65 879 

 45 936 

 416 

 408 



18 078 

 13 178 



155 



151 



108 449 



113 100 



34 487 



39 610 



73 962 



73 490 

 101 

 113 



16 305 



19 569 



124 



134 



90 991 



74 618 



48 



67 



8 009 



10 594 



643 

 542 

 230 

 232 

 89 

 79 



357 

 341 

 605 

 512 



284 

 296 

 631 

 530 



50 

 38 

 18 

 29 

 35 

 35 

 58 

 46 

 470 

 382 



47 

 27 



90 

 133 

 238 

 318 

 12.1 

 183 



7 

 8 

 104 

 83 

 240 

 209 

 254 

 209 



219 

 212 

 138 

 132 

 50.2 

 51.1 



119 

 102 

 17 270 

 15 536 

 57 

 57 



3 397 



4 646 



92 



85 



10 911 



12 218 



42 



43 



2 208 



4 338 



17 



14 



2 045 



2 960 



889 



1 430 



1 156 



1 530 



7 



13 



273 



(D) 



10 



3 



4 314 



358 



8 



1 



916 



(D) 



10 

 16 

 18 

 53 

 15.3 

 22 



13 

 5 

 18 

 13 

 29 

 37 



35 

 31 

 24 

 16 

 53.5 

 53.6 



721 

 481 



146 644 



182 639 



309 



233 



4 192 



4 767 



587 



387 



37 135 



46 644 



268 



203 



3 317 



3 487 



107 

 72 

 79 269 

 83 360 

 28 086 

 27 681 



51 183 

 55 679 



36 



24 



768 



1 155 



27 



22 



30 240 



52 635 



5 



6 



107 



125 



592 

 391 

 88 

 68 

 41 

 22 



258 

 170 

 463 



311 



196 

 135 

 489 

 335 



21 



29 



20 



7 



37 



30 



46 



53 



365 



216 



36 

 11 



127 

 205 

 239 

 11.2 

 82 



3 

 3 

 63 

 44 

 197 

 119 

 176 

 117 



159 



113 



123 



85 



51.4 

 51.5 



7 394 



6 924 



2 072 200 



2 045 571 



6 221 



6 063 



1 187 381 



1 123 902 



5 475 



5 085 



503 275 



450 428 



4 574 



4 430 



354 952 



286 611 



1 234 



1 223 



1 311 951 



1 355 063 



564 415 



533 322 



747 536 



821 741 



1 084 



1 091 



661 553 



672 058 



685 



616 



256 974 



240 080 



563 



542 



170 876 



165 233 



5 169 

 4 956 

 1 674 



1 482 

 551 

 486 



4 299 

 4 142 



3 095 



2 782 



2 854 



2 966 



4 000 



3 724 



464 

 425 

 277 

 266 

 300 

 277 

 471 

 413 

 2 488 



2 343 



540 

 234 



456 



818 



1 528 



3 514 

 15.8 



1 078 



87 



79 



848 



718 



1 453 



1 310 



1 714 



1 846 



2 053 

 1 950 

 1 239 

 1 021 



51.5 

 51.2 



765 

 777 

 253 

 237 

 107 



422 

 421 



461 

 498 

 552 

 569 



94 

 70 

 32 

 45 

 35 

 48 

 58 

 57 

 333 

 349 



112 

 45 



72 

 117 

 252 

 491 

 15.3 

 193 



16 

 31 

 142 

 151 

 219 

 224 

 257 

 269 



287 

 280 

 204 

 157 

 51.1 

 49.6 



876 



768 



648 820 



692 556 



424 



438 



16 355 



15 850 



553 



457 



310 181 



297 939 



256 



244 



8 155 



4 638 



182 



191 



235 650 



269 803 



73 204 



93 272 



162 446 



176 531 



96 



122 



5 182 



6 298 



141 



120 



102 989 



124 814 



72 



72 



3 018 



4 914 



624 

 559 

 166 

 134 

 86 

 75 



493 

 395 

 383 

 373 



344 

 325 

 451 



401 



67 

 45 

 36 

 26 

 45 

 36 

 71 

 49 

 232 

 245 



81 

 42 



62 

 101 

 148 

 403 

 15.3 

 162 



11 

 12 

 110 

 89 

 177 

 153 

 182 

 187 



190 

 173 

 206 

 154 

 51.8 

 51.7 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



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