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

 1974-Con. 



(For meaning ot abbreviations and symbols, see introductoiy texl] 



Characteristics 



1978 



Farms operated by Black and other races' 



Operator characteristics— Con. 

 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 



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) 



308 

 2 313 

 4 841 



6 718 



7 048 

 4 814 



52.4 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



5 

 60 

 62 



119 



115 



49 



49.7 



403 



381 667 



27 



2 145 



43 



3 042 



321 

 52 488 



63 

 27 363 



42 

 12 845 



41 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



4 

 291 116 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



te 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



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



^1974 data apply only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorship) and partnerships; see text 



Table 6. Seiected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Femaies, Persons of Spanish Origin, 

 and Specified Raciai Groups: 1982 and 1978 



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



4 OREGON 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



