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



1974-Con. 



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



Characteristics 



1976 



Farms operated by Black and other races' 



1978 



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 Spanisli 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 tnjst, 



institutional, etc farms. 



acres. 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



2 921 

 12 473 

 19 598 



27 342 



28 803 

 23 690 



52.1 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



26 

 56 

 72 

 160 

 13.5 

 110 



6 

 64 

 84 

 94 

 87 

 89 

 S1.2 



385 



63 211 



39 



4 417 



11 



1 034 



386 



56 897 



32 



7 913 



6 



2 818 



5 

 (D) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NAl 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



7 

 54 

 97 

 126 

 134 

 111 

 52.1 



495 



93 092 



34 



6 314 



11 

 2 252 



460 



79 000 



58 



15 735 



8 



3 583 



1 

 (D) 



3 

 1 088 



P 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



12 

 20 

 67 

 83 

 115 

 100 

 55.2 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 NA> 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 NA) 

 (NA> 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



^For classification of social and etfinic groups, see text. 



21974 data apply only to individual or family operations (sole propnetorsfiip) and partnerships; see text. 



Table 6. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish Origin, 

 and Specified Racial Groups: 1982 and 1978 



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



4 MISSOURI 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



