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 



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) 



1 642 



4 879 

 7 416 

 11 556 

 10 551 

 6 180 

 50.1 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



26 

 44 

 79 



166 

 15.4 



130 



13 

 88 

 92 

 108 

 74 

 70 

 47.7 



394 



818 666 



51 



84 137 



3 

 205 



374 



779 992 



38 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



2 

 (D) 



31 

 4 004 894 



17 

 4 096 189 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



2 

 46 

 69 

 69 

 59 

 39 

 48.6 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



Tor classification of social and ethnic groups, see text. 



^1974 data apply only to individual or family operations (sole propnetorship) and partnersfiips; 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] 



Cfiaracteristics 



Female 



Spanisti origin 



Black and otfier races 



American 

 Indian 



Other (see text) 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms _ number, 1982. 



1978,. 



Land in farms acres, 1982 



1978. 



Harvested cropland farms, 1982 



1978. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



1982 FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres. 



50 to 139 acres... ._ 



140 to 219 acres... 



220 tn 499 acres 



500 acres or more 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners _. farms, 1982.. 



1978. 



acres. 1982. 



1978. 



Part owners farms. 1982. 



1978. 



acres. 1982. 



1978. 



Tenants farms. 1982.. 



1978. 



acres. 1982. 



1978. 



1 087 



1 098 



970 246 



059 874 



791 



842 



215 443 



242 629 



107 

 128 

 141 

 135 

 197 

 379 



705 



(NA) 



409 913 



(NA) 



277 



(NA) 



479 683 



(NA) 



105 



(NA) 



80 650 



(NA) 



7 

 18 



2 780 

 5 694 



5 



16 



1 677 



3 243 



5 



10 



(D) 



2 339 



2 



3 



(D) 



1 035 



4 SOUTH DAKOTA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



