Table 16. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization for All Farms 

 and Farms Operated by Blacit and Other Races: 1987, 1982, and 1978 



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



Characteristics 



All farms 



Farms operated by Black and other races^ 



Tenure of operator 



All operators farms,, 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Full owners - farms.. 



acres, - 



Harvested cropland farms., 



acres. . 



Pari owners farms.. 



acres. . 

 Harvested cropland __- farms.. 



acres-- 



Tenants _ farms.. 



acres-- 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres- 

 Percent of tenancy percent- 

 Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other _ _ 



Operators by days of work off farm: 



None 



Any 



1 10 49 days 



50 to 99 days 



100 to 149 days _ 



150 to 199 days 



200 days or more 



Not reported 



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 49 years 



50 to 54 years 



55 to 59 years _ _ 



60 to 64 years 



65 to 69 years 



70 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex; 



Male farms,. 



acres, _ 



Female farms,, 



acres.. 



Operators of Spanish origin (see text) farms,, 



acres,. 



Operators not of Spanish origin farms,, 



Spanish origin not reported farms.. 



Type of organization: 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) _ 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.. 



5 787 

 5 973 



13 617 

 65 721 



19.7 



14 082 



6 382 

 9 037 



17 921 

 63 794 



17.9 



18 279 



5 602 

 20 346 

 22 548 



112 456 



32 157 958 



2 957 



454 006 



138 



42 269 



(NA) 



(NA) 



97 610 



25 568 925 



13 213 



4 393 079 



4 110 



2 541 848 



87 



67 387 



3 638 



2 336 601 



36 



18 304 



349 



119 556 



480 

 108 112 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



28.2 



12 



11 



4 



23 



54 



16.6 



19.0 



5 

 1 450 



20 



10 

 15 

 29 

 66 

 15.4 



38 



9 

 32 

 29 



31 



34 



23 

 47.8 



135 



33 905 



23 



4 050 



13 



2 872 



(NA) 



(NA) 



131 



29 006 



20 



6 476 



6 



(D) 



4 



1 513 



2 



(D) 



1 

 (D) 



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



20 IOWA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



