Table 17. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish 

 Origin, and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982 



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



Characteristics 



Female 

 operators 



Operators of 

 Spanisti origin 1 



Farms operated by Black and other races 



Total 



American Indian 



Asian 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number. 1987_ 



1982. 



Land in farms _ acres. 1987. 



1982., 



Harvested cropland. farms, 1987.. 



1982. 



acres, 1987., 



1982. 



1987 FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 139 acres ___ 



140 to 219 acres __ 



220 to 499 acres ___ 



500 acres or more 



1987 OWNED AND RENTED LAND 

 IN FARMS 



Owned land in farms 



Rented or leased land in farms . 



farms, 

 acres- 

 farms- 

 acres- 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms. 



acres. 

 Part owners farms. 



acres, 

 Tenants .farms, 



acres. 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987., 

 1982. 

 1987., 

 1982., 

 1987., 

 1982., 

 1987., 

 1982.. 



1987 FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) 



Partnership 



Family held corporation 



Other than family held corporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 

 institutional, etc 



1987 MARKET VALUE OF 

 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 



Total sales farms. 



$1,000. 

 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops farms. 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms by value of sales: 



Less than $2,500 __ 



$2,500 to $9.999 _ 



$10,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 to $24,999. ___ 



$25,000 or more __ _. 



1987 FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (011) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) ___ 



Cotton (0131). 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets: Irish potatoes: 

 field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c, 

 (0133, 0134, 0139) _ 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (016) __. 



General farms, primarily crop (019) __. 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) _. 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, pnmarily livestock and animal 

 specialties (029) _ _ __ 



See footnotes at end of table. 



3 342 



2 957 



561 922 



454 006 



2 549 



2 292 



305 033 



287 967 



404 

 660 

 838 

 591 

 630 

 219 



2 730 



427 



131 



10 



44 



1 431 

 92 



13 

 13 

 22 

 46 



1 365 

 576 



122 

 38 

 156 



105 



138 



33 851 



42 269 



98 



127 



19 547 



29 185 



105 

 6 543 



92 



2 947 



62 



3 596 



7 

 16 

 14 



7 

 61 



103 

 13 



3 



47 



93 



13 574 



25 450 



44 



88 



8 927 



19 308 



- 



42 

 46 



7 073 

 9 451 

 38 

 39 

 4 134 

 6 410 



33 

 3 822 



15 

 3 251 



27 



24 



2 962 



2 548 



6 



13 



2 528 



5 155 



9 



9 



1 583 



1 748 



42 

 1 004 



28 

 417 



29 

 588 



13 

 6 

 8 

 3 



12 



15 



10 



2 426 



539 



13 



9 



1 547 



383 



12 



(D) 



6 



(D) 



9 



8 



971 



(D) 



3 



(D) 



3 



2 



(D) 



(D) 



15 

 883 



10 

 189 



10 

 695 



2 



4 

 1 

 2 

 6 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



IOWA 21 



