Table 1 7 Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish 

 Origin, and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982 -Con. 



[Fof meaning ol abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



Female 

 operators 



Operators of 

 Spanish origin^ 



Farms operated by Blacl< and other races 



Total 



Black 



American Indian 



Other 

 le text) 



1987 OPERATOR 

 CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place o( residence: 



On larm operated 



Not on farm operated- 



Not reported 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days of work oft famn: 



None 



Any _ _ __. 



1 to 99 days. 



100 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 reporled 



Operators by age group: 



Under 25 years 



25 to 34 years. 



35 to 44 years 



45 to 54 years 



55 to 59 years 



60 to 64 years 



65 to 69 years 



70 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 



Mate 



Female 



Operators of Spanish origin^ 



1987 COMMODITY CREDIT 

 CORPORATION LOANS AND 

 GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 



Amount received from Commodily Credit 

 Corporation loans 



Government payments received 



,. farms., 

 $1,000., 



,. farms., 

 $1,000. 



2 318 

 806 

 218 



1 848 

 1 494 



1 668 



2 347 

 243 



1 187 

 917 



244 



252 



481 



1 722 



19.9 



618 



45 

 237 

 435 

 552 

 451 

 461 

 416 

 745 

 57,6 



(X) 

 3 342 



952 



19 147 



1 855 



17 446 



7 



7 



15 



68 



17,9 



3 

 20 

 20 



8 

 19 

 13 



9 



13 



51,4 



103 

 2 



52 



1 038 



72 



917 



11 



4 



23 



54 



16,6 



4 

 22 

 33 

 24 



3 



5 



12 



21 



50,0 



114 

 10 



38 

 785 



54 

 725 



7 



25 



17.8 



10 



13 



10 



1 



1 



4 



8 



48,7 



21 

 540 



22 

 384 



9 



20 



18.0 



9 

 49.9 



1 

 2 

 2 



3 

 15,1 



3 

 3 

 2 



1 



4 



2 



55,9 



7 



158 



15 



124 



3 

 33 



7 

 (D) 



15 

 4 

 1 



15 

 5 



6 

 13 

 3 

 6 

 4 



2 

 2 



5 



6 



11,0 



1 

 5 

 6 

 1 

 1 



4 



2 



48,5 



19 

 1 



7 

 54 

 10 

 (D) 



^See chapter 1, table 16 for operators not of or not reporting Spanish origin. 



22 IOWA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



