Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 -Con. 



[For meaning o( abbreviations and symbols, see tntroduclory text] 



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



Farming 



Age of operator (years) 



55 10 64 



TENURE AND RACE OF 

 OPERATOR 



All operators .-. 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



White 



Full owners 



Part owners _._ __ 



Tenants _._ 



Black and other races 



FutI owners 



Part owners. 



Tenants 



OWNED AND RENTED LAND 



Land owned farms.. 



acres.. 



Owned land in farms farms.. 



acres. . 



Land rented or leased from others farms.. 



acres.. 



Rented or leased land in farms farms.. 



acres.. 



Land rented or leased to others ._ farms.. 



acres.. 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by pnncipal occupation: 



Farming 



Other _ 



Operators by days of work off farm: 



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 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 



Female 



Operators of Spanish origin (see text) 



FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) farms., 



acres.. 



Partnership farms., 



acres. 

 Corporation: 



Family held farms. 



acres. 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



Other than family held farms. 



acres. 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



Other — cooperative, estate or trust. 



institutional, etc. farms. 



acres. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



5 787 

 5 973 



13 617 

 65 721 



19.7 



14 082 



59 943 

 11 326 

 4 010 



48 742 



19 339 

 11 954 

 3 985 

 3 400 



7 198 



3 203 

 3 398 



8 219 

 50 830 



21.9 



9 629 



1 124 



753 



84 



822 

 1 028 

 634 

 206 

 188 



111 



722 

 527 

 390 



3.2 



322 



1 954 



7 



1 692 



356 591 



233 



56 526 



23 



9 565 



1 



22 



8 952 



2 855 



532 



6 613 



4 928 



2 978 



982 



968 



798 



1 264 

 1 593 

 4 446 

 3 744 

 7.7 



1 292 



30.0 



12 232 

 107 



17 



10 207 



3 489 508 



1 716 



604 097 



337 



189 348 



4 



333 



38 



8 873 



2 



36 



41 



15 032 



11 033 



1 810 



619 



8 010 



4 517 



2 711 



946 



860 



935 



528 



630 



1 809 



9 035 



13.7 



1 460 



13 278 

 184 



11 296 



4 807 426 



1 336 



627 263 



730 



550 304 



9 



721 



46 



17 851 



5 



41 



54 

 15 257 



12 135 



1 486 



702 



14 323 



6 661 



7 662 



14 062 

 261 



12 179 



5 176 318 



1 194 



586 395 



875 



645 967 



14 



861 



34 



14 418 



3 



31 



41 

 9 288 



16 312 

 2 413 

 1 009 



19 734 



2 346 



9 492 

 10 242 



19 207 

 527 



16 505 



5 820 240 



2 145 



955 635 



977 



692 741 



20 



957 



32 



14 325 



3 



29 



75 

 24 247 



70 IOWA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



