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^ 



1974 



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) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



2 845 



11 838 

 19 290 

 25 747 

 25 004 



12 969 

 49.8 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



9 

 19 

 31 

 68 



13.7 

 34 



4 

 21 

 49 

 41 

 33 

 13 

 47.0 



138 



39 170 



23 



4 540 



13 

 3 051 



132 



32 922 



21 



5 469 



3 



4 679 



3 



4 679 



5 

 640 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



13 

 64 

 78 

 58 

 37 

 17 

 43.7 



249 



63 977 



18 



5 598 



9 



2 201 



238 



59 805 



23 



6 214 



6 



3 556 



4 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



14 

 33 

 55 

 74 

 50 

 30 

 47.9 



(NA) 

 NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 



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



21974 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] 



4 MINNESOTA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



