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

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



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



Characteristics 



Farms operated by Black and other races' 



1987 



Tenure o( operator. 



All operators farms,. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Full owners farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Part owners ... — farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropJarxi , „- 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 pnncipal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days of work off farm: 



None ,,-. 



Any _ 



1 to 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 . farnw. 



acres. 

 Family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



acres. 



10 or less stockholders _ farms. 



acres. 



Other than family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farrrw. 



acres. 



10 or less stockholders (arms. 



acres. 

 Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, 



etc. , farms. 



acres. 



14.5 



1 762 



2 054 

 4 623 



14 745 

 17.7 



4 100 



13.5 



19 663 

 5 076 

 2 372 



16 336 

 10 775 



10 694 



14 050 



2 184 



958 



989 



1 523 



8 396 



1 832 



2 767 

 4 952 



13 098 

 16.5 



4 462 



661 



3 573 



5 455 



6 290 

 6 460 



4 672 

 50.4 



25 608 



32 389 016 



1 503 



1 148 982 



632 



385 076 



(NA) 



(NA) 



22 589 



20 559 116 



2 938 



5 729 564 



1 356 



5 539 471 



42 



214 646 



1 147 



4 685 492 



20 



159 326 



147 



480 007 



228 

 1 709 847 



14.9 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



373 



118 



33 



279 

 245 



192 

 302 

 46 

 29 

 25 

 38 

 164 



30 



240 

 15.6 



102 



} 



12.2 



359 

 106 

 53 



259 

 259 



182 

 291 

 41 

 22 

 28 

 38 

 162 



214 

 14.7 



131 



57 

 49.0 



495 



1 023 774 



23 



6 628 



194 



43 995 



(NA) 



(NA) 



413 



122 345 



59 



17 637 



36 



38 792 



1 

 (D) 

 34 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



10 

 851 628 



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



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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



