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 

 Spanish ohgin^ 



Farms operated by Black and other races 



Black 



American Indian 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number, 



Land in farms.- acres. 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres. 



1987 FARMS BY SIZE 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



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 farms. 



Rented or leased land in farms famis.. 



acres. . 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms. 1987. 



1982. 



acres, 1987.. 



1982.. 



Pan owners ..farms, 1987., 



1982. 



acres. 1987.. 



1982. 



Tenants .farms. 1987. 



1982. 



acres. 1987.. 



1982. 



1987 FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) 



Partnership 



Family held corporation 



Other than (amily held corporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 

 institutional, etc 



1987 MARKET VALUE OF 

 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 



Total sales famis. 



$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 10 $9,999 



$10,000 to $19,999 - 



$20,000 to $24,999 



$25,000 or more - 



1987 FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (Oil) 



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 (018) 



General farms, pnmaniy 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. 



1 912 



1 503 



1 273 387 



1 148 982 



988 



853 



170 680 



135 791 



354 

 418 

 239 

 154 

 270 

 477 



1 640 



176 



68 



1 



27 



252 

 176 



11 

 34 

 24 

 56 



852 

 662 



16 



20 



434 



710 



632 



402 040 



385 076 



501 



463 



72 887 



53 356 



62 

 148 

 145 



75 

 119 

 161 



610 

 70 

 23 



1 



710 

 21 326 



263 



9 603 



533 



11 523 



250 



227 



62 



29 



142 



14 

 5 

 2 



37 



449 

 358 



2 



7 

 42 



524 



518 



1 112 246 



1 030 402 



384 



370 



67 683 



56 283 



57 

 121 

 106 

 51 

 85 

 104 



417 



62 



33 



2 



10 



524 

 43 513 



245 

 32 032 



342 

 11 482 



161 



158 



45 



20 



140 



31 



5 



14 



30 



275 



211 



3 



35 

 5 



19 



41 



4 664 



11 804 



6 



24 



924 



1 526 



16 



3 537 



6 



1 127 



13 



33 



124 



716 



3 



6 



811 



(D) 



3 



2 



729 



(D) 



19 

 702 



4 



130 



11 



572 



8 



5 



90 



92 



930 331 



890 807 



57 



53 



8 908 



8 514 



90 

 1 840 



36 



465 



57 



1 375 



41 

 25 

 11 

 3 

 10 



20 



103 



103 



53 063 



38 103 



95 



94 



33 030 



29 539 



103 

 35 487 



89 



28 490 



39 



6 996 



2 



21 

 3 

 5 



72 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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