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 



All farms 



Farms operated by Black and other races ^ 



1982 



Tenure of operator: 



All operators farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres. _ 



Full owners farms-- 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Part owners (arms__ 



acres. - 



Han/ested cropland .__ farms.. 



acres.. 



Tenants farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



aaes-. 



Percent of tenancy percent.. 



Operators by place of residence: 



On fami operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by principal 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 farms.. 



acres.. 

 Family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms.. 



acres.. 



1 or less stockholders farms.. 



acres,. 



Other than family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms.. 



acres.. 



1 or less stockholders farms.. 



acres.. 

 Other— cooperative, estate or trust institutional, 



etc. farms.. 



acres. . 



3 251 



3 464 



7 157 



24 303 



169 



2 971 



4 501 



8 302 



22 912 



15.8 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



502 

 282 



128 



404 

 508 



314 

 514 

 59 

 34 

 37 

 81 

 303 



81 



75 



101 



337 



16.5 



15 

 82 

 189 

 102 

 101 

 110 

 97 

 64 

 152 

 53.2 



823 



146 612 



89 



8 978 



17 



5 105 



443 



452 



821 



125 524 



60 



14 122 



23 



(D) 



23 

 (D) 



8 

 (D) 



720 

 370 

 278 



729 

 639 



495 

 681 

 81 

 54 

 49 

 84 

 413 



103 

 158 

 508 

 17,9 



17 

 128 

 212 



1 256 



175 589 



112 



11 141 



6 



838 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



1 249 



160 455 



92 



14 599 



18 



14 

 8 091 



9 

 3 008 



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



20 ARKANSAS 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



