Table 5. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1982 and 



1978-Con. 



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



Characteristics 



Massachusetts 



FARMS 



Land in fam^s . 



Han/ested cropland _ 



-farms. 1982. 



1978- 



acres. 1982- 



1978. 



-farnis, 1982- 



1978. 



acres, 1982- 



1978- 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 

 Fuil owners 



Harvested cropland - 



farms, 1982- 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978- 



— farms, 1982. 



1978- 

 acres, 1982- 

 1978. 



Part owners farms, 1982., 



1978-. 



acres, 1982. 



1978-, 



Owned land in farms acres, 1982-, 



1978., 



Rented land in farms acres, 1982. 



1978-. 



Harvested cropland farms, 1982-. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Tenants . 



Han/ested cropland _ 



.farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978- 



-farms, 1982- 



1978-. 



acres. 1982.. 



1978.. 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 

 On farm operated 1982. 



1978. 

 Not on farm operated 1982. 



1978. 

 Not reported 1982. 



1978. 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming „ 1982. 



1978. 



Other 1982. 



1978. 



Operators by days of work off farm: 

 None 1982. 



1978. 

 Any 1982. 



1978. 



1 to 49 days 1982 



1978. 

 50 to 99 days 1982. 



1978. 

 100 to 149 days. 1982. 



1978. 

 150 to 199 days. 1982. 



1978. 

 200 days or more 1982. 



1978. 



Not reported 1982. 



1978. 



1982 operators by years on present fann: 



2 years or less 



3 Of 4 years 



5 to 9 years 



10 years or more 



Average years on present farm 



Not reported 



Operators by age group: 

 Under 25 years 1982 



1978. 

 25 to 34 years 1982. 



1978. 

 35 to 44 years 1982. 



1978. 

 45 to 54 years 1982. 



1978. 

 55 to 64 years 1982 



1978. 

 65 years and over 1982. 



1978. 

 1982. 



1978. 



73 315 



74 171 

 47 052 213 

 47 499 831 



62 860 



64 862 



20 186 974 



18 987 644 



31 834 



30 061 

 10 524 533 



9 138 120 



23 963 



23 012 



3 955 987 



3 199 878 



29 862 



31 647 



30 378 105 



31 792 701 



12 886 497 



13 939 190 

 17 491 608 

 17 853 511 



28 775 



30 751 

 13 330 629 

 12 955 820 



11 619 



12 463 

 6 149 575 

 6 569 010 



10 122 



11 



48 356 

 48 900 

 17 026 

 16 889 



7 933 



8 382 



47 293 

 49 104 

 26 022 

 25 067 



30 524 



34 255 



35 521 



36 256 



6 247 



7 839 

 2 405 

 2 492 

 2 350 



2 452 



3 213 

 3 063 



21 306 

 20 390 



3 376 

 5 484 

 10 297 

 39 238 

 20.2 

 14 920 



2 840 



3 215 

 10 670 



9 708 

 12 232 



12 031 



14 815 



16 837 



17 746 



18 401 



15 012 



13 979 

 50.9 

 50.7 



101 642 



102 263 

 14 179 284 

 14 606 168 



93 082 



94 497 

 4 835 631 

 4 511 837 



69 997 



71 224 



8 240 651 



8 707 859 



62 462 



64 261 



1 965 929 



1 928 162 



20 530 



20 111 



4 807 879 



4 696 785 



2 390 157 

 2 435 858 

 2 417 722 

 2 260 927 



19 994 



19 686 



2 375 276 



2 107 386 



11 115 

 10 928 

 1 130 754 

 1 201 524 

 10 626 

 10 550 

 494 426 

 476 289 



66 907 

 66 281 

 21 391 

 20 353 

 13 344 

 15 629 



49 062 

 49 881 

 52 580 

 52 382 



33 928 



37 008 



58 214 



59 361 



7 170 

 7 776 

 3 334 

 3 447 

 3 691 

 3 433 

 6 359 

 5 137 



38 660 



39 568 



6 500 

 8 292 

 16 070 

 42 275 

 16.0 

 28 505 



3 116 

 3 069 

 13 753 

 13 519 

 21 020 



20 396 



21 880 

 23 198 



21 825 



22 772 

 20 048 

 19 309 



50.5 

 50.5 



31 628 

 31 370 



8 928 827 



9 295 029 



21 991 



23 528 



4 699 323 



4 838 520 



18 524 

 17 291 



3 102 880 

 2 884 304 



11 101 



11 270 



1 030 385 



878 618 



9 226 

 9 827 



4 347 734 

 4 908 934 

 1 608 072 



1 758 952 



2 739 662 



3 149 982 



7 735 



8 636 

 2 633 467 

 2 921 205 



3 878 



4 252 

 1 478 213 

 1 501 791 



3 155 



3 622 



1 035 471 



1 038 697 



7 003 



6 775 



1 468 674 



1 500 390 



6 138 



6 064 



457 076 



463 029 



4 778 



4 553 



844 527 



840 719 



4 023 



3 900 



191 874 



193 004 



1 931 



1 943 



590 661 



627 531 



427 921 



466 261 



162 740 



161 270 



1 852 



1 910 



247 014 



253 931 



294 



279 



33 486 



32 140 



5 762 



5 558 



650 



634 



3 644 

 3 908 

 3 359 

 2 867 



2 609 



2 842 



3 932 

 3 659 



293 

 286 

 284 

 449 

 399 

 2 467 

 2 115 



361 



620 



1 300 



3 546 



17.2 



1 176 



1 537 

 1 701 

 1 738 



1 505 

 1 515 

 1 087 



16 183 



15 540 



2 557 728 



2 614 439 



13 672 



13 663 



1 528 994 



1 477 316 



9 926 



9 226 



990 656 



1 006 374 



7 799 



7 605 



402 897 



399 662 



4 265 



4 144 



1 243 695 



1 239 339 



569 649 



571 487 



674 046 



667 852 



4 072 



4 027 



891 563 



820 651 



1 992 



2 170 

 323 377 

 368 726 



1 801 



2 031 

 234 534 

 257 003 



873 



1 455 



2 643 

 8 005 



17.4 



3 207 



366 



396 



1 753 



1 638 

 3 288 

 3 008 

 3 680 

 3 786 



3 983 

 3 968 

 3 113 



2 744 

 51.5 

 51.3 



5 401 

 4 946 



612 819 

 617 359 

 4 608 

 4 397 

 197 769 

 197 405 



3 521 

 3 160 

 303 952 

 294 981 

 2 887 

 2 705 

 66 272 

 62 890 



1 481 



1 465 



279 378 



297 490 



182 407 



190 671 



96 971 



106 819 



1 396 



1 418 



118 409 



123 472 



321 

 29 489 

 24 888 

 325 

 274 

 13 088 

 11 043 



2 941 

 2 852 

 2 460 

 2 094 



2 121 

 2 197 

 2 897 

 2 520 



305 

 1 838 

 1 623 



311 

 508 

 884 

 2 792 

 18.2 

 906 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



UNITED STATES 175 



