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 



Farms operated by Black and other races 



Black American Indian 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number. 1987. 



1982, 



Land In farms -. acres, 1987. 



1982. 



Harvested cropland larms, 1987. 



1982. 



acres. 1987. 



1982. 



1987 FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 10 139 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.. 



acres.. 

 Rented or leased land in farms farms. 



acres.. 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms. 



Pan owners farms. 



Tenants farms. 



. .987. 



1982. 

 . 1987., 



1982., 

 . 1987., 



1982., 

 . 1987., 



1982. 

 .. 1987., 



1982. 

 ,. 1987., 



1982. 



1987 FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole propnetorsfiip) 



Partnerstiip 



Family held corporation 



Other than family held corporation 



Other — cooperative, estate or trust, 

 institutional, etc 



1987 MARKET VALUE OF 

 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 



Total sales farms. 



$1,000. 

 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops farms. 



51,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms by value of sales: 



Less than $2,500 _ 



$2,500 to $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; Ihsh potatoes; 

 field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c. 

 (0133, 0134, 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticullural specialties (018) 



General farms, pnmanly crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy famis (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, pnmanly livestock and animal 

 specialties (029) 



See footnotes at end of table. 



2 647 



350 426 



436 



52 630 



2 343 



2 305 



309 740 



305 969 



304 



318 



72 051 



98 085 



11 928 



2 206 



133 075 



1 902 



2 8)3 

 209 688 

 303 081 



1 045 

 1 826 

 44 202 

 87 024 



1 708 



141 022 



653 



68 666 



1 249 



1 803 



109 677 



158 138 



459 



709 



515 



7 170 

 1 484 



8 022 



1 828 



2 759 

 198 315 

 296 589 



1 004 

 1 794 

 42 822 

 85 813 



1 197 



1 760 



104 170 



155 633 



442 



300 



16 990 



(D) 



6 716 

 1 426 

 6 005 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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