Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 -Con. 



(For meaning o( abbreviations and symbols, see introductorv text] 



Other occupations 



Age of operator (years) 



TENURE AND RACE OF 

 OPERATOR 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days of work oft farm: 



None 



Any 



1 to 99 days 



100 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 



Operators by sex: 



Male 



Female 



17 812 

 6 332 

 2 776 



3 777 



23 143 



1 431 



2 701 

 19 Oil 



1 717 



2 286 

 4 179 



12 364 

 15.2 



6 374 



270 



2 585 

 6 255 



3 713 

 3 763 



3 499 

 2 808 



1 837 



2 190 

 50.7 



24 934 



3 217 471 



1 640 



400 689 



Operators of Spanish origin (see text) 



FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) farms.. 



acres.. 

 Partnership farms.. 



Corporation: 



Family held farms.- 



acres. - 



More than 10 stockholders farms.. 



10 or less stockholders farms.. 



Other than family held farms-. 



acres.. 



More than 10 stockholders farms.. 



10 or less stockholders farms.. 



Other— cooperative, estate or tnjsl. 



institutional, etc farms-. 



acres__ 



See footnotes at end of table, 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



22.0 

 258 



2 496 



1 312 



719 



465 



148 524 



2 093 



143 064 



1 233 

 109 757 



1 230 

 107 945 



30.7 

 2 488 



6 255 



3 976 



1 783 



496 



6 029 



3 845 



1 727 



457 



5 771 

 525 911 



5 759 

 497 178 



2 295 

 251 479 



2 279 

 246 644 



4 244 



1 368 



643 



5 761 



631 273 



414 



78 279 



7 476 

 5 365 

 1 770 



5 066 



1 718 



692 



1 143 



3 822 



13.9 



7 007 

 945 865 



100 868 



6 307 

 4 957 

 1 153 



6 051 

 4 776 

 1 102 



6 117 

 879 663 



6 110 

 825 938 



1 369 

 152 667 



1 350 

 145 537 



4 231 



1 436 



640 



826 



5 481 

 350 



630 



3 662 



20.0 



ALABAMA 71 



