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



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



Total fanning 



and othier 



occupations 



Age of operator (years) 



FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres 



70 to 99 acres 



100 to 139 acres 



140 to 179 acres 



180 to 219 acres 



220 to 259 acres 



260 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres . 

 2,000 acres or more . 



FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Casti grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irisfi 

 potatoes; field crops, except casfi 

 grains, n.e.c. (0133. 0134. 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily 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 livestoctt and 

 animal specialties (029) 



LIVESTOCK 



Cattle and calves inventory.. farms- 

 number. 

 Farms wittt— 



1 to 9 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 



200 to 499__ _ 



500 or more 



Cows and tieifers ttiat fiad calved farms. 



number. 



Beef cows farms. 



number. 



Farms with— 



1 to 9 - 



10 to 49 



50 to 99_ 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Milk cows farms- 



number. 



Farms witti— 



1 to 4 _ 



5 to 9 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Heifers and heifer calves farms. 



number. 

 Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull 

 calves farms. 



number. 



Cattle and calves sold farms. 



number. 

 $1,000. 

 Calves farms- 

 number. 

 $1,000. 



Cattle farms. 



number. 

 $1,000. 

 Fattened on grain and concentrates _.- farms, 

 number. 

 $1,000. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



2 602 

 12 356 



4 092 



5 105 

 4 355 

 2 962 

 2 068 



1 498 

 4 210 



2 469 

 1 111 



490 



2 956 

 5 036 

 1 230 



449 

 3 322 

 1 655 



742 

 3 257 

 1 219 

 1 771 

 1 629 



1 131 

 905 

 652 



2 241 

 1 625 



873 

 353 



27 549 



497 



24 523 



1 053 



59 823 



975 



51 287 



1 170 

 62 792 

 23 500 

 913 

 27 262 

 7 365 

 799 



1 503 

 67 076 



1 420 

 77 394 



1 635 

 93 218 



35 188 

 1 288 



36 988 

 10 120 



1 150 



56 230 



25 069 



101 



2 896 

 154 618 

 68 533 

 2 304 

 52 183 

 13 869 

 2 026 

 102 435 

 54 664 



72 ALABAMA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



