Table 10. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1987 

 and 1982-Con. 



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



Characteristics 



FARMS 



Land in farms . 



Harvested cropland _ 



farms, 1987. 



1982. 

 acres. 1987. 



1982. 

 farms. 1987. 



1982. 

 acres. 1987. 



1982. 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 

 Full owners 



1982. 

 1987. 

 1982- 



1982. 

 1987.. 

 1982.. 

 1987., 

 1982., 

 1987. 

 1982., 



1987., 

 1982. 

 1987., 

 1982. 



Harvested cropland farms, 



acres. 



Part owners farms. 



acres. 



Owned land in farms acres. 



Rented land in farms acres. 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres. 



Tenants farms. 



acres. 

 Harvested cropland farms, 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 

 On farm operated 1987.. 



1982.. 

 Not on farm operated 1987.. 



1982.. 

 Not reported 1987.. 



1982.. 



Operators by principal occupation: 

 Farming - 1987.. 



1982.. 

 Otfier - .1987.. 



1982.. 



Operators by days of work off farm: 



None 1987.. 



1982.. 



Any - 1987.. 



1962.. 



1 to 49 days .1987. 



1982.. 

 50 to 99 days 1987., 



1982. 

 100 10 149 days - ...1987., 



1982. 

 150 to 199 days 1987., 



1982. 

 200 days or more 1987. 



1982- 



Not reported 1987. 



1982. 



Operators by years on present farm; 



2 years or less .1987- 



1982. 



3 or 4 years 1987. 



1982. 

 5 to 9 years 1987. 



1982. 

 10 years or more 1987. 



1982. 

 Average years on present farm 1987. 



1982. 



Not reported 1987. 



1982. 



246 

 5 824 

 9 763 



148 

 152 

 39 939 

 52 713 

 17 416 

 27 531 

 22 523 

 25 182 



122 



685 



733 



90 474 



93 248 



423 



463 



19 161 



25 847 



543 

 40 778 

 48 897 

 279 

 313 

 5 874 

 7 910 



153 

 157 

 46 257 

 40 214 

 17 263 

 12 506 

 28 994 

 27 708 



365 



409 



102 153 



121 101 



260 



306 



62 271 



66 906 



92 



89 



37 951 



49 714 



23 643 

 25 634 

 14 308 



24 080 



58 



487 



588 



119 956 



143 656 



378 



493 



49 402 



63 591 



329 



375 



57 969 



70 479 



229 



287 



12 326 



16 489 



131 

 172 

 55 886 

 65 294 

 24 156 

 32 924 



31 730 



32 370 



126 



104 106 



114 790 



494 



505 



572 



57 254 



65 294 



315 



373 



7 116 



170 

 179 

 42 812 

 45 075 

 27 688 

 26 886 

 15 124 



279 

 7 828 

 10 135 



200 



286 



51 361 



57 732 



83 

 96 

 32 253 

 47 998 

 23 918 

 35 243 

 8 335 

 12 755 



73 



236 ALABAMA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



