Table 47. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of 

 Less Than $20,000: 1982 -Con. 



[Excludes abnormal farms: see text For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory texl] 



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on fami operated 



Not reported 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Famiing 



Other 



Operators by days of worl< off 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 



26 to 34 years _ 



35 to 44 years 



45 to 54 years 



55 to 64 years 



65 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 



Male 



Female-- - 



Operators of Spanish origin 



FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family farms.. 



acres.. 



Partnership farms. . 



acres.. 

 Corporation: 



Family held -- farms.. 



acres.. 



More than 10 stockholders famis.. 



10 or less stockholders farnis.. 



Other than family held farms.. 



acres.. 



More than 10 stockholders -- farms.. 



10 or less stockholders --- farms.. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 



irtstitutional, etc. - farms. 



acres.. 



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 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) --- 



Sugar crops, Irish potatoes, hay, 

 peanuts, and other field crops (0133. 



0134, 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, pnmarity crop (019) 



tJvestock, except dairy, poultry, and 



animal specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal speciaites (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock (029) 



See footnotes at end of table. 



7 664 

 1 920 

 1 104 



5 025 

 5 663 



3 173 

 6 662 

 1 113 

 1 250 



4 299 

 653 



800 

 1 128 



1 983 

 4 728 



15.5 



2 049 



282 



1 356 



2 223 

 2 293 

 2 399 

 2 135 



50.9 



9 797 

 891 



Farming 



1 650 

 1 133 



133 

 25 



170 

 57 



408 



6 049 



4 837 



56 



65 



842 



233 



3 788 

 707 

 530 



5 025 



2 662 



1 510 

 791 

 370 

 349 

 853 



316 

 412 

 737 



2 512 

 19.6 



1 048 



169 

 598 

 661 

 788 

 1 262 

 1 547 

 54.4 



4 525 

 500 



Under 25 



1 035 

 442 



442 

 11 

 52 

 27 



110 



2 986 

 2 483 



17 



18 



242 



85 



105 

 51 

 13 



48 

 45 

 31 



3.3 

 45 



158 

 11 



147 



71 262 



16 



12 478 



4 

 (D) 



2 



(D) 



397 

 141 

 60 



598 



236 



301 



148 



77 



76 



59 



110 

 130 

 191 

 61 

 5.4 

 106 



29.7 



541 

 57 



505 



310 671 



58 



30 377 



20 



31 210 



20 



1 



(D) 



151 

 36 



338 

 274 



2 

 40 

 12 



Age of operator (years) 



35 to 44 



45 to 54 



490 

 91 

 80 



661 



250 

 306 

 157 

 80 

 69 

 105 



48 

 72 

 176 

 202 

 9.0 

 163 



661 



39.5 



589 

 72 



584 



344 893 



54 



28 842 



15 

 8 522 



15 



3 



8 060 



1 



2 



5 

 746 



105 

 78 

 26 

 28 

 34 

 50 

 26 

 17 

 93 

 85 



127 

 48 



395 



313 



3 



3 



55 



595 



103 



90 



788 



359 

 304 

 140 

 90 

 74 

 125 



52 



71 

 112 

 373 

 14.5 

 180 



788 

 50.0 



713 

 75 



520 154 



53 



29 823 



32 

 (D) 



2 

 30 



1 

 (D) 



97 

 92 

 22 

 63 

 50 

 58 

 23 

 26 

 103 

 110 



58 



148 

 75 



469 



365 



3 



3 



40 



21 



55 to 64 



997 

 145 

 120 



700 

 330 

 187 

 81 

 62 

 232 



34 

 55 

 135 

 805 

 22.6 

 233 



1 262 

 59.9 



1 150 

 112 



1 138 



709 719 



77 



87 102 



39 

 57 459 



7 

 (D) 



137 

 179 

 41 

 69 

 52 

 88 

 48 

 55 

 173 

 192 

 123 

 105 



242 

 129 



129 

 4 

 16 



770 



660 



2 



3 



46 



17 



65 and over 



1 204 

 178 

 167 



1 048 



181 



118 



20 



43 



318 



58 MONTANA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



