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 abbreviattons and symbols, see introductory text] 



Other occupations 



Total 



Age of operator (years) 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 3 876 



Not on farm operated 1 213 



Not reported 574 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other _ _ 5 663 



Operators by days of worti off farm: 



None 511 



Any 5 152 



1 to 99 days 322 



100 to 199 days 880 



200 days or more 3 950 



Not reported 



Operators by years on present farm: 



2 years or less 484 



3 or 4 years 716 



5 to 9 years 1 246 



10 years or more 2 216 



Average years on present fann 12.0 



Not reported _ 1 001 



Operators by age group: 



Under 25 years 113 



25 to 34 years 758 



35 to 44 years 1 562 



45 to 54 years 1 505 



55 to 64 years 1 137 



65 years and over 588 



Average age 47.8 



Operators by sex: 



Male ___ 5 272 



Female 391 



Operators of Spanish origin.. 23 



FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family farms.. 5 243 



aaes.. 1 221 672 



Partnership _ (arms.. 303 



acres.. 103 990 

 Corporation: 



Family held fanns.. 67 



acres.. 47 825 



More ttian 10 stoclcholders farms.. 1 



10 or less stockholders farms.. 66 



Ottier than family held farms.. 7 



acres.. 1 343 



More than 10 stockholders farms.. 1 



10 or less stockholders farms.. 6 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust. 



iristitutional, etc _ farms.. 43 



acres.. (D) 



FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 763 



10 to 49 acres 1 887 



SO to 69 acres 387 



70 to 99 acres 43I 



100 to 139 acres IIIIIIIII 367 



140 to 179 acres 393 



ISO to 219 acres -171 



220 to 259 acres I3I 



260 to 499 acres 539 



500 to 999 acres 349 



1.000 to 1.999 acres IIIIII 171 



2.000 acres or more 94 



FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (Oil) __ _ 615 



Field crops, except cash grains (013). 691 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) ._ 



Sugar crops. Irish potatoes, hay, 

 peanuts, and other field crops (0133 



0134, 0139)... 661 



Vegetables and melons (016) III 14 



Fruits and tree nuts (017^ 116 



Hortrcultural specialties (018) "IIIIII 30 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 296 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and 



animal specialties (021) 3 063 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 2 354 



Dairy (arms (024) 39 



Pouftry and eggs (025) _ IIIIIIIIIIIII 47 



Animal specialties (027) 800 



General farms, pnmarity livestock (029) 148 



See footnotes at end of table 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



25 to 34 



113 



7 



106 



14 



21 



71 



35 

 27 

 12 



2.6 



113 



14 



28 243 



8 



4 365 



2 

 (D) 



4 

 (D) 



460 



204 



64 



21 

 737 



31 

 116 

 590 



164 

 169 

 240 

 58 

 4.9 

 127 



758 



30.8 



711 

 47 



679 



104 155 



62 



13 082 



3 

 (D) 



3 



1 



(D) 



13 

 1 525 



141 

 295 

 36 

 61 

 42 

 41 

 17 

 13 

 52 

 34 

 IS 

 11 



85 



110 



110 

 2 



5 

 2 



26 



389 



290 



7 



11 

 108 



13 



35 to 44 



1 179 

 263 

 120 



37 

 1 525 



57 



234 



1 234 



151 

 265 

 478 

 445 

 7.9 

 223 



1 562 



39.6 



1 493 

 69 



1 461 



250 191 



74 



21 989 



19 

 14 164 



19 

 2 



(D) 

 1 

 1 



6 

 (D) 



205 

 614 

 108 

 113 

 115 

 89 

 37 

 31 

 105 

 89 

 42 

 14 



140 

 204 



204 



3 



23 



12 



85 



855 



582 



16 



14 



180 



30 



1 071 

 288 

 146 



54 

 1 451 



68 



255 



1 128 



78 

 165 

 302 

 708 

 11.9 

 252 



1 505 

 49.6 



1 406 

 99 



1 406 



307 684 



73 



28 827 



14 



4 037 



1 



13 



2 



(D) 



10 

 (D) 



174 

 496 

 104 

 117 

 104 

 121 

 50 

 38 

 139 

 90 

 47 

 25 



141 



181 



181 



3 



33 



11 



93 



844 



653 



9 



6 



144 

 40 



55 to 64 



757 

 262 



118 



1 137 



127 

 010 

 87 

 189 

 734 



43 

 69 

 175 

 652 

 17.1 

 198 



1 137 

 59.0 



1 052 

 85 



1 054 



241 551 



57 



23 548 



18 

 10 666 



18 



1 



(D) 



7 

 (D) 



130 

 324 

 87 

 94 

 62 

 80 

 47 

 30 

 135 

 91 

 36 

 21 



156 

 126 



126 

 1 



35 

 3 



60 



596 



510 



6 



12 

 110 



30 



65 and over 



330 



143 

 115 



588 



MONTANA 59 



