Table 5. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1982, 1978, and 

 1974-Con. 



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



Characteristics 



Farms operated by Black and other races' 



Operator charactenstics— Con. 

 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 54 years 



55 to 64 years 



65 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 

 Male farms. 



acres. 

 Female farms. 



acres. 



Operators of Spanish origin farms. 



acres. 



Type of organization: 



Individual or family farms. 



acres. 



Partnership farms. 



acres. 



Corporation farms. 



acres. 

 Family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



acres. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



acres. 

 Other than family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



acres. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



acres. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 



institutional, etc farms. 



acres. 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



1 605 

 8 898 

 15 307 

 21 561 

 24 384 

 21 605 

 53.3 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



28 



118 

 239 

 345 

 471 

 625 

 56.6 



1 671 

 165 304 



155 

 10 909 



10 

 643 



1 667 



155 825 



135 



15 327 



12 



3 615 



(D) 

 11 

 (D) 



12 



1 446 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



27 



124 

 261 

 459 

 668 

 832 

 57.7 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 



'For classification of social and ethnic groups, see text. 



21974 data apply only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorship) and partnerships; see text. 



Table 6. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish Origin, 

 and Specified Racial Groups: 1982 and 1978 



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



Characteristics 



Spanish ongin 



Black and other races 



Amencan 

 Indian 



Other (see text) 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number. 



Land in farms acres, 



Harvested cropland farms, 



acres. 



1982 FARMS BY SIZE 



1982. 

 1978. 

 1982. 

 1978. 

 1982. 

 1978. 

 1982. 

 1978. 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 139 acres 



140 to 219 acres 



220 to 499 acres 



500 acres or more _ 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Part owners farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Tenants farms, 1962. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



168 



333 



22 070 



53 242 



136 



291 



5 884 



21 608 



126 



234 



12 874 



25 885 



31 



69 



8 087 



22 798 



11 



30 



1 109 



4 559 



52 



45 



4 729 



4 406 



39 



41 



1 825 



1 301 



37 



25 



3 Oil 



2 519 



9 



13 



(D) 



(D) 



6 



7 



(D) 



(D) 



12 



7 



1 097 



357 



8 



7 



440 



45 



6 

 559 

 (D) 



2 



(D) 



2 



1 



(D) 



(D) 



10 



20 



1 150 



3 029 



3 



19 



164 



642 



10 



15 



1 150 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



3 



147 



4 TENNESSEE 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



