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

 1978 



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



Ctiaractertstics 



Anderson 



Bedford 



Benton 



Bledsoe 



Blount 



Bradley 



FARMS 



Land in farms _ 



Harvested cropland . 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 

 Full owners 



Harvested cropland . 



-farms, 1982. 



1978- 



acres, 1982- 



1978- 



- farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres. 1982. 



1978- 



. farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982- 



1978- 



. farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982- 



1978- 



Harvested cropland . 



Part owners farms. 1982.. 



1978- 



acres, 1982-, 



1978. 



Owned land in farms acres. 1982-. 



1978-, 



Rented land in farms acres, 1982-, 



1978. 



Harvested cropland farms, 1982., 



1978- 



acres. 1982- 



1978-. 



Tenants farms, 1982.. 



1978- 



acres, 1982- 



1978-. 



farms. 1982- 



1978. 

 acres. 1982.. 

 1978. 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 

 On farm operated 1982-. 



1978- 

 Not on farm operated... 1982-. 



1978- 

 Not reported 1982. 



1978.. 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 1982. 



1978. 



Other - 1982. 



1978. 



Operators by days of work off farm: 



None 1982. 



1978. 



Any -- 1982. 



1978- 



1 to 49 days — 1982. 



1978. 

 50 to 99 days - 1982- 



1978. 

 100 to 149 days - 1982. 



1978. 

 150 to 199 days - - 1982- 



1978. 

 200 days or more 1982. 



1978- 



Not reported -- 1982. 



1978- 



1 982 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 1982. 



1978- 

 25 to 34 years 1982. 



1978- 

 35 to 44 years 1982. 



1978- 

 45 to 54 years 1982. 



1978- 



55 to 64 years - 1982. 



1978- 

 65 years and over -- 1982. 



1978. 

 Average age - 1982. 



1978. 



90 565 



86 910 



12 474 931 



12 680 809 



74 518 



73 823 



4 548 895 



4 409 331 



64 182 



61 666 



6 566 002 



6 721 666 



50 076 



50 041 



1 414 354 



1 385 428 



19 864 



19 112 



5 156 599 



5 188 582 



2 368 449 

 2 455 410 

 2 788 150 

 2 733 172 



18 666 



18 183 



709 457 



2 596 643 



6 519 



6 132 



752 330 



770 561 



5 776 



5 599 



425 084 



427 260 



517 



439 



43 245 



43 498 



381 



356 



7 193 



7 166 



393 



345 



25 919 



28 574 



278 



275 



3 856 



4 267 



102 



74 



14 452 



10 524 



8 268 



5 568 



6 184 

 4 956 



88 



65 



2 883 



2 246 



22 



20 



2 874 



4 400 



15 



16 



454 



653 



381 

 312 

 75 

 83 

 61 

 44 



151 

 130 

 366 



309 



134 

 116 

 347 

 313 



24 

 29 

 20 

 16 

 19 

 12 

 14 

 22 

 270 

 234 



36 

 10 



26 

 33 

 64 

 258 

 17.3 

 136 



4 

 2 



47 

 29 

 96 

 93 

 127 

 113 



126 

 100 

 117 

 102 

 53.4 

 53.0 



1 364 



1 301 



223 745 



221 988 



1 033 



1 052 



71 037 



63 873 



1 002 

 978 



129 132 

 132 689 

 709 

 765 

 28 622 

 27 897 



288 



253 



87 296 



78 460 



41 287 



43 558 



46 009 



34 902 



270 



231 



39 678 



32 174 



74 

 70 

 7 317 

 10 839 

 54 

 56 



2 737 



3 802 



994 

 893 

 234 

 233 

 136 

 175 



600 

 544 

 764 

 757 



430 

 464 

 821 

 770 



79 

 67 

 34 

 32 

 63 

 29 

 65 

 55 

 580 

 587 



113 

 67 



89 

 115 

 225 

 647 

 16.7 

 288 



36 

 26 

 122 

 137 

 251 

 232 

 314 

 300 



330 

 287 

 311 

 319 

 52.8 

 52.9 



434 



459 

 68 954 

 79 826 

 305 

 364 

 26 521 

 25 730 



297 



298 



33 851 



42 020 



182 



211 



5 504 



7 037 



109 

 133 



32 650 



33 426 



15 908 

 20 062 



16 742 

 13 364 



101 



125 



19 423 



15 847 



28 

 28 

 2 453 

 4 380 

 22 

 28 



1 594 



2 846 



279 

 303 

 83 

 74 

 72 

 82 



159 

 137 

 275 

 322 



107 

 116 

 290 

 328 



25 

 19 

 15 

 14 

 12 

 15 

 38 

 30 

 200 

 250 



37 

 15 



33 

 25 

 73 

 168 

 15.2 

 135 



6 

 7 

 47 

 54 

 85 

 105 

 116 

 101 



100 

 119 



80 



73 



51.2 



50.2 



489 



467 



102 034 



104 853 



400 



394 



25 020 



23 507 



354 



357 



72 299 



74 577 



277 



292 



13 194 



13 553 



96 



99 



25 257 



29 188 



14 too 

 17 414 

 11 157 

 11 774 



89 



92 



9 965 



9 568 



39 



11 



4 478 



1 088 



34 



10 



1 861 



386 



343 



337 



85 



61 



61 



229 

 230 



260 

 237 



160 

 151 

 274 

 278 



17 

 32 

 10 

 17 

 14 

 17 

 45 

 55 

 188 

 157 



55 

 38 



33 

 39 

 64 

 225 

 18.3 

 128 



12 

 3 

 58 

 64 

 112 

 96 

 83 

 91 



109 

 110 

 115 

 103 

 51.9 

 51.9 



1 219 



1 065 



111 029 



103 593 



988 



924 



34 852 



31 492 



842 



768 



56 398 



58 324 



654 



646 



12 131 



12 642 



299 



231 



47 067 



38 300 



21 014 



18 843 

 26 053 



19 457 

 270 

 216 



19 895 

 15 692 



78 

 66 

 7 564 

 6 969 

 64 

 62 



2 826 



3 158 



865 

 765 

 208 

 153 

 146 

 147 



403 

 376 

 816 

 689 



369 



357 

 766 

 664 



75 

 74 

 22 

 26 

 44 

 28 

 40 

 44 

 585 

 492 



84 



44 



70 

 82 

 168 

 597 

 18.2 

 302 



23 

 10 

 122 

 83 

 218 

 167 

 234 

 198 



283 

 321 

 339 

 286 

 53.9 

 55.3 



537 

 457 

 117 

 112 

 100 

 102 



257 

 252 

 497 

 419 



215 

 205 

 488 

 437 



33 



40 



10 



13 



17 



8 



40 



38 



388 



338 



51 

 29 



35 

 66 

 112 

 343 

 17.3 

 198 



16 



8 



48 



44 



146 



138 



216 



159 



168 

 196 

 160 

 126 

 52.7 

 53.1 



186 TENNESSEE 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



