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

 1978-Con. 



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



Characteristics 



Smith 



Stewart 



Sullivan 



Sumner 



Tipton 



FARMS 



Land in farms - 



Harvested cropland _ 



.(arms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



.farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 

 Full owners 



Harvested cropland . 



farms, 1982.. 



1978- 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



farms. 1982.. 



1978. 

 acres, 1982. 

 1978. 



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 . 



Harvested cropland _ 



.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. 



1982 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. 



838 

 842 

 304 

 227 

 157 

 186 



625 

 558 

 674 

 697 



401 

 445 

 750 

 747 



90 

 98 



53 

 34 

 60 

 41 

 90 

 65 

 457 

 509 



148 

 63 



81 

 103 

 158 

 570 

 178 

 387 



51 

 29 

 157 

 144 

 228 

 208 

 253 

 247 



276 

 302 

 334 

 325 

 52.5 

 53.2 



460 



457 



62 094 



68 290 



396 



389 



10 785 



11 545 



301 

 310 

 38 842 

 46 611 

 244 

 250 



3 946 



4 815 



112 



102 



21 013 



19 924 



12 300 



12 124 



8 713 



7 800 



108 



95 



6 496 



6 094 



47 



45 



2 239 



1 755 



44 



44 



343 



636 



296 

 266 

 101 

 109 

 63 

 82 



174 

 186 

 286 

 271 



146 

 151 

 283 

 287 



35 

 28 

 16 



10 

 13 

 20 

 31 

 19 

 188 

 210 



31 

 19 



25 

 43 

 88 

 156 

 14.5 

 148 



7 

 10 

 53 

 54 

 94 

 84 

 105 

 98 



91 

 97 

 110 

 114 

 52.2 

 52.0 



1 685 



1 590 



99 782 



101 376 



1 520 



1 476 



21 723 



23 316 



1 260 



1 211 

 59 187 

 62 315 

 1 124 

 1 111 

 10 985 

 12 622 



308 

 284 



34 631 



35 135 



17 683 

 16 814 

 16 948 



18 321 

 287 

 276 



9 117 

 9 679 



117 



95 



5 964 



3 926 



109 



89 



1 621 



1 015 



1 161 

 1 085 

 323 

 283 

 201 

 222 



559 



512 



1 126 



1 078 



535 



520 



1 034 



1 005 



88 

 77 

 30 

 30 

 27 

 32 

 71 

 62 

 818 

 804 



116 

 65 



81 

 108 

 196 

 816 

 19.2 

 484 



27 

 20 

 113 

 137 

 330 

 293 

 331 

 322 



417 

 418 

 467 

 400 

 54,8 

 54.0 



2 178 



2 035 



217 866 



214 471 



1 814 



1 770 



70 195 



60 522 



1 587 



1 495 



128 184 



127 407 



1 259 



1 257 



28 914 



26 856 



400 



377 



73 428 



72 657 



31 550 



38 524 



41 878 



34 133 



385 



365 



33 369 



28 361 



191 



163 



16 254 



14 407 



170 



148 



7 912 



5 305 



1 464 

 1 343 

 402 

 390 

 312 

 302 



842 



802 



1 336 



1 233 



596 



642 



1 375 



1 289 



122 

 104 

 72 

 81 

 82 

 59 

 111 

 84 

 988 

 961 



207 

 104 



126 

 184 

 367 

 830 

 15.5 

 671 



52 



53 

 211 

 186 

 435 

 395 

 490 

 450 



512 

 514 

 478 

 437 

 52.2 

 52.4 



767 

 809 



209 198 

 221 236 

 622 

 675 

 158 917 

 155 865 



418 



419 



44 456 



46 325 

 296 

 307 



24 352 

 21 434 



264 



307 



145 330 



157 606 



47 250 



48 665 

 98 080 



108 940 



245 



291 



117 513 



121 536 



85 



83 



19 412 



17 306 



81 



77 



17 052 



12 895 



602 

 518 

 153 

 166 

 112 

 125 



363 

 399 

 404 

 410 



272 

 331 

 419 

 448 



39 

 42 

 29 

 18 

 19 

 34 

 35 

 36 

 297 

 318 



76 

 30 



49 

 56 

 123 

 334 

 16.8 

 205 



27 

 30 

 85 

 69 

 126 

 182 

 224 

 199 



168 

 197 

 137 

 132 

 50.6 

 50.3 



501 



467 



58 921 



64 917 



441 



422 



12 868 



12 033 



314 



302 



34 613 



36 856 



265 



266 



6 047 



5 914 



110 

 97 

 18 157 

 23 132 

 11 346 

 14 625 



6 811 

 8 507 



105 

 90 



5 200 



6 145 



77 



68 



6 151 



4 929 



71 



66 



1 621 



974 



314 



316 



126 



80 



61 



71 



264 

 231 

 237 

 236 



145 

 149 

 297 

 284 



42 



40 

 31 

 23 

 28 

 20 

 23 

 22 

 173 

 179 



59 

 34 



32 



29 



65 



217 



17.5 



158 



8 

 19 

 59 

 43 

 72 

 68 

 104 

 101 



122 

 107 

 136 

 129 

 54.0 

 53.9 



363 

 365 



14 328 



15 821 

 355 

 355 



2 179 

 2 106 



283 

 291 



11 620 



12 800 

 277 

 281 



1 463 

 1 382 



S3 

 S3 



1 756 



2 220 

 1 009 

 1 647 



747 

 573 

 S3 

 S3 

 527 

 561 



27 



21 



952 



801 



25 



21 



189 



163 



236 

 238 

 61 

 52 

 66 

 75 



121 

 127 

 242 

 238 



106 

 125 

 222 

 228 



30 



19 



11 



8 



4 



11 



21 



18 



156 



172 



33 

 12 



23 

 20 

 31 

 163 

 18.2 

 126 



6 

 5 

 34 

 SO 

 68 

 57 

 66 

 83 



90 

 74 

 99 

 96 

 54.1 

 52.8 



196 TENNESSEE 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



