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 text) 



Other occupations 



Total 



Age of operator (years) 



Under 25 



25 to 34 



55 to 64 



65 and over 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number. 



percenL 



Land In farms acres. 



Average size of farm acfes. 



Value of land and buildings^ farms., 



$1,000. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Farms by value of land and buildings: 



$1 to $19,999 



$20,000 to $39,999 



$40,000 to $69,999 



$70,000 to $99,999 



$100,000 to $149,999 



$150,000 to $199,999 , 



$200,000 to $499,999 , 



$500,000 to $999,999 , 



$1,000,000 or more 



Owned and rented land by operator 



Land owned farms.. 



acres.. 



Land rented or leased from others farms.. 



acres.. 



Rented or leased land in farms farms.. 



acres.. 



Land rented or leased to others farms.. 



acres.. 



LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO 

 USE 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 

 Farms by acres han/ested: 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 29 acres 



30 to 49 acres 



50 to 99 acres 



100 to 199 acres 



200 to 499 acres... 



500 acres or more 



Cropland: 



Pasture or grazing only farms.. 



acres.. 

 In cover crops, legumes, and soil- 

 improvement grasses, not harvested 



and not pastured _ farms.. 



acres.- 



On which all crops failed farms.. 



acres.. 



In cultivated summer fallow farms.. 



acres,. 



Idle farms.. 



acres.. 



Total woodland farms.. 



acres.. 



Woodland pastured farms.. 



acres.. 



Woodland not pastured farms.. 



aaes.. 

 Pastureland and rangeland other than 



cropland and woodland pastured farms.. 



acres.. 

 Land In house lots, ponds, roads, 



wasteland, etc farms.. 



acres.. 



Pastureland, all types farms.. 



acres.. 



Irrigated land _. farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 



Pasture and other land irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 

 Land set aside in federal farm programs in 

 1982 farnis.. 



TENURE AND RACE OF 

 OPERATOR 



All operators 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



White 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



Black and other races 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Ter^ants 



See footrrates at end of table. 



22 300 

 16 880 

 4 143 

 1 277 

 19 490 

 14 692 

 3 704 



1 094 



2 810 

 2 188 



439 



259 



.8 



23 908 



92 



202 

 16 304 

 80 713 



162 



14 124 



148 



11 771 



148 



11 645 



24 



1 987 



111 



49 



99 



237 



97 



48 



92 



22 



14 



1 



7 



2 295 



1 275 

 643 

 377 



2 074 

 1 155 



582 

 337 

 221 

 120 

 61 

 40 



4 698 



14.6 



528 177 



112 



4 643 



478 896 



103 144 



992 



488 



879 



1 044 



826 



479 



372 



467 



51 



37 



4 391 



414 008 



1 485 



145 635 



1 474 



142 397 



420 



31 466 



4 698 



3 219 



1 161 

 318 



4 302 



2 959 

 1 069 



274 



396 



260 



92 



44 



5 561 



17.2 



672 925 



121 



5 595 



612 308 



109 438 



849 



415 



842 



1 401 



881 



903 



445 



606 



71 



31 



5 339 



596 240 



1 336 



124 876 



1 324 



121 003 



576 



48 191 



5 561 



4 230 

 1 095 



236 



5 060 

 3 862 



998 

 200 

 501 

 368 

 97 

 36 



5 583 



4 583 



842 



158 



4 879 



4 020 



737 



122 



704 



563 



105 



36 



3 904 

 12.1 



517 642 

 133 



4 014 

 390 142 



97 195 

 798 



751 



1 022 



710 



472 



199 



323 



82 



11 



3 819 



532 249 



449 



39 788 



440 



38 348 



656 



54 395 



3 904 



3 462 



353 



89 



2 938 



2 599 



270 



69 



966 



863 



83 



20 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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