Table 16. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization for All Farms 

 and Farms Operated by Blacl( and Other Races: 1987, 1982, and 1978 



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



Characteristics 



All farms 



Farms operated by Black and other races' 



Tenure of operator 



All operators farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres. - 



Full owners farms.. 



acres. - 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Pari owners farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres. - 



Tenants farms.- 



acres-- 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Percent of tenancy percent.. 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported .... 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days of work off farm; 



None_ 



Any 



1 to 49 days 



50 to 99 days 



100 to 149 days 



150 to 199 days 



200 days or more „ 



Not reported 



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 49 years 



50 to 54 years 



55 to 59 years 



60 to 64 years _„ 



65 to 69 years 



70 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 



Male _ farms.. 



acres.. 



Female farms.. 



acres.. 



Operators of Spanish origin (see text) farms.. 



acres.. 



Operators not of Spanish origin farms.. 



Spanish origin not reported _ farms. . 



Type of organization: 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) 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.. 



12.4 



5 682 



7 164 



16 630 



42 441 



15.4 



11 300 



11.2 



6 192 



10 338 



19 305 



33 876 



13.7 



12 752 



821 



7 872 



17 714 



19 734 



21 566 



14 756 

 51.8 



74 749 



30 863 966 



7 714 



1 292 928 



3 031 



1 107 010 



(NA) 



(NA) 



65 482 



15 898 180 



11 360 



8 126 351 



4 849 



7 201 071 



168 



476 546 



3 872 



5 179 754 



188 

 863 973 



621 

 680 798 



772 

 931 292 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



3 211 



2 113 



334 



3 570 

 2 088 



2 442 

 2 873 

 405 

 266 

 281 

 309 

 1 612 



343 



607 

 528 



1 105 



2 493 

 14.6 



925 



3 282 

 1 885 



455 



3 495 

 2 127 



2 402 

 2 795 

 311 

 268 

 255 

 309 

 1 652 



425 



559 

 688 



1 032 



2 249 

 14.0 



41 



559 



1 081 



1 378 



1 769 



794 



51.6 



5 196 



904 142 



426 



77 863 



1 069 



100 835 



(NA) 



(NA) 



4 094 

 296 722 



854 

 185 397 



595 

 182 415 



15 



6 875 



511 



157 005 



9 



3 532 



60 



15 003 



79 

 317 471 



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



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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



