Table 17. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish 

 Origin, and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982 



[For meaning o( abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number. 



Land in farms acres, 



Harvested cropland farms, 



acres. 



1987 FARMS BY SIZE 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982., 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 139 acres. 



140 to 219 acres _ 



220 to 499 acres _ 



500 acres or more 



1987 OWNED AND RENTED LAND 

 IN FARMS 



Owned land in farms farms.. 



acres.. 

 Rented or leased land in farms farms.. 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms, 1987., 



1982. 



acres. 1987. 



1982. 



Pan owners __ farms. 1987., 



1982., 



acres. 1987. 



1982., 



Tenants.- farms, 1987., 



1982. 



acres, 1987., 



1982., 



1987 FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family {sole proprietorship) 



Partnership 



Family held corporation 



Other than family held corporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 

 institutional, etc 



1987 MARKET VALUE OF 

 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 



Total sales farms., 



$1,000., 

 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops farms., 



$1,000., 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms., 



$1,000., 

 Farms by value of sales: 



Less than $2,500 , 



$2,500 to $9.999 , 



$10,000 to $19.999 , 



$20,000 to $24.999 , 



$25,000 or more _ , 



1987 FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131).. 



Tobacco (0132) _ _ 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish potatoes; 

 field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c. 

 (0133. 0134, 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties (021) _ , 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024). _ 



Poultry and eggs (025)__ _ __ 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock and animal 

 specialties (029) _ _ 



See footnotes at end of table. 



Female 

 operators 



9 340 



7 714 



1 655 525 



1 292 928 



5 146 



4 330 



306 983 



236 874 



3 681 



3 287 



1 023 



349 



429 



571 



7 882 



976 



323 



31 



128 



9 340 

 525 838 



4 222 

 360 661 



4 125 

 165 176 



3 842 



2 275 



894 



283 



2 046 



157 



286 



90 



148 



3 540 



317 



46 



2 346 



1 556 



118 

 120 



2 203 



Operators of 

 Spanish origin' 



3 471 



3 031 



1 046 104 



1 107 010 



2 774 



2 397 



208 382 



230 075 



1 275 

 1 286 

 373 

 137 

 149 

 251 



2 837 



424 

 149 

 31 



30 



68 



195 

 75 



248 



1 853 



175 



37 



597 

 394 



43 

 43 

 198 



Total 



5 658 



5 622 



1 014 122 



982 005 



4 867 



4 767 



380 805 



426 003 



1 701 



2 286 

 853 

 234 

 273 

 311 



4 135 



851 



554 



50 



68 



98 



207 



63 



640 



2 975 



712 



34 



607 

 391 



54 



87 



220 



Farms operated by Black and other races 



309 



357 



42 980 



33 743 



150 



158 



9 360 



11 655 



105 

 120 

 41 

 12 

 14 

 17 



266 

 27 



7 

 3 



309 

 23 468 



118 



19 947 



184 



3 521 



129 



92 



29 



8 



51 



12 



8 



69 



3 



3 



146 

 74 



2 



8 

 33 



American Indian 



410 

 427 

 314 867 

 331 225 

 213 

 215 



10 500 



11 041 



136 



131 

 54 

 16 

 20 

 53 



334 



35 



10 



1 



410 

 32 732 



147 

 12 708 



232 

 20 024 



169 

 115 



40 

 9 



77 



8 



114 



9 



6 



171 

 134 



2 



6 



66 



2 269 

 582 

 468 



34 



20 



468 



1 888 



632 



17 



Other 

 (see text) 



1 566 



1 505 



253 261 



192 751 



1 322 



1 242 



88 845 



98 303 



585 

 603 

 168 

 73 

 59 

 78 



1 266 

 207 



12 

 12 



21 



54 



156 

 804 



191 

 130 



22 

 65 



10 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



CALIFORNIA 21 



