Table 5. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1982, 1978, and 



1974 -Con. 



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



Characteristics 



All farms 



1978 



Farms operated by Black and other races'* 



1974 



Operator characteristics— Con. 

 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 54 years 



55 to 64 years 



65 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 

 Male farms. 



acres. 

 Female. farms. 



acres. 



Operators of Spanish origin farms. 



acres. 



Type of organization: 



Individual or family 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. 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



4 280 

 15 835 

 24 153 

 33 668 

 31 404 

 15 335 

 49,3 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



10 

 15 

 29 

 66 

 15.4 

 38 



9 

 32 

 29 

 31 

 34 

 23 

 47,8 



135 



33 905 



23 



4 050 



13 

 2 872 



131 



29 006 



20 



6 476 



6 



(D) 



4 

 1 513 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



14 

 60 

 54 

 54 

 36 

 35 

 46.4 



230 



54 158 



23 



4 285 



14 

 1 918 



212 



48 582 



30 



8 206 



7 



1 259 



2 



(D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



6 

 (D) 



4 

 396 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



6 

 44 

 51 

 47 

 30 

 IS 

 44.8 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NAJ 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



Jna) 



(NA) 

 (NA 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



ta 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



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



21974 data apply only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorship) and partnerships; see text. 



Table 6. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish Origin, 

 and Specified Racial Groups: 1982 and 1978 



4 IOWA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



