Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. 



[Excludes abnormal farms; see text. For meaning o( abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Item 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



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 99 days _.- — — - 



100 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 54 years ■ 



55 to 64 years 



65 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 



Male._ 



Female _ - - 



Operators of Spanish origin 



FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family farms,. 



acres-. 



Partnership farms.. 



acres.. 

 Corporation: 



Family held — farms.. 



acres,. 



More than 10 stockholders farms.. 



10 or less stockholders farms.. 



Other than family held farms.. 



acres- 

 More than 10 stockholders farms. 



10 or less stockholders - farms. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 



institutional, etc. _-_ farms. 



acres. 



FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres 



70 to 99 acres 



100 to 139 acres 



140 to 179 acres 



180 to 219 acres 



220 to 259 acres 



260 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1,000 to 1,999 acres 



2.000 acres or more 



FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (011) - 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) _ 



Sugar crops, Irish potatoes, hay. 

 peanuts, and other field crops (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 (029) 



See footnotes at end of table. 



Other occupations 



18 884 

 7 506 

 2 963 



12 450 

 776 



776 

 56 

 106 

 157 

 434 



13 499 



4 873 



316 



247 



1 010 



302 



Under 25 



694 

 610 

 102 



1 406 



138 

 1 268 

 119 

 208 

 941 



500 

 382 

 165 



■ 2.9 

 359 



1 406 



1 351 

 55 



1 212 



71 178 



178 



17 558 



3 

 49 



3 

 6 



811 



7 



747 



498 



366 



83 



136 



104 



109 



39 



19 



42 



7 



3 



594 

 17 



741 



154 



15 



11 



16 



5 



Age of operator (years) 



25 to 34 



3 584 



1 715 



380 



197 



S 482 



174 



637 



4 671 



988 



1 467 



2 078 

 424 



5.1 

 722 



5 679 



30.1 



5 546 

 133 



2 338 



121 



121 



8 



9 



22 



60 



2 779 



695 



55 



48 



202 



37 



5 226 



1 780 



614 



241 



7 379 



224 



751 



6 404 



593 



1 050 



2 416 

 2 452 



8.5 

 1 109 



7 432 

 188 



45 to 54 



3 219 

 211 



211 

 21 

 31 

 51 



128 



3 423 



1 064 



62 



56 



343 



75 



4 756 



1 501 



614 



303 



6 568 



213 



796 



5 560 



269 



475 



1 272 



3 756 



13.8 



1 099 



6 871 



49.3 



6 622 

 249 



6 105 



700 083 



564 



94 294 



133 



52 349 



3 



130 



35 



6 279 



4 



31 



34 

 4 064 



812 



2 028 



455 



860 



668 



661 



326 



278 



546 



185 



44 



8 



2 964 

 182 



182 



7 



35 



33 



104 



3 094 



1 223 



83 



50 



248 



71 



55 to 64 



3 236 



1 263 



600 



563 



4 536 



287 



656 



3 593 



161 



199 



610 



3 088 



19.7 

 1 041 



5 099 

 59.0 



4 798 

 301 



2 226 

 163 



163 

 11 

 21 

 32 

 84 



2 232 

 1 053 

 68 

 44 

 151 

 67 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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