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



1974-Con. 



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



Characteristics 



Farms operated by Black and other races' 



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) 



204 



1 370 



2 740 



3 829 



4 334 

 4 311 



54.3 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



6 

 13 



3 



22 



10.0 



10 



11 

 8 

 17 

 10 

 8 

 50.1 



51 



3 889 



3 



782 



52 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



1 



8 



8 



7 



10 



18 



54.9 



46 



6 538 



6 



455 



47 



6 634 



4 



(D) 



1 

 (D) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



1 

 4 

 5 

 8 

 15 

 59.7 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



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



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



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

 and Specified Racial Groups: 1982 and 1978 



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



Characteristics 



Spanish origin 



Black and other races 



Total 



Black 



American 

 Indian 



Asian 



Other (see text) 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number, 



Land in farms acres, 



Harvested cropland farms, 



acres, 



1982 FARMS BY SIZE 



1982. 

 1978. 

 1982. 

 1978. 

 1982_ 

 1978_ 

 1982. 

 1978. 



1 to 9 acres ___ _. 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 139 acres 



140 to 219 acres _ 



220 to 499 acres 



500 acres or more 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms. 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Part owners _ farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Tenants farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



25 



43 



4 420 



6 184 



21 



39 



470 



833 



20 

 32 



3 540 



4 015 



4 



8 



(D) 



1 615 



1 



3 



(D) 



554 



54 



52 



7 671 



6 993 



47 



44 



1 249 



1 026 



38 



34 



4 545 



4 884 



12 



12 



2 467 



1 408 



4 



6 



659 



701 



29 



33 



2 890 



3 690 



26 



27 



461 



737 



18 



20 



1 763 



1 895 



9 



8 



(D) 



(D) 



2 



5 



(D) 



(D) 



13 



13 



2 943 



1 467 



11 



13 



507 



218 



10 



9 



003 



(D) 



2 



3 



(D) 



85 



1 



1 



(D) 



(D) 



1 294 



(D) 



5 



2 



216 



(D) 



5 



4 

 (D) 

 (0) 



1 

 (D) 



6 



2 



544 



(D) 



5 



2 



65 



(D) 



5 



1 



(D) 



(D) 



1 



1 



(D) 



(D) 



4 WEST VIRGINIA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



