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

 1978-Con. 



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



Characteristics 



Putnam 



Raleigh 



Randolph 



Ritchie 



Taylor 



FARMS 



Land in farms . 



Harvested cropland _ 



-farms. 1982_. 



1978. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



.farms, 1982. 



1978., 



acres. 1982. 



1978., 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms. 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978., 



Han/ested cropland... farms. 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982., 



1978.. 



Part owners .farms, 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Owned land in farms acres, 1982., 



1978., 



Rented land in farms acres. 1982., 



1978.. 



Harvested cropland. farms. 1982.. 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Tenants farms, 1982., 



1978.. 



acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Harvested cropland ...farms, 1982. 



1978.. 



acres. 1982.. 



1978.. 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 

 On farm operated 1982. 



1978. 

 Not on farm operated 1982. 



1978. 

 Not reported - - 1982. 



1978. 



Operators by principal occupation: 

 Farming 1982. 



1978. 

 Other 1982. 



1978. 



Operators by days of work off farm: 

 None.. 1982. 



1978. 

 Any 1982. 



1978. 



1 to 49 days 1982. 



1978. 

 50 to 99 days 1982. 



1978. 

 100 to 149 days 1982. 



1978. 

 150 to 199 days 1982. 



1978. 

 200 days or more 1982. 



1978. 



Not reported 1982. 



1978. 



1 982 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 1982. 



1978. 

 25 to 34 years 1982. 



1978. 

 35 to 44 years 1982. 



1978. 

 45 to 54 years 1982. 



1978. 



55 to 64 years 1982. 



1978. 

 65 years and over 1982. 



1978. 

 Average age 1982. 



1978. 



412 

 356 

 93 

 75 

 66 

 71 



179 

 135 

 392 

 367 



178 

 145 

 351 

 342 



23 

 17 

 24 



36 



19 



252 



279 



42 

 15 



23 



22 



75 



277 



8 

 7 

 53 

 67 

 110 

 89 

 133 

 104 



118 

 131 

 149 

 104 

 53,2 

 51,8 



206 

 194 

 43 

 29 



31 

 34 



80 



82 



200 



175 



106 

 98 

 170 

 150 



14 

 7 

 9 

 3 

 4 

 8 

 12 

 16 

 131 

 116 



8 



12 



39 



144 



19,3 



77 



3 

 2 

 18 

 24 

 55 

 46 

 51 

 46 



76 

 74 

 77 

 65 

 55,0 

 54,7 



312 

 275 

 92 

 59 

 34 

 44 



170 

 143 

 268 

 235 



126 

 120 

 282 

 245 



19 



21 



14 



12 



16 



6 



42 



19 



191 



187 



30 

 13 



21 



14 



56 



258 



19,9 



5 

 37 

 27 

 67 

 70 

 86 

 91 



124 

 102 

 116 

 83 

 54.4 

 53,5 



362 



314 



81 131 



78 305 



323 



289 



9 186 



9 717 



289 



241 



59 687 



51 926 



254 



221 



6 094 



6 642 



62 



60 



19 650 



21 704 



8 639 



11 070 



11 Oil 



10 634 



59 



57 



2 896 



2 713 



11 



13 



1 794 



4 675 



10 



11 



196 



362 



289 

 240 

 44 

 37 

 29 

 37 



120 

 110 

 242 

 204 



103 



93 



241 



212 



18 

 21 



16 



9 



30 



16 



168 



158 



15 

 22 

 54 

 201 

 19,4 

 70 



7 

 2 

 38 

 41 

 73 

 63 

 82 

 67 



65 

 50 

 97 

 91 

 52,7 

 52,8 



522 



454 



100 605 



98 159 



466 



413 



11 702 



11 557 



414 



370 



67 133 



69 306 



367 



335 



7 457 



7 842 



85 



73 



29 513 



26 627 



12 791 



10 403 



16 722 



16 224 



80 



70 



3 817 



3 608 



23 



11 



3 959 



2 226 



19 



426 

 107 



389 

 317 

 87 

 75 

 46 

 62 



173 

 144 

 349 

 310 



144 

 142 

 349 

 300 



25 

 16 

 27 

 19 

 28 

 22 

 35 

 25 

 234 

 218 



29 

 12 



28 

 47 

 76 

 254 

 17.0 

 117 



7 

 7 

 63 

 60 

 100 

 81 

 127 

 97 



113 

 101 

 112 

 108 

 52,2 

 52,3 



363 



317 



60 219 



55 970 



334 



303 



7 660 



7 363 



313 



267 



46 873 



44 179 



288 



253 



5 825 



5 595 



42 

 44 



12 598 

 10 853 



675 

 158 

 923 

 695 

 41 

 44 

 719 



6 

 748 

 938 

 5 

 6 

 116 

 149 



267 

 226 

 59 

 52 

 37 

 39 



119 



94 



244 



223 



107 



94 



234 



212 



26 

 23 

 10 

 10 

 15 

 17 

 24 

 28 

 159 

 134 



22 



11 



11 

 22 

 50 

 207 

 18,8 

 73 



5 

 1 

 24 

 22 

 56 

 62 

 83 

 86 



109 



71 



86 



75 



54.3 



53,5 



211 

 183 

 34 

 25 

 30 

 24 



93 



78 



182 



154 



87 

 82 



7 

 11 

 6 

 4 

 9 

 3 

 15 

 10 

 129 

 118 



22 

 4 



5 



12 



28 



158 



20,2 



72 



23 

 14 

 58 

 53 

 50 

 48 



62 

 54 

 82 

 62 

 55,3 

 54,5 



164 WEST VIRGINIA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



