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 



Farms operated by Black and other races' 



Operator charactenstics— 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 famis. 



acres. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



acres. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 



institutional, etc farms. 



acres. 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



852 



4 157 

 8 055 



12 397 



13 827 

 12 832 



54.1 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 





(NA) 

 (NA) 



29 

 213 

 450 

 651 

 968 

 647 

 55.6 



2 940 



284 429 



218 



14 973 



4 

 387 



2 862 



256 356 



267 



31 374 



18 



9 925 



17 

 (0) 



1 

 (D) 



11 

 1 747 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



35 

 206 

 458 

 913 

 1 155 

 1 210 

 56.7 



(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. 



^1974 data apply only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorsfiip) 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 VIRGINIA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



