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 characteristics— Con. 

 Operators by years on present farm; 



2 years or less 



3 or 4 years _ 



5 10 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: 

 Mate 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 famis. 



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. 



1 841 



2 750 

 4 954 



13 232 



15.9 



8 851 



741 



4 041 



6 558 



7 347 

 7 213 



5 728 

 50.5 



29 960 



8 650 435 



1 668 



278 392 



176 

 51 191 



28 255 



6 207 665 



2 402 



1 406 092 



724 



1 116 321 



47 



156 192 



590 



707 792 



21 

 145 346 



247 

 198 749 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



608 



3 442 



5 643 

 8 289 

 8 784 

 5 904 

 51.7 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



25 

 158 

 357 

 590 

 819 

 774 

 56.0 



(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 etfinic 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 



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



Characteristics 



Female 



Spanish origin 



Black and other races 



Black 



American 

 Indian 



Other (see text) 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number, 



l_and 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. 



1 668 



1 583 



278 392 



278 756 



984 



1 014 



74 178 



75 814 



188 

 585 

 456 

 170 

 163 

 106 



1 358 



(NA) 



201 465 



(NA) 



224 



(NA) 



68 635 



(NA) 



86 



(NA) 



8 292 



(NA) 



176 



274 



51 191 



108 568 



109 



208 



22 100 



63 114 



98 



128 



20 227 



19 766 



58 



100 



23 839 



66 461 



20 



46 



7 125 



22 341 



1 951 



2 017 

 192 043 

 210 458 



1 283 



1 522 



84 351 



94 617 



238 

 822 

 533 

 154 

 152 

 52 



1 220 



1 186 



79 275 



82 601 



461 



515 



77 291 



94 725 



270 



316 



35 477 



33 132 



1 688 



1 934 

 180 949 

 193 835 

 1 238 

 1 456 

 79 557 

 87 456 



231 

 800 

 512 

 153 

 145 

 47 



1 179 

 1 139 



77 158 



78 645 

 444 

 489 



69 445 

 85 753 

 265 

 306 

 34 346 

 29 437 



45 

 42 

 5 877 

 9 069 

 32 

 32 



2 610 



3 508 



30 

 27 

 (D) 

 1 801 

 12 

 10 



3 073 



4 265 



3 



5 



(D) 



3 003 



5 



7 



221 



362 



3 



7 



56 



137 



4 



7 



(D) 



362 



1 



(D) 



13 

 34 

 4 996 

 7 192 

 10 

 27 



2 126 



3 516 



7 



13 



(D) 



1 793 



5 



16 



4 773 



4 707 



1 



5 



(D) 



692 



4 LOUISIANA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



