Table 16. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization for All Farms 

 and Farms Operated by Black and Other Races: 1987, 1982, and 1978 



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



Characteristics 



Farms operated by Black and other races' 



Tenure of operator 



All operators -._ farms-. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Full owners farms.. 



acres,. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.- 



Part owners.. -. farms.. 



acres.. 



Han/ested cropland farms., 



acres. - 



Tenants farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres. - 



Percent of tenancy percent.. 



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 49 days 



50 to 99 days — 



100 to 149 days _ 



150 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 49 years 



50 10 54 years 



55 to 59 years 



60 to 64 years 



65 to 69 years 



70 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 



Male - _ farms. - 



acres. . 



Female farms. - 

 acres._ 



Operators of Spanish origin (see text) _. farms.. 



acres.. 



Operators not of Spanish origin farms.. 



Spanish origin not reported farms.. 



Type of organization: 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) 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 (arms,. 



acres.. 

 Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, 



etc. _ _ farms.. 



acres.. 



51 549 

 7 866 289 



46 157 

 4 080 153 



31 484 

 3 307 757 



26 796 



1 263 243 



15 003 



3 886 790 



14 676 



2 369 202 



5 062 

 671 742 



4 685 

 447 708 



2 386 



3 214 



7 148 

 30 375 



19.7 



8 426 



2 692 



4 461 



8 211 



30 597 



18.5 



56 202 

 8 543 661 



52 406 

 4 263 952 



35 457 

 3 972 463 



32 139 



1 524 187 



15 766 



3 880 508 



15 570 



2 290 385 



4 979 

 690 690 



4 697 

 449 380 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



110 

 9 382 



95 

 4 210 



83 

 6 277 



70 

 2 327 



19 

 2 652 



18 

 1 667 



453 



7 



216 



4 



9 



11 



60 



16.8 



2 

 7 

 21 

 11 

 18 

 15 

 11 

 11 

 14 

 53.5 



99 



8 669 



11 



713 



4 



245 



57 



49 



624 

 5 



529 

 4 



(D) 



150 



18 507 



132 



7 308 



103 



10 870 



87 



2 898 



32 



6 700 



31 



3 827 



15 

 937 



14 

 583 



9 



13 

 48 



54 

 13.6 



26 



7 

 12 

 42 



45 



27 



17 

 48.5 



139 



18 209 



11 



298 



5 

 585 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



127 



13 357 



18 



4 416 



4 



(D) 



(D) 



(D) 



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



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