Table 17. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish 

 Origin, and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982 



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



Ctiaracteristics 



Female 

 operators 



Operators of 

 Spanisti origin' 



Farms operated by Black and other races 



American Indian 



Asian 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number, 



Land in farms acres, 



Harvested cropland farms, 



acres, 



1987 FARMS BY SIZE 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 139 acres 



140 to 219 acres. 



220 to 499 acres 



500 acres or more 



1987 OWNED AND RENTED LAND 

 IN FARMS 



Owned land in farms farms.. 



acres.. 

 Rented or leased land in farms farms.. 



acres.. 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms. 1987.. 



1982.. 



acres. 1987.. 



1982.. 



Part owners farms, 1987.. 



1982. 



acres. 1987.. 



1982. 



Tenants farms. 1987.. 



1982.. 



acres. 1987.. 



1982.. 



1987 FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole propnetorstiip) 



Partnership 



Family held corporation 



Other than family held corporation 



Other — cooperative, estate or trust, 

 institutional, etc 



1987 MARKET VALUE OF 

 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 



Total sales farms. 



$1,000- 

 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops farms- 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms by value of sales: 



Less than $2.500 



$2,500 to $9.999 



$10,000 to $19.999 



$20,000 to $24.999 



$25,000 or more 



1987 FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131). 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish potatoes; 

 field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c. 

 (0133, 0134. 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, pnmarily livestock and animal 

 specialties (029) 



See footnotes at end of table. 



2 792 



2 788 



290 068 



295 455 



2 122 



2 230 



109 129 



114 011 



355 

 799 

 997 

 310 

 269 

 62 



517 



193 



55 



4 



219 

 330 



52 

 111 

 141 

 164 



905 

 441 



350 



68 



427 



103 



73 



15 520 



12 200 



87 



67 



7 360 



6 539 



96 



12 139 



37 



3 381 



66 



44 



8 118 



4 918 



30 



24 



6 246 



6 824 



7 



5 



1 156 



458 



103 

 5 983 



791 

 70 

 192 



27 



27 



9 



2 



38 



110 



150 



9 382 



18 507 



95 



132 



4 210 



7 308 



102 



7 893 



27 



1 489 



83 



103 



6 277 



10 870 



19 



32 



2 652 



6 700 



8 



15 



453 



937 



110 

 6 481 



73 

 4 525 



59 

 1 956 



35 

 31 

 15 

 3 

 26 



43 

 68 

 3 324 

 7 194 

 38 

 57 



1 236 



2 556 



42 



2 911 



11 



413 



32 



50 



2 489 



5 012 



10 



11 



(D) 



1 822 



1 



7 



(D) 



360 



43 

 546 



25 

 116 



30 

 429 



17 



18 



4 



1 



3 



26 

 27 



3 371 



4 979 



20 



24 



1 817 



1 938 



23 



2 735 



5 



636 



21 



21 



2 100 



2 501 



2 



5 



(D) 



(D) 



3 



1 



(D) 



(D) 



26 

 851 



17 

 195 



16 

 656 



29 



25 



1 360 



1 451 



27 



23 



583 



632 



26 



1 129 



7 



231 



22 



16 



929 



984 



4 



5 



(D) 



(D) 



3 



4 



(0) 



(D) 



29 

 4 809 



24 



4 118 



6 



691 



5 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 17 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



PENNSYLVANIA 21 



