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 



1982 



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 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 farms. 



acres. 



10 Of less stockholders farms. 



acres. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust. 

 instrtutional. etc --_ farms. 



aaes. 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



2 638 

 11 413 

 16 617 

 21 269 

 20 694 

 14 267 

 50.2 



(NA) 

 NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



15 



24 



36 



109 



15.4 



227 



32 357 



16 



3 364 



16 

 1 139 



212 



28 144 



20 



3 294 



8 



3 807 



Pi 



P 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



20 

 55 

 49 

 54 

 42 

 51.2 



208 



33 575 



21 



2 135 



10 

 775 



195 



28 113 



28 



6 493 



6 



1 104 



1 

 (D) 



7 

 (D) 



3 

 476 



5 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 NA) 

 (NA) 



1 

 24 

 38 

 37 

 43 

 29 

 51.0 



(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 ethnic groups, see text. 



^1974 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 



4 INDIANA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



