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 



All farms 



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 iarm 



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 or less stockholders farms. 



acres. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 



institutional, etc. farms. 



acres. 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



811 

 5 142 

 9 304 



13 462 



14 641 

 10 950 



52.6 



(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) 



28 

 236 

 344 

 587 

 741 

 778 

 55.2 



2 532 



340 901 



182 



18 730 



23 

 2 403 



2 464 



302 497 



198 



39 718 



41 



15 459 



2 



(D) 



37 



9 735 



2 



(D) 



11 

 957 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



38 

 143 

 327 

 659 

 891 

 905 

 56.9 



(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 



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



Characteristics 



Female 



Spanish origin 



Black and other races 



Total 



Black 



American 

 Indian 



Asian 



Other (see text) 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number. 



Land in farms acres, 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres. 



1982 FARMS BY SIZE 



19B2_. 

 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. 



25 

 43 



7 109 



8 420 



17 

 34 



1 489 



2 120 



21 

 23 



(D) 



6 103 



2 



12 



(D) 



1 285 



2 



8 



(D) 



1 032 



237 



1 337 



2 



4 



(D) 



635 



5 



5 



237 



(D) 



(D) 



17 



2 130 



4 008 



4 



14 



(D) 



774 



3 

 12 

 (D) 

 (D) 

 1 

 2 

 (D) 

 (D) 



420 



4 GEORGIA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



