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 introductoiy text] 



Characteristics 



Female 

 operators 



Operators of 

 Spanish origin^ 



Farms operated by Black and other races 



Total 



Black 



American Indian 



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- 



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 proprietorship) 



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; Insh 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, pnmarily 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. 



14 843 



12 424 



9 076 921 



8 330 374 



6 686 



5 643 



499 124 



473 264 



1 407 

 3 002 

 3 846 



1 843 



2 223 

 2 522 



13 196 



1 194 



201 



29 



223 



542 

 949 

 338 



5 427 



5 197 



2 444 808 



2 326 710 



2 408 



2 463 



256 756 



281 263 



524 



1 355 



1 188 



592 



773 



995 



4 840 



451 



75 



15 



46 



294 

 627 

 352 



275 



226 

 147 

 SO 

 86 



3 683 

 3 350 



41 

 37 

 177 



5 579 



5 433 



1 336 025 



1 218 984 



2 511 



2 530 



153 106 



184 064 



680 

 1 704 

 1 661 

 583 

 535 

 416 



5 080 



387 



48 



11 



53 



18S 



429 

 183 



246 



193 

 78 

 37 

 81 



4 260 

 3 750 



37 

 33 

 195 



3 211 



3 292 



453 245 



446 278 



1 420 



1 410 



43 483 



57 868 



417 



1 046 



1 093 



344 



217 



94 



2 968 



194 



13 



3 



33 



57 



145 

 28 



62 



15 

 13 

 44 



2 714 

 2 366 



19 

 21 



293 



332 



119 923 



134 732 



147 



176 



10 051 



19 191 



270 



14 



5 



1 



293 

 573 



80 

 156 

 212 

 417 



150 

 86 

 25 

 6 

 26 



18 



5 

 11 



5 

 10 



179 

 166 



2 



4 



35 



BZ 



71 



67 482 



62 356 



64 



50 



17 385 



16 100 



82 

 16 362 



49 



16 190 



35 



172 



21 



35 



5 



1 



20 



25 



217 



59 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



TEXAS 21 



