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

 Origin, and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982 



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



Characteristtcs 



Farms operated by Glack and other races 



Total 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms numt)er, 



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 proprietorsfiip) 



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.. 



Uvestocl<. 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 fanns (024) __ 



Poultry and eggs (025). __ 



Animal specialtiGs (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock and animal 

 specialties (029) 



See footnotes at end of table. 



5 344 



465 



18 



1 



26 



5 854 

 58 268 



2 969 

 18 613 



3 930 

 39 655 



2 532 

 2 357 



538 

 74 



353 



200 



1 842 



65 



1 444 



17 

 32 

 41 

 190 



2 982 

 2 632 



145 



81 



268 



134 



11 



1 



147 

 3 547 



82 

 2 198 



97 

 1 349 



55 

 44 

 14 

 2 

 32 



1 158 



97 



5 



2 



16 



1 278 

 13 896 



624 

 9 055 



883 

 4 840 



548 



473 



130 



31 



96 



105 

 327 

 124 

 165 



38 



29 

 3 



4 

 27 



741 

 431 



14 

 6 

 14 



1 090 



91 



3 



2 



16 



1 202 

 12 934 



589 

 8 521 



830 

 4 412 



515 



455 



119 



28 



85 



101 

 317 

 124 

 158 



35 



25 

 3 

 1 



22 



698 

 394 



12 

 6 

 9 



54 



5 135 



9 



1 257 



45 



37 



(D) 



3 Oil 



9 



9 



(D) 



(D) 



6 



(D) 



54 

 606 



24 

 247 



40 

 360 



24 



14 



9 



1 



6 



12 



12 



1 674 



1 097 



10 



8 



378 



440 



12 



(D) 



1 



(D) 



11 



8 



(D) 



559 



1 



2 



(D) 



12 

 85 



7 

 (D) 



5 

 (D) 



6 

 2 

 2 



1 

 1 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



TENNESSEE 21 



