Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987-Con. 



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



Item 



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



Farming 



Age of operator (years) 



TENURE AND RACE OF 

 OPERATOR 



All operators _ 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



White 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



Black and other races 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



OWNED AND RENTED LAND 



Land owned farms.. 



acres-. 



Owned land in farms farms.. 



acres.. 



Land rented or leased from others _ farms.. 



acres. . 



Rented or leased land in farms farms.. 



acres. . 



Land rented or leased to others farms.. 



acres.. 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming .__ 



Other 



Operators by days of work off farm: 



None 



Any 



1 to 99 days 



100 to 199 days 



200 days or more 



Not reported 



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 49 years 



50 to 54 years 



55 to 59 years 



60 to 64 years 



65 to 69 years ___ _ , 



70 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 



Male 



Female _ 



Operators of Spanish origin (see text) 



FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) farms. 



acres. 



Partnership __ farms. 



acres. 

 Corporation: 



Family held farms- 



acres- 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



Other than family held _ farms. 



acres. 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



Other— cooperative, estate or bust, 



institutional, etc. farms. 



acres. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



79 711 



57 161 



17 698 



4 852 



78 433 

 56 258 

 17 420 

 4 755 



1 278 



903 



278 



97 



74 986 



8 817 588 



74 859 



8 293 257 



22 675 

 3 482 171 



22 550 

 3 438 129 



7 948 



568 373 



30 745 



20 397 



8 443 



1 905 



30 218 



20 073 



8 293 



1 852 



527 



324 



150 



53 



28 901 

 4 712 408 



28 840 

 4 441 052 



10 403 

 2 575 855 



10 348 

 2 548 796 



3 469 

 298 415 



23 586 

 4 249 

 2 910 



30 745 



19 587 

 7 073 



3 630 

 1 704 

 1 739 



4 085 



1 092 



1 295 



2 823 

 18 141 



24.1 



7 394 



396 



2 143 



3 428 

 2 076 



2 481 



3 188 



4 289 

 4 892 

 7 852 



58.8 



28 224 



2 521 



396 

 133 

 81 

 182 



388 

 130 

 79 

 179 



8 

 3 

 2 

 3 



216 

 39 939 



214 

 37 037 



263 

 48 707 



263 

 48 391 



35 

 3 218 



211 

 149 

 36 



396 



175 



189 



101 



41 



47 



32 



99 

 86 

 87 



3.7 



124 



22.0 



381 



15 



326 



68 000 



66 



16 498 



2 143 

 737 

 893 

 513 



2 123 

 731 

 884 

 508 



20 

 6 



1 638 

 241 812 



1 630 

 225 318 



1 409 

 386 082 



1 406 

 382 674 



167 

 19 902 



1 410 

 570 

 183 



965 

 1 009 

 499 

 235 

 275 



169 



216 

 300 

 659 

 SOS 



7.3 



463 



2 018 

 125 



1 732 



450 280 



365 



131 328 



5 

 574 



8 



(D) 



3 428 



1 474 



1 582 



372 



3 389 



1 457 



1 566 



366 



39 

 17 

 16 

 6 



3 066 

 541 110 



3 056 

 510 656 



1 961 

 617 798 



1 954 

 613 784 



278 

 34 468 



2 505 

 604 

 319 



1 702 



1 393 



606 



384 



403 



333 



231 



257 



576 



1 596 



11.7 



768 



3 428 



3 200 

 228 



2 965 

 867 438 



388 

 203 371 



50 

 32 582 



1 

 49 



6 



3 678 



1 

 5 



19 

 17 371 



4 557 

 2 386 



1 889 

 282 



4 476 



2 335 

 1 872 



269 



81 

 51 

 17 

 13 



4 287 

 815 085 



4 275 

 777 703 



2 180 

 614 723 



2 171 

 605 898 



374 

 46 207 



3 476 

 669 



412 



2 453 



1 596 



685 



405 



506 



508 



206 

 243 

 543 

 2 519 

 17.0 



1 046 



2 076 

 2 481 



4 267 

 290 



4 013 



1 099 070 



475 



223 207 



48 

 45 494 



48 



9 



4 323 



2 



7 



12 

 11 507 



7 477 

 4 982 



2 225 

 270 



7 346 



4 908 



2 178 



260 



131 

 74 

 47 

 10 



7 218 

 1 284 470 



7 207 

 1 222 124 



2 512 

 595 277 



2 495 

 589 017 



758 

 68 606 



5 906 

 897 

 674 



4 774 



1 750 



965 



421 



364 



953 



194 

 252 

 531 

 4 746 

 24.0 



1 754 



3 188 



4 289 



6 987 

 490 



6 623 



1 388 317 



775 



371 228 



61 



44 662 



2 



59 



3 

 1 622 



15 

 5 312 



70 TENNESSEE 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



