Table 16. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization for All Farms 

 and Farms Operated by Black and Other Races: 1987, 1982, and 1978 



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



Characteristics 



Farms operated by Black and other races' 



Harvested cropland ... 



Full oiwners 



Harvested cropland . 



'arms.- 

 acres.. 

 arms., 

 acres., 

 arms. - 

 acres-, 

 arms.. 



Part owners 



Harvested cropland . 



Tenants farms., 



acres.. 

 Harvested cropland 



acres. 



Percent of tenancy percent.. 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by pnncipal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days of work off farm: 



None _ 



Any 



1 to 49 days 



50 to 99 days 



100 to 149 days 



150 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 



Operators of Spanish ohgin (see text) 



Type of organization' 

 Individual or family (sole proprietorship) . 



Partnership . 

 Corporation . 



' less stockholders , 



10 or less stockholders 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional. 



farms, _ 

 ac^es._ 

 farms., 

 acres.. 



lamis.. 

 acres., 

 farms. - 

 farms._ 



farms. 

 acres, 

 farms- 

 acres, 

 farms- 

 acres.. 



farms., 

 acres-- 

 farms-. 

 acres.. 



acres -- 

 farms.. 

 acres.. 



44 799 



8 676 336 



37 332 



2 406 976 



28 858 



3 887 342 



22 745 

 724 438 



12 642 



4 235 806 



11 820 

 1 460 418 



3 299 

 553 188 



2 767 

 222 120 



32 397 

 8 805 

 3 597 



16 275 

 25 826 

 2 465 

 1 271 



436 



3 781 

 7 847 



4 796 



5 104 

 5 271 

 5 415 

 4 640 

 7 509 



54,5 



40 997 



6 157 766 



3 802 



518 570 



14 918 

 29 779 

 14 939 



39 344 



6 678 985 



4 004 



1 250 112 



1 173 



655 211 



16 



15 443 



1 039 



585 048 



51 859 

 9 436 854 



44 259 

 2 779 282 



33 541 

 4 473 005 



27 235 

 858 992 



14 253 

 4 413 445 



13 463 

 1 683 897 



4 065 

 550 404 



3 561 

 236 393 



36 221 

 9 840 

 5 798 



17 984 

 29 561 



3 016 

 1 528 



1 729 



2 640 

 20 648 



4 314 



2 687 

 4 070 

 7 755 

 24 760 

 18,1 



12 587 



47 824 



8 901 058 



4 035 



535 796 



10 920 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



45 731 



7 390 643 



4 765 



1 317 368 



1 023 



630 446 



25 



30 299 



862 



536 260 



49 936 

 9 459 429 



44 643 

 2 599 660 



31 341 

 4 506 462 



26 952 

 815 867 



14 260 

 4 372 550 



13 744 

 1 544 627 



4 335 

 580 417 



3 947 

 239 166 



34 670 

 8 968 

 6 298 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



11 696 



12 714 



11 051 

 52,9 



46 239 



8 953 525 



3 697 



505 904 



14 362 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



43 964 



7 466 146 



4 855 



1 325 226 



895 



574 717 



13 



1 756 

 197 963 

 1 463 

 63 491 

 1 023 

 90 546 

 776 

 15 675 



2 772 

 261 854 

 2 460 

 91 581 

 1 482 

 112 246 

 1 230 

 20 657 



1 018 



132 387 



972 



62 357 



262 



1 078 



20,4 



313 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



'For classification of social and ethnic groups, see text. 



20 VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



