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

 Origin, and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982 -Con. 



(For meaning of abbreviations and symt}ols. see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



Operators of 



Spanish origin ^ 



Farms operated by Black and other races 



Black Amencan Indian 



1987 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 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 ^ 



1987 COMMODITY CREDIT 

 CORPORATION LOANS AND 

 GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 



Government payments received . 



,. farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 ._ farms.. 



$1.000.. 



2 900 

 582 



320 



1 943 



2 607 

 285 



1 302 

 1 020 



265 

 347 

 603 

 1 765 

 18.0 



1 076 

 445 

 235 



390 



336 



1 123 



^See chapter 1. table 16 for operators not of or not reporting Spanisti origir 



22 VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



