Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 1990 and 1980 



[For enumeration penods. see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Item 



Farms number.. 



Land in farms' acres.. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Approximate land area acres.. 



Proportion in farms percent.. 



Cropland farms.. 



acres'.. 



346 



16 442 



47.5 



117 760 

 14.0 



281 

 5 235 



299 



12 187 



40.8 



117 760 

 10.3 



289 

 2 643 



Cropland — Con. 

 Used for crops farms.. 



acres.. 

 Used for ottier purposes farms.. 



acres.. 



Pastureland, except cropland pastured farms.. 



acres.. 



Ottier land farms.. 



acres.. 



270 



769 



80 



4 466 



124 



5 534 



218 

 5 673 



280 



950 



146 



1 693 



129 

 8 706 



132 

 839 



'Detail may not add to total due to rounding. 



Table 2. Farms and Land in Farms by Size of Farm: 1990 and 1980 



[For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



''Detail may not add to total due to rounding. 



Table 3. Tenure and Characteristics of Operators: 1990 and 1980 



[For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see rntroductory text] 



Item 



1990 



1980 



Item 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Operators farms.. 



acres ^.. 



Cropland farms.. 



acres'-. 



Full owners farms.. 



acres. . 



Cropland farms., 



acres.. 



Part owners farms., 



acres.. 



Cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Tenants farms.. 



acres.. 



Cropland farms.. 



acres. . 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



136 



210 



103 



194 



2 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS-Con. 



Operators by years on present farm; 



Less ttian 2 years 



2 to 4 years 



5 to 9 years 



10 years or more 



Not reported 



Operators by age group: 



Under 25 years 



25 to 34 years 



35 to 44 years 



45 to 54 years 



55 to 64 years 



65 years and over 



Not reported 



Average age 



Operators by main occupation: 

 Agricultural number.. 



acres.. 

 Nonagncultural number.. 



acres,. 

 Not reported number.. 



acres.. 



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 



'Detail may not add to total due to rounding. 

 ^Data are for 1989 and 1979. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-OLD FARM DEFINITION 



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