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 ^ 



Tenure of operator: 



All operators farms,, 



acres. _ 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Full owners farms., 



acres. . 



Harvested cropland farms., 



acres.- 



Part owners farms,. 



acres. - 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Tenants farms.. 



acres-. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Percent of tenancy percent.. 



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 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 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 



Male - farms- 

 acres.. 



Female farnis.. 



acres.. 



Operators of Spanish ongin (see text) farms.. 



acres.. 



Operators not of Spanish origin farms.. 



Spanish origin not reported farms.. 



Type of organization: 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) farms.. 



acres.. 



Partnership farms.. 



acres -- 



Corporation farms.. 



acres.. 

 Family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms.. 



acres., 



10 or less stockholders farms.. 



acres.. 



Other than family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms.. 



acres.. 



10 or less stockholders farms.. 



acres.. 

 Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, 



etc. farms.. 



acres. . 



6.0 



2 061 

 2 996 



7 171 

 30 863 



20.0 



8 081 



829 

 6 206 



11 098 

 6 142 

 5 792 

 5 944 

 5 649 



4 355 



5 157 

 50.9 



46 458 



10 026 658 



2 714 



290 203 



122 

 17 323 

 36 641 

 14 409 



45 166 



7 848 652 



4 662 



1 851 919 



1 167 



557 706 



14 



15 910 



1 042 



502 590 



12 



7 775 



99 



31 431 



177 

 58 584 



3 732 



2 895 



4 758 



9 195 



31 647 



18.5 



10 166 



1 630 



7 874 



13 278 



13 422 



13 356 



9 101 

 49.5 



56 194 



10 687 623 



2 467 



254 549 



116 



14 496 



(NA) 



(NA) 



52 022 



8 462 560 



5 495 



1 899 339 



947 



519 299 



28 



28 913 



823 



462 739 



7 



1 949 



89 



35 698 



197 

 60 974 



6.3 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



292 

 29 628 



239 

 13 019 



222 

 12 986 



173 

 4 501 



60 



15 154 



58 



7 641 



10 



1 488 



8 



877 



3.4 



205 

 61 

 26 



96 



196 



76 



201 



9 



5 



10 



33 



144 



IS 



16 

 30 

 45 

 145 



154 



56 



5 

 24 

 75 

 39 

 27 

 33 

 31 

 26 

 32 

 51.3 



259 



26 869 



33 



2 759 



26 

 1 572 



157 

 109 



263 



21 530 



20 



3 361 



6 



337 



5 

 (0) 



3 

 4 400 



233 

 57 

 18 



127 

 181 



90 

 196 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 14 

 131 



37 

 36 

 63 

 112 

 11.8 



60 



7 

 36 

 66 



73 



80 



44 

 50.1 



286 



34 198 



22 



1 419 



28 



1 404 



(NA) 



(NA) 



281 



27 418 



22 



3 181 



5 

 5 018 



'For classification of social and ethnic groups, see text 



20 MICHIGAN 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



