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 symbols, see introductory tejrt] 



Characteristics 



Female 

 operators 



Operators of 

 Spanish origin^ 



Farms operated by Black and other races 



Total 



Black 



American Indian 



Other 

 (see text) 



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 



Amount received from Commodity Credit 

 Corporation loans 



Government payments received . 



.- farms- 

 $1.000.. 



._ farms-. 

 $1,000. 



2 316 

 258 

 140 



1 418 

 1 296 



1 266 



2 081 

 221 



1 064 

 796 



202 

 290 

 490 

 1 277 

 17.2 



455 



25 

 304 

 623 

 548 

 277 

 296 

 257 

 384 

 52.4 



2 714 



120 

 1 742 



544 

 3 695 



44 



116 



15 



57 



44 



11 



7 



18 



66 



16.7 



1 



14 

 28 

 24 

 13 

 21 

 11 

 10 

 51.0 



104 

 18 



122 



6 



41 



31 



438 



205 

 61 

 26 



96 

 186 



76 



201 



14 



43 



144 



15 



16 



30 



45 



145 



15.4 



56 



5 

 24 

 75 

 86 

 33 

 31 

 26 

 32 

 51.3 



259 

 33 



26 



13 



191 



50 



363 



116 

 37 

 18 



60 

 111 



50 



185 



9 



101 



75 



2 



16 



17 



97 



18.0 



4 

 4 

 44 

 31 

 20 

 20 

 24 

 24 

 54.2 



150 

 21 



7 



(D) 



25 



211 



29 

 14.1 



1 

 9 

 15 

 17 

 5 

 6 

 2 

 3 

 47.3 



5 



104 



14 



109 



4 

 5 

 7 

 4 

 6.9 



43.9 



29 

 9 

 4 



13 

 29 



8 

 54 



4 

 28 

 22 



4 

 2 



13 



15 



12.2 



4 

 15 

 9 

 5 



4 



5 

 49.0 



38 



4 



23 



1 



(D) 



6 



'See chapter 1, table 16 for operators not of or not reporting Spanish origin. 



22 MICHIGAN 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



