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: 

 Mate farms- 



acres-. 

 Female farms.. 



acres.. 



Operators of Spanish origin (see text) farms.. 



acres. - 



Operators not ot Spanish ongin 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. 



649 

 797 



2 045 

 10 123 



20.9 



3 623 



14 130 

 2 753 

 1 859 



7 117 

 11 625 



5 802 



11 743 



989 



541 



679 



1 187 



8 347 



1 197 



723 



1 179 



2 612 

 9 745 



19.2 



628 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



46 



6 025 



36 



852 



34 



4 004 



26 



561 



9 



1 908 



8 



(D) 



3 

 113 



2 

 (D) 



5 



5 



10 



16 



12.6 



10 



1 

 51.2 



42 



5 823 



4 



202 



41 



5 765 



5 



260 



54 



7 671 



47 



1 249 



38 



4 545 



32 



772 



12 



2 467 



11 

 361 



4 

 659 



4 

 116 



6 



13 



3 



22 



10.0 



10 



51 



6 889 



3 



782 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



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



20 WEST VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



