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

 Origin, and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



Farms operated by Black and other races 



Total 



Black 



American Indian 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number. 



Land in farms acres, 



Harvested cropland farms, 



acres, 



1987 FARMS BY SIZE 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres _ 



50 to 139 acres 



140 to 219 acres 



220 to 499 acres 



500 acres or more 



1987 OWNED AND RENTED LAND 

 IN FARMS 



Owned land in farms 



Rented or leased land in farms . 



farms., 

 acres., 

 farms., 

 acres.. 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms, 



acres. 

 Part owners farms, 



acres. 

 Tenants farms, 



acres. 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1987 FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) 



Partnership 



Family held corporation 



Other than family held corporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 

 institutional, etc . 



1987 MARKET VALUE OF 

 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 



Total sales farms. 



$1,000. 

 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops _ farms. 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms by value of sales: 



Less than $2,500 



$2,500 to $9,999 



$10,000 to $19,999 



$20,000 to $24.999.. 



$25,000 or more 



1987 FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Insh potatoes; 

 field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c. 

 (0133. 0134. 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016).. 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and animal 



specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025).. 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, phmarily livestock and animal 

 specialties (029) 



See footnotes at end of table. 



1 185 



78 



10 



3 



1 290 

 11 491 



408 



1 477 



933 



10 014 



664 

 434 



111 

 17 

 64 



16 

 213 



60 



153 



10 



8 



16 



98 



802 

 683 



20 

 20 

 75 



29 



5 332 



7 



674 



24 



20 



4 328 



3 640 



5 



4 



(D) 



(D) 



2 



1 



(D) 



(D) 



31 

 242 



17 



38 



24 



204 



12 

 14 

 4 



46 



54 



6 025 



7 671 



36 



47 



852 



1 249 



43 



5 431 



12 



594 



34 

 38 



4 004 



4 545 



9 



12 



1 908 



2 467 



3 



4 



113 



659 



46 

 273 



10 

 44 



37 

 229 



25 

 15 



4 



23 

 29 



1 923 



2 890 



20 



26 



412 



461 



21 

 1 458 



18 



136 



763 



7 



9 



(D) 



(D) 



2 



2 



(D) 



(D) 



17 



13 



3 387 



2 943 



12 



11 



395 



507 



16 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



15 



10 



(D) 



1 003 



1 



2 



(D) 



(D) 



1 



1 



(D) 



(D) 



17 

 183 



3 



34 



15 



150 



10 

 3 

 2 



5 



6 



(D) 



1 294 



3 



5 



(D) 



216 



5 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



4 



5 



(D) 



(D) 



1 



(D) 



(D) 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



WEST VIRGINIA 21 



