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 introductofy text] 



Characteristics 



Female 

 operators 



Operators of 

 Spanish origin^ 



Farms operated by Black and other races 



Total 



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 ongin' 



1987 COMMODITY CREDIT 

 CORPORATION LOANS AND 

 GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 



Amount received from Commodity Credit 

 Corporation loans farms.. 



$1.000.. 

 Government payments received farms.. 



$1,000-. 



1 044 

 133 

 113 



674 

 616 



670 

 787 



362 

 306 



139 



65 



60 



183 



663 



21.0 



4 

 59 

 138 

 177 

 136 

 176 

 200 

 400 

 61.2 



(X) 

 1 290 



3 



5 



124 



218 



8 



19 

 20.7 



4 



4 

 5 

 2 

 7 

 1 

 6 

 57,2 



5 



5 



10 



16 



12.6 



18 

 5 

 4 

 6 

 1 

 51.2 



2 



3 



2 



9 



15.1 



3 



1 

 8 

 4 

 1 

 5 

 1 

 53.2 



3 

 2 

 6 

 3 

 9.9 



6 

 6 



1 

 3 

 1 



50.2 



1 



4 



13.6 



1 

 (D) 



(D) 



6 

 (D) 



2 



(D) 



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



22 WEST VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



