Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 -Con. 



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



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



Farming 



Age of operator (years) 



Under 25 



25 to 34 



TENURE AND RACE OF 

 OPERATOR 



All operators 



Full owners _ 



Pari owners .-_ 



Tenants 



White ._ , 



Full owners _ _ 



Part owners. _ , 



Tenants 



Black and other races 



Full owners ,-- 



Part owners 



Tenants 



OWNED AND RENTED LAND 



Land owned farms., 



acres. , 



Owned land in farms _ farms., 



acres. . 



Land rented or leased from others farms.. 



acres. 



Rented or leased land in farms farms.. 



acres-. 



Land rented or leased to others... farms.. 



acres.. 



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 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 



Female _ 



Operators of Spanish origin (see text) 



FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) farms., 



acres,. 



Partnership .__ _, farms,. 



acres.. 

 Corporation: 



Family held farms.. 



acres.. 



More than 10 stockholders ___ farms.. 



10 or less stockholders farms.. 



Other than family held farms.. 



acres - 



More than 10 stockholders farms.. 



10 or less stockholders _ _ farms.. 



Other — cooperative, estate or trust, 



institutional, etc. farms., 



acres. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



13 238 

 2 586 

 1 413 



7 201 

 10 036 



6 018 

 10 083 



1 295 

 1 510 



7 278 



1 136 



649 

 797 



2 045 

 10 123 



20.9 



3 623 



137 

 1 146 

 3 042 

 1 797 



1 875 



2 004 



2 126 

 1 855 



3 255 

 55.6 



15 947 

 1 290 



31 



6 006 

 620 

 575 



4 482 



1 583 



753 



414 



416 



1 136 



186 

 210 

 589 

 4 644 

 26.5 



1 572 



64 



301 

 696 

 415 

 495 



720 

 1 034 



1 178 



2 298 

 61.4 



6 527 

 674 



44 

 9 687 



44 

 8 761 



37 

 7 450 



37 

 7 430 



4 

 946 



64 



31 



25 



11 



9 



S 



8 



16 



11 

 11 



3.8 



26 



53 



12 515 



8 



1 668 



2 



(D) 



301 

 139 

 103 

 59 



301 

 139 

 103 

 59 



243 

 77 363 



242 

 40 225 



163 

 37 787 



162 

 37 099 



18 

 37 826 



226 

 S7 

 18 



301 



131 

 145 

 50 

 48 

 47 



42 

 49 

 90 

 70 

 6.8 



SO 



301 



271 

 30 



259 



59 218 



31 



12 458 



7 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



2 



(D) 



2 

 (D) 



565 

 90 

 41 



283 



347 

 140 

 115 

 92 



43 



62 



135 



332 



11.4 



124 



634 

 62 



771 

 83 

 56 



455 

 357 

 150 

 94 

 113 



39 



27 



115 



554 



17.4 



175 



415 

 495 



835 

 75 



12 

 3 373 



1 754 



1 262 



464 



28 



1 749 



1 258 



463 



28 



5 

 4 



1 



1 520 

 123 

 111 



1 111 



402 



209 



91 



102 



241 



26 



34 



134 



1 233 



25.3 



327 



720 

 1 034 



1 617 

 137 



70 WEST VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



