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 famis_- 



acres-. 



Full owners (arms.. 



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: 

 Male farms.. 



acres.. 



Female farms.. 



acres.. 



Operators of Spanish origin (see text) farms.. 



acres.. 



Operators not of Spanish origin farms.. 



Spanish origin not reported farms.. 



Type of organization; 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) farms.. 



acres. - 



Partnership farms.. 



acres.. 



Ck>rporation 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.- 



6.9 



328 



329 



437 



1 031 



3 345 



18.1 



735 



429 



372 



611 



1 075 



3 292 



17.0 



111 

 908 

 1 539 



5 767 



476 076 



548 



96 365 



13 



3 349 



(NA) 



(NA) 



5 589 



281 587 



505 



191 200 



176 



83 373 



7 



5 705 



149 



66 557 



1 

 (D) 

 19 

 (0) 



45 

 18 281 



216 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NAl 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



113 



819 



1 291 



i 



21 



3 593 



16 



1 673 



9 



(D) 



6 



590 



10 

 1 894 



10 

 1 083 



2 



(D) 



1 



4 



3 



10 



12.9 



20 



(D) 



1 



(D) 



18 



2 682 



1 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



2 

 (D) 



8 



1 996 



6 



586 



6 



(D) 



5 



(D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (0) 



1 

 (D) 



12.5 



2 

 9.3 



1 

 2 



1 



3 



1 

 48.6 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



'For classification of social and etfinic groups, see text 



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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



