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 introductory text] 



Charactenstics 



Female 

 operators 



Operators of 

 Spanish ongin^ 



Famis operated by Black and otfier races 



American Indian 



Other 

 (see text) 



1987 OPERATOR 

 CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated _ 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by pnncipal 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 origin' 



1987 COMMODITY CREDIT 

 CORPORATION LOANS AND 

 GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 



Amount received from Commodity Credit 



Corporation loans farms,. 



$1,000._ 



Government payments received farms.. 



$1.000.. 



499 

 52 

 24 



328 



247 



271 

 425 

 59 

 212 

 154 



34 



61 



115 



283 



16.7 



1 



73 



136 



122 



63 



50 



53 



77 



51.8 



(X) 

 575 



3 

 2 

 2 



15 

 16.8 



7 

 11 

 3 



1 



1 



48.3 



1 



4 



3 



10 



12 9 



2 

 (D) 



2 



15.0 



1 



1 



6 



15.0 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



(D) 



2 



49.0 



1 

 (D) 



'See chapter 1, table 16 for operators not of or not reponing Spanish origin. 



22 VERMONT 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



