Table 6. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish Origin, 

 and Specified Racial Groups: 1982 and 1978-Con. 



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



Characteristics 



Spanisli origin 



Blacl< and other races 



Total 



Black 



American 

 Indian 



Asian 



Other (see text) 



1982 FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family 



Partnership 



Family held corporation ___ 



Other than family held corporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. __ 



1982 MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 

 PRODUCTS SOLD 



Total sates (see text) farms- 



$1,000- 



Crops, including nursery and greenhouse products... 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 or more 



Abnormal farms 



1982 FARMS BY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL 

 CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) - 



Sugar crops. Irish potatoes, hay, peanuts, and other 



field crops (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, primarily livestock (029) 



1982 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 fann: 



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 64 years 



65 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 



Male 



Female 



Operators of Spanish origin 



1982 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 

 LOANS AND DIRECT SALES 



Amount received from Commodity Credit Corporation 



loans farms. 



$1,000. 

 Value of agncultural products sold directly to 



individuals for human consumption (see text) farms. 



$1,000. 



494 



38 



24 



6 



8 



570 



10 047 



271 



4 725 

 333 



5 322 



232 



182 



56 



100 



120 

 55 

 48 

 23 



137 



471 

 65 

 34 



320 

 250 



250 

 275 

 54 

 76 

 145 

 45 



47 

 69 

 126 

 242 

 14.7 

 86 



5 

 88 

 142 

 104 



113 

 118 

 50.8 



(X) 

 570 



13 

 817 



1 

 1 

 7 

 1 

 2 

 1 

 42.5 



25 

 275 



16 



221 



8 



54 



2 



3 

 11 



5 

 9.8 



4 



3 



4 



6 



49.2 



17 

 153 



10 



(D) 



6 



(D) 



6 

 6 

 3 

 2 



2 



1 

 7 

 3 

 11.2 

 4 



2 



4 

 2 

 3 



6 

 53.1 



1 

 3 

 2 



8.2 



1 

 38.5 



2 



(D) 



2 



(0) 



48.0 

 2 



151 

 623 



3 



(D) 



1 

 (D) 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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