Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982 



[Excludes abnormal farms; see text For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Hem 



Farming 



Age of operator (years) 



Under 25 



55 to 64 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number. 



percent. 



Land in farms acres. 



Average size of farm acres. 



Value of land and buildings' farms. 



$1,000. 



Average per farm dollars. 



Average per acre dollars. 



Farms by value of land and buildings: 



$1 to $39,999... 



$40,000 to $69.999 



$70,000 to $99.999 _ 



$100,000 to $149,999 



$150,000 to $199.999 



$200,000 to $499.999 



$500,000 to $999.999- — 



$1,000,000 to $1.999.999 



$2,000,000 or more.. 



Owned and rented land by operator 



Land owned _ _ farms. 



acres. 



Land rented or teased from others farms. 



acres. 



Rented or leased land in farms farms. 



acres. 



Land rented or leased to others farms. 



acres. 



LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO 

 USE 



Total cropland farms. 



acres- 



Harvested cropland farms. 



acres- 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



1 to 49 acres 



50 to 99 acres 



100 to 199 acres 



200 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1.000 to 1,999 acres __ 



2.000 acres or more 



Cropland: 



Pasture or grazing only farms. 



acres. 

 In cover crops, legumes, and soil- 

 improvement grasses, not harvested 



and not pastured , farms- 



acres- 



On which all crops failed farms. 



acres- 



In cultivated summer fallow farms, 



acres- 

 Idle farms. 



acres- 



Total woodland farms- 

 acres. 



Woodland pastured farms. 



acres. 



Woodland not pastured farms. 



acres. 

 Pastureland and rangeland other than 



cropland and woodland pastured farms. 



acres. 

 Land in house lots, ponds, roads. 



wasteland, etc. farms. 



acres. 



Pastureland. all types farms. 



acres. 



Irrigated land farms. 



acres. 



Harvested cropland irrigated farms. 



acres. 



Pasture and other land irrigated farms, 



acres. 

 Land set aside in federal farm programs in 



1982 __ farms. 



acres. 



TENURE AND RACE OF 

 OPERATOR 



AH operators 



Full owners 



Part owners II 



Tenants 



White IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



Black and other races IIIIIII 



Full owners 



Part owners IIIIIII 



Tenants I 



See footnotes at end of table. 



5 384 



3 510 



1 475 



399 



5 359 



3 487 



1 473 



399 



25 



23 



2 



2 927 

 1 656 



1 028 

 243 



2 915 

 1 646 

 1 026 



243 

 12 

 10 

 2 



23 



(D) 



43 

 545 



43 



541 



1 



(D) 



47 

 2 798 



47 

 2 043 



32 

 9 



5 

 1 



20 

 691 



3 

 32 



1 

 (D) 



3 

 (D) 



22 



1 052 



8 



111 



18 



941 



2 



(D) 



20 

 (D) 



22 

 (D) 



9 

 75 



9 

 75 



377 



7.0 



37 394 



99 



393 



74 781 



190 282 



2 043 



56 



55 



52 



63 



44 



106 



16 



9 



2 



292 



(D) 



206 



14 298 



205 



14 169 



20 



(D) 



340 

 18 959 



315 

 15 042 



218 



61 



34 



11 



1 



122 

 3 299 



21 

 226 



17 

 102 

 5 

 (D) 

 32 

 (D) 



211 



13 496 



65 



1 708 



191 



11 788 



59 

 (D) 



240 

 (D) 



193 



(D) 



100 



1 194 



98 



1 152 



7 



42 



377 

 171 

 121 



85 

 377 

 171 

 121 



85 



490 



9.1 



73 421 



150 



569 



146 418 



257 326 



2 178 



60 



45 



57 



68 



122 



154 



36 



22 



6 



437 

 50 559 



262 

 23 648 



261 



23 280 



19 



786 



454 

 37 770 



424 

 29 847 



237 

 86 

 62 



36 

 3 



190 

 6 295 



27 

 592 



27 



386 



4 



10 



30 

 640 



279 



24 068 



95 



5 190 



243 



18 878 



79 

 4 439 



329 

 7 144 



273 



15 924 



117 



2 674 



117 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



1 

 (D) 



490 

 229 

 208 



53 

 487 

 226 

 208 



53 

 3 

 3 



512 



9.5 



94 110 



184 



488 



167 108 



342 434 



1 864 



24 

 32 

 48 

 95 

 43 

 170 

 47 

 21 

 8 



473 

 69 530 



241 

 25 381 



238 



25 330 



27 



801 



379 

 11 271 



274 



17 061 



131 



6 217 



130 



5 053 



3 



164 



4 

 48 



512 

 272 

 201 



39 

 511 

 271 

 201 



39 

 1 

 1 



696 

 56 551 



671 

 44 677 



407 



136 



93 



30 



4 



1 



1 



256 

 8 776 



42 



1 620 



32 



304 



21 



159 



74 



1 116 



475 



45 295 



148 



6 103 

 423 



39 192 



132 



7 561 



501 

 10 352 



397 



22 440 



161 



3 928 



160 



3 917 



4 



11 



2 

 (D) 



720 



400 



296 



24 



716 



398 



294 



24 



4 



2 



2 



40 MASSACHUSETTS 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



