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



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



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 10 $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 leased 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.. 



Inigated land , _,, farms.. 



acres. . 



Harvested cropland irrigated farms,. 



acres, . 



Pasture and other land imgated farms.. 



acres,. 

 Land set aside in federal farm programs in 



1982 ,,, „ farms.. 



acres.. 



TENURE AND RACE OF 

 OPERATOR 



All operators 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



White 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants , 



Black and other races 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



See footnotes at end of table. 



Other occupations 



Total 



2 457 



45.6 



172 865 



70 



2 413 

 338 501 

 140 282 



2 204 



480 



408 



351 



461 



249 



374 



61 



26 



3 



2 302 



155 124 



607 



22 642 



605 



22 111 



171 



4 901 



Under 25 



2 457 



1 854 

 447 

 156 



2 444 

 1 841 



447 



156 



13 



13 



14 



.3 



306 



22 



13 

 687 



52 846 

 6 606 



5 

 1 

 7 



10 



237 



6 



(D) 



6 



94 



1 



(D) 



13 

 157 



11 

 122 



4 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



8 

 (D) 



6 

 59 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



Age of operator (years) 



303 



5.6 



13 423 



44 



258 



33 966 



131 651 



3 610 



42 

 48 

 43 

 52 

 19 

 50 

 4 



242 

 9 248 



131 

 (D) 

 131 

 4 274 

 11 

 (D) 



258 

 5 375 



231 

 3 265 



219 

 9 



35 to 44 



94 



(D) 



20 

 (D) 

 19 

 122 

 6 

 48 

 26 

 (D) 



159 



6 041 



53 



826 



146 



5 215 



34 

 (D) 



203 

 (D) 



140 

 2 720 

 56 

 (D) 

 55 

 (D) 

 S 

 (D) 



303 



172 



70 



61 



299 



168 



70 



61 



4 



4 



580 



12 555 



510 



7 664 



481 

 21 



7 

 1 



228 

 2 822 



47 



894 



38 



193 



12 



65 



72 



917 



385 

 17 344 



107 

 1 976 



347 

 15 368 



100 

 1 931 



474 

 4 386 



345 



6 729 



94 



569 



93 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



3 

 32 



468 



ISO 



48 



661 



463 



150 



48 



5 



5 



532 



15 506 



468 



10 313 



432 



22 



10 



3 



224 

 4 338 



27 



137 



15 



98 



4 



8 



58 



612 



360 



20 378 



100 



2 548 

 317 



17 830 



102 

 1 907 



423 



3 802 



340 



8 793 



66 



401 



63 



395 



4 



6 



604 

 465 

 112 



27 

 602 

 463 

 112 



27 

 2 

 2 



55 10 64 



478 

 15 936 



449 

 10 090 



402 



32 



10 



S 



183 

 3 435 



20 



116 



9 



16 



9 



64 



50 



2 215 



329 



25 785 



92 



3 271 

 295 



22 514 



84 



3 562 



386 

 7 548 



270 

 10 268 



61 

 306 



61 

 306 



534 



452 



73 



9 



534 



452 



73 



9 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



MASSACHUSETTS 41 



