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



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



Item 



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



Farming 



Total 



Age of operator (years) 



25 to 34 



35 to 44 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Otfier 



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 64 years 



65 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 



Male __ 



Female _ 



Operators of Spanish origin 



FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family farms- 

 acres. 



Partnership farms. 



acres. 

 Corporation: 



Family held farms. 



acres. 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



Other than family held farms- 

 acres. 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust. 



institutional, etc farms. 



acres. 



FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres _ 



70 to 99 acres 



100 to 139 acres 



140 to 179 acres 



180 to 219 acres _._ 



220 to 259 acres 



260 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1.000 to 1.999 acres- 



2.000 acres or more 



FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (011) 



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) 



See footnotes at end of table. 



4 223 

 778 

 383 



2 927 

 2 457 



2 109 



2 895 



472 



585 



1 838 



380 



308 

 508 

 884 

 2 786 

 18.2 

 898 



64 

 660 

 1 156 

 1 116 

 1 254 

 1 114 

 51.6 



4 814 

 570 



12 



17 

 714 



33 



681 

 649 

 766 

 534 

 195 



1 100 

 545 

 774 

 175 

 407 

 53 



2 312 

 395 

 220 



1 854 

 693 

 342 

 189 

 162 

 380 



165 

 224 

 382 

 1 681 

 21.0 

 475 



50 

 377 

 490 

 512 

 720 

 778 

 53.3 



2 607 

 320 



12 

 302 



286 

 392 

 451 

 315 

 66 



390 

 201 

 715 

 105 

 152 

 27 



15 

 16 

 13 



3.6 

 6 



22.7 



43 



3 474 



3 



(D) 



3 

 235 



3 



1 



(D) 



276 

 81 

 20 



207 

 139 

 81 

 32 

 26 

 31 



71 

 87 



lis 



58 



5.7 

 46 



329 

 48 



283 



25 864 



50 



(D) 



34 

 3 207 



1 

 33 



7 

 (D) 



2 



5 



3 

 648 



69 

 103 

 32 

 45 

 31 

 19 

 22 

 19 

 32 

 5 



364 

 89 

 37 



270 

 168 

 82 

 48 

 38 

 52 



42 

 72 

 125 

 175 

 9.5 

 76 



490 



415 

 75 



388 



47 919 



39 



8 950 



52 

 12 069 



52 

 7 



1 515 



1 

 6 



4 



2 968 



60 



126 



.1 



39 



60 



41 



21 



15 



56 



27 



3 



1 



64 

 30 

 141 

 18 

 37 

 8 



402 

 75 

 35 



332 

 133 

 53 

 48 

 32 

 47 



24 

 28 

 62 

 327 

 17.8 

 71 



512 

 49.7 



454 

 58 



395 

 52 994 



47 

 13 225 



61 



26 034 



3 



58 



4 



202 



1 



3 



5 

 1 655 



62 



125 



30 



42 



55 



39 



28 



26 



73 



24 



6 



2 



66 

 32 

 150 

 13 

 36 

 4 



589 

 75 

 56 



473 

 145 

 74 

 36 

 35 

 102 



11 

 14 

 44 



527 

 26.8 



124 



720 

 59.7 



658 

 62 



572 



75 696 



66 



13 702 



68 



27 053 



66 



5 



952 



9 

 2 356 



66 



154 



68 



80 



84 



58 



56 



33 



89 



27 



3 



2 



67 

 114 

 96 

 71 

 21 



93 

 48 

 192 

 32 

 19 

 6 



42 MASSACHUSETTS 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



