Table 47. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of 

 Less Than $20,000: 1982-Con. 



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



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 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 Spanisti origin 



FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family farms. 



acres. 



Partnership _ farms- 



acres. 

 Ck)rporation: 

 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 (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) 



See footnotes at end of table. 



Other occupatioris 



Total 



770 

 303 

 144 



2 217 



213 



2 004 



114 



362 



1 528 



129 

 247 

 466 

 992 

 14.8 

 383 



9 

 266 

 608 

 550 

 481 

 303 

 49.5 



1 988 

 229 



Age of operator (years) 



Under 25 



s 



397 



13 



221 

 260 

 163 

 125 



695 



334 



21 



64 



240 



26 



3.2 

 3 



21,8 



9 

 149 



204 

 52 

 10 



12 



254 



12 



41 



201 



34 

 70 

 90 

 30 

 5.5 

 42 



266 



30.8 



228 

 38 



239 



I 996 



15 



411 



9 

 483 



9 



1 



P) 



2 



(D) 



79 

 111 

 22 

 15 

 27 



35 to 44 



504 

 76 

 28 



608 



16 

 592 



19 

 106 

 467 



47 

 103 

 197 

 172 

 8.1 



608 



544 

 64 



572 



29 477 



18 



503 



11 

 285 



11 



2 



(D) 



5 

 (D) 



169 



236 



56 



60 



39 



13 



13 



9 



11 



2 



223 



83 



7 



14 



82 



7 



436 

 79 

 35 



23 



527 



22 



77 



428 



28 



42 



107 



285 



13.8 



88 



550 

 49.3 



508 

 42 



513 



31 824 



15 



1 300 



15 



824 



1 



14 



1 



(D) 



6 

 (D) 



117 

 217 

 62 

 39 

 39 

 25 

 20 

 11 

 18 

 2 



395 

 54 

 32 



43 



438 



24 



IS 

 22 



52 

 311 

 21.3 



81 



481 

 59.3 



434 

 47 



37 650 



21 



641 



10 

 982 



4 



(D) 



93 



156 



53 



49 



41 



27 



20 



13 



25 



1 



1 



2 



1 

 107 



105 

 54 

 59 

 30 

 31 



131 

 77 



5 

 12 

 45 



6 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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