Table 48. Summary by Size of Farm: 1982-Con. 



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



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 



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 worl( 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; 



fvlale.. - 



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 stocl<holders 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.. 



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 



1 80 to 21 9 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, Insh potatoes, hay, 

 peanuts, and other field crops (0133, 



0134, 0139) _. 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, pnmanly 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, phmarily livestock (029) . 



See footnotes at end of table. 



262 

 37 

 25 



217 

 107 



171 

 133 

 28 

 30 

 75 

 20 



12 

 30 

 38 

 188 

 21.4 

 56 



6 

 27 

 57 

 65 

 90 

 79 

 54.0 



292 

 32 



278 



43 830 



25 



3 975 



14 

 2 146 



1 



13 



3 



480 



4 

 616 



219 

 25 

 24 



187 

 81 



138 

 106 

 27 

 14 

 65 

 24 



9 



12 



38 



159 



21.7 



50 



4 

 23 

 40 

 52 

 79 

 70 

 54.7 



249 



19 



225 



44 566 



23 



4 518 



17 

 3 358 



17 



2 



(D) 



1 

 (0) 



139 

 16 

 11 



5 



6 



17 



111 



22.2 



27 



1 

 21 

 25 

 38 

 SO 

 31 

 53.1 



156 

 10 



127 



30 381 



18 



4 268 



16 

 3 826 



16 



2 



(D) 



(D) 



26 



337 

 48 

 29 



327 

 87 



237 

 141 

 46 

 31 

 64 

 36 



23 

 21 

 43 

 263 

 23.1 

 64 



2 

 35 

 71 

 93 



121 

 92 



54.0 



393 

 21 



307 



106 743 



54 



19 114 



34 



12 019 



2 



32 



8 



2 760 



3 



5 



11 

 4 006 



70 



50 



191 



4 



9 



3 



103 

 15 

 10 



113 

 15 



3 

 2 



9 

 86 



25.1 

 28 



6 

 29 

 28 



31 



34 



54.4 



121 



7 



2 



1 



2 



13 



24.3 



2 



3 

 7 



5 



5 



57.1 



8 



(D) 



4 



4 110 



2 

 (D) 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 (0) 



5 

 7 713 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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