Table 16. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization for All Farms 

 and Farms Operated by Black and Other Races: 1987, 1982, and 1978 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introduclory text) 



Charactenstics 



Farms operated by Black and other r 



Harvested cropland 



Full owners 



Harvested cropland . 



Part owners _,. 



Han/ested cropland . 



acres, 

 ■arms, 

 acres. 

 ■arms. 

 acres. 



'arms, 

 acres, 

 "arms. 



Tenants 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Percent of tenancy percent.. 



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 49 days 



50 to 99 days 



100 to 149 days.. 



150 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 49 years 



50 to 54 years 



55 to 59 years 



60 to 64 years 



65 to 69 years 



70 years and over 



Average age 



Operators of Spanish origin (see text) , 



Partnership . 

 Corporation . 



10 or less stockholders . 



10 or less stockholders 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional. 



acres., 

 [arms., 

 acres. 



arms, 

 acres, 

 'arms, 

 arms. 



acres.. 



acres.. 



arms., 

 acres., 

 'arms., 

 acres. 



larms.. 

 acres.. 

 larms.. 

 acres.. 



14 776 



2 396 629 



11 960 



1 346 913 



9 375 



886 387 



6 946 



330 464 



3 693 



1 202 858 



3 482 



800 932 



1 708 

 307 384 



1 532 

 215 517 



11 392 

 2 380 

 1 004 



1 000 



2 306 

 8 210 



18.6 



1 762 



1 459 



1 916 



52.7 



13 354 



2 283 805 



1 422 



112 824 



6 032 

 10 410 



4 325 



12 738 

 1 756 220 



359 020 



619 



250 460 



13 



16 183 



2 557 728 



13 672 



1 528 994 



9 926 



990 656 



7 799 



402 897 



4 266 



1 243 695 



4 072 



891 563 



1 992 

 323 377 



1 801 

 234 534 



5 875 

 1 246 



873 



1 455 



2 643 

 8 005 



3 780 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



14 040 



1 867 050 



1 544 



406 839 



8 911 



435 



230 121 



15 540 



2 614 439 



13 663 



1 477 316 



9 226 



1 006 374 



7 605 



399 662 



1 239 339 



4 027 



820 651 



368 726 



2 031 



257 003 



11 739 

 2 327 

 1 474 



6 508 



8 278 



1 041 



445 



532 



849 



5 411 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



3 008 

 3 786 



2 744 

 51.3 



14 367 



2 489 823 



1 173 



124 616 



9 723 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



13 423 



1 959 051 



1 541 



397 285 



8 388 



426 



192 380 



25 778 

 366 



12 874 

 309 



13 407 

 258 



5 477 



2 152 



69 



1 230 



328 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(D) 



6 

 1 582 



'For classification of social and ethnic groups, see text. 



20 MARYLAND 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



