Table 17. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish 

 Origin, and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



Farms operated by Black and ottier races 



Amencan Indian 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number, 



Land in farms acres. 



Harvested cropland (arms, 



acres, 



1987 FARMS BY SIZE 



1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 

 1987. 

 1982. 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 139 acres 



140 to 219 acres 



220 to 499 acres 



500 acres or more 



1987 OWNED AND RENTED LAND 

 IN FARMS 



Owned land in farms farms. 



acres. 

 Rented or leased land in farms farms. 



acres. 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms, 



acres. 

 Part owners farms, 



acres. 

 Tenants farms. 



acres. 



,, 1987. 



1982. 

 ,. 1987. 



1982. 

 ,. 1987. 



1982. 



„ 1987. 



982. 



.. 1987. 



1982. 

 ,, 1987. 



1982- 



1987 FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorstiip) 



Partnersfiip 



Family field corporation 



Otfier than family held corporation 



Other — cooperative, estate or trust, 

 institutional, etc, 



1987 MARKET VALUE OF 

 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD 



Total sales farms, 



$1,000. 

 Crops, including nursery and greenhouse 



crops farms. 



$1,000. 



Livestock, poultry, and their products farms. 



$1,000. 

 Farms by value of sales 



Less than $2,500 



$2,500 to $9,999... 



$10,000 to $19,999.. 



$20,000 to $24.999 



$25,000 or more 



1987 FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (011| 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) , 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish potatoes: 

 field crops, except cash grains, n.e.c. 

 (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 and animal 

 specialties (029) 



See footnotes at end of table. 



1 422 



1 331 



112 824 



109 044 



840 



848 



1 324 



91 240 



263 



21 584 



1 159 



1 026 



77 409 



69 566 



432 



602 



25 778 



29 707 



309 



413 



13 407 



16 262 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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