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

 Origin, and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982-Con. 



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



Characteristics 



Farms operated by Black and other races 



Black American Indian 



1987 OPERATOR 

 CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated _-_ 



Not on farm operated 



Nol reported 



Operators by pnncipal 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 59 years 



60 to 64 years 



65 to 69 years 



70 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 



Male 



Female 



Operators of Spanish ohgin^ .__ _ 



1987 COMMODITY CREDIT 

 CORPORATION LOANS AND 

 GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 



Amount received from Commodity Credit 

 Corporation loans farms. 



$1,000. 

 Government payments received farms. 



$1,000. 



^See chapter 1. table 16 for operators not ot or not reporting Spanish origi 



22 MARYLAND 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



