Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987-Con. 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols. 



introductory text] 



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



Age of operator (years) 



TENURE AND RACE OF 

 OPERATOR 



All operators _. 

 Full owners . 

 Part owners. 

 Tenants 



White 



Full owners . 

 Part owners - 

 Tenants 



Black and other races . 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



OWNED AND RENTED LAND 



Land owned 



Owned land in farms 



Land rented or leased from others . 

 Rented or leased land in farms _. 



Land rented or leased to others- 



acres, 

 farms, 

 acres. 



farms, 

 acres, 

 farms, 

 acres. 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by phncipal 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 



Average years t 

 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 by s 



Male 



Female 



Operators of Spanish origin (see text) 



FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) farms.. 



acres.. 



Partnership farms., 



acres.. 

 Corporation: 



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 - 

 See footnotes at end of table. 



14 776 

 9 375 

 3 693 

 1 708 



14 344 

 9 066 

 3 618 

 1 660 



13 093 

 1 547 491 



13 068 

 1 422 869 



5 439 

 981 677 



5 401 

 973 760 



11 392 

 2 380 

 1 004 



706 



1 000 



2 306 

 8 210 



18.6 



2 554 



1 689 



1 670 

 1 762 

 1 459 

 1 916 

 52,7 



12 738 



1 756 220 



1 323 



359 020 



4 422 

 2 422 



1 038 



7 655 

 4 265 



2 385 

 1 005 



6 660 

 1 072 343 



6 844 

 1 003 272 



3 476 

 854 482 



3 460 

 849 117 



1 053 



1 023 



1 423 



55,0 



109 663 



533 



109 289 



145 931 



967 



137 114 



677 

 209 376 



672 

 207 858 



397 

 1 017 



52 125 



69 

 37 536 



49.6 

 1 261 



1 743 

 323 232 



1 742 

 305 913 



853 

 212 169 



851 

 211 155 



227 

 18 333 



1 053 



59.8 



1 743 

 158 



1 570 



348 160 



219 



93 458 



70 MARYLAND 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



