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



Table 50. 



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



TENURE AND RACE OF 

 OPERATOR 



AH operators .. 

 Full owners _ 

 Part owners - 

 Tenants 



White --- 



Full owners _ 

 Part owners. 

 Tenants 



Black and other races , 



OWNED AND RENTED LAND 

 Land owned 



Owned land in farms. -- 



Land rented or teased from others . 

 Rented or leased land in farms .. 



Land rented or leased to others . 



(arms. . 

 acres. - 

 arms. . 

 acres.. 



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 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 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 sex; 



Male 



Female 



Operators of Spanish origin (see text) . 



FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) . 



farms., 

 acres. _ 



Partnership farms.. 



acres.. 



Other than family held farms— 



6 894 



4 953 



1 271 



670 



4 801 



1 233 



655 



5 048 



1 431 



415 



583 

 1 409 

 3 399 



14.6 



702 

 1 617 

 1 052 



See footnotes at end of table. 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



Otfier occupations 



26 987 



519 



24 468 



359 

 21 446 



355 

 20 947 



Age of operator (years) 



1 617 



1 032 



405 



1 592 



1 018 



398 



39 487 



585 



38 662 



400 

 1 453 



145 384 



1 881 



129 930 



38 346 



515 



37 447 



49.3 

 1 883 



1 531 



1 240 



224 



1 469 

 125 490 



1 464 

 109 630 



59.1 

 1 418 



89 085 



891 



76 984 



122 

 7 593 



120 

 7 444 



27,9 

 234 



436 

 493 

 71 4 



MARYLAND 71 



