Table 5. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1982, 1978, and 



1974 -Con. 



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



Characteristics 



All farms 



Farms operated by Black and other races 1 



Operator characteristics— Con. 

 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 2 ; 



Under 25 years 



25 to 34 years 



35 to 44 years _ 



45 to 54 years -- 



55 to 64 years - 



65 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 

 Male _ — farms. 



acres. 

 Female - farms. 



acres. 



Operators of Spanish origin farms. 



acres. 



Type of organization: 



Individual or family farms. 



acres. 



Partnership farms. 



acres. 



Corporation farms. 



acres. 

 Family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



acres. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



acres. 

 Other than family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



acres. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



acres. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 



institutional, etc _. farms. 



acres. 



177 

 304 

 499 

 1 559 

 18.1 

 799 



114 

 404 

 650 

 768 

 816 

 586 

 50.6 



3 088 



637 092 



250 



18 373 



3 

 451 



2 830 



420 540 



302 



82 369 



190 



146 858 



5 



2 904 



169 



137 570 



1 



(D) 

 15 

 (D) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



60 

 335 

 584 

 907 

 806 

 621 

 51.9 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



1 

 4 



23 

 19.0 



25 



1 

 10 

 15 

 17 

 16 

 57.0 



58 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



57 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



6 

 12 

 13 



25 



18 



55.6 



72 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



69 



i 036 



5 



540 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



9 



6 



16 



30 



13 



54.0 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



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



2 1974 data apply only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorship) and partnerships; see text. 



Table 6. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish Origin, 

 and Specified Racial Groups: 1982 and 1978 



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



4 DELAWARE 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



