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

 and Specified Racial Groups: 1982 and 1978-Con. 



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



Characteristics 



1982 FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family 



Partnership 



Family held corporation _.- 



Other than family held corporation 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc 



1982 MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 

 PRODUCTS SOLD 



Total sales (see text) ___ --- farms. 



$1,000. 



Crops, includinq nursery and greenhouse products 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 or more - 



Abnormal farms 



1982 FARMS BY STANDARD INDUSTRIAL 

 CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (011) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) _ - 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugar crops, Irish potatoes, hay, peanuts, and other 



field crops (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 (029) 



1982 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 54 years _ --. 



55 to 64 years 



65 years and over... 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 



Male 



Female 



Operators of Spanish origin 



1982 COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 

 LOANS AND DIRECT SALES 



Amount received from Commodity Credit Corporation 



loans farms. 



$1,000. 

 Value of agricultural products sold directly to 



individuals for human consumption (see text) farms. 



$1,000. 



Female 



214 



25 



9 



2 



250 

 22 171 



113 

 2 089 



158 

 20 082 



55 

 33 

 24 



138 



13 



9 



2 



128 



29 

 1 



188 

 30 

 32 



158 

 92 



148 

 75 

 11 

 18 

 46 

 27 



21 



38 

 44 

 87 

 15.8 

 60 



5 

 20 

 48 

 49 

 66 

 62 

 53.9 



Spanish origin 



(X) 

 250 



1 

 (D) 



10 



24 



3 

 1 214 



2 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



1 



3 

 16.3 



2 

 1 



45.0 



Slack and other races 



Total 



59 



1 261 



53 



461 



8 



800 



24 

 18 

 7 

 10 



6 

 1 

 4 



23 

 19.0 



25 



1 

 10 

 15 

 17 

 16 

 57.0 



32 



624 



30 



181 



5 



443 



13 

 10 



5 

 4 



4 

 1 

 1 



10 

 15.8 



16 



5 



8 



10 



56.4 



American 

 Indian 



22 

 369 

 21 

 (D) 

 1 

 (D) 



8 

 8 

 2 

 4 



19 



3 



10 



25.2 



9 



7 



6 



59.6 



22 



1 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



2 



46.0 



2 



Other (see text) 



3 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



3 

 20.3 



1 



2 



52.0 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



DELAWARE 5 



