Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982-Con. 



[Excludes abnormal farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



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 



FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family 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. 



FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres 



70 to 99 acres 



100 to 139 acres 



140 to 179 acres 



180 to 219 acres 



220 to 259 acres 



260 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1,000 to 1,999 acres 



2,000 acres or more 



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) 



See footnotes at end of table 



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



2 405 

 506 

 427 



1 956 

 1 382 



1 367 



1 629 



255 



245 



1 129 



342 



177 

 304 

 499 

 1 559 

 18.1 

 799 



114 

 404 

 650 

 768 

 816 

 586 

 50.6 



3 088 

 250 



1 493 

 73 



73 



107 



22 



249 

 106 

 142 

 950 

 130 

 35 



Farming 



1 484 

 222 

 250 



1 157 

 457 

 209 

 114 

 134 

 342 



97 



149 

 236 

 1 013 

 20.9 

 461 



73 

 228 

 324 

 401 

 512 

 418 

 51.9 



1 798 

 158 



832 

 40 



102 

 42 

 137 

 637 

 35 

 20 



Age of operator (years) 



Under 25 



18 

 27 

 16 



3.6 



12 



22.2 

 73 



59 

 7 492 



(D) 



5 

 1 833 



167 

 40 

 21 



125 

 80 

 37 

 18 

 25 

 23 



24 

 43 



82 

 36 

 64 

 43 



212 

 16 



31 580 

 24 

 (D) 



13 

 5 673 



13 



226 

 48 

 50 



167 

 104 

 50 

 22 

 32 

 53 



17 

 30 

 59 

 137 

 11.6 

 81 



286 

 38 



268 



61 578 



22 



10 665 



30 

 27 887 



30 

 2 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



104 

 11 



11 

 3 



24 



136 



5 



2 



312 

 38 

 51 



246 

 105 

 44 

 31 

 30 

 50 



19 



20 



48 



207 



18.0 



107 



401 

 49.5 



375 

 26 



338 



80 057 



37 



15 742 



23 

 21 300 



23 

 1 



(D) 



133 

 8 



21 

 11 

 30 

 158 

 13 

 7 



415 

 40 

 57 



314 

 92 

 36 

 25 

 31 



106 



16 

 14 

 20 



357 

 27.4 



105 



512 

 59.3 



475 

 37 



401 



97 494 



65 



26 195 



41 

 26 713 



2 

 39 



3 

 (D) 



1 



2 



2 



(D) 



232 

 12 



16 



5 



42 



167 



8 



4 



42 DELAWARE 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



