Table 47. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of 

 Less Than $20,000: 1982-Con. 



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



Item 



Other occupations 



Age of operator (years) 



25 to 34 



55 to 64 



65 and over 



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. 



623 

 210 

 101 



144 



790 



40 



90 



660 



62 

 111 

 180 

 356 

 13.6 

 225 



33 

 121 

 207 

 239 

 201 

 133 

 49.1 



878 

 56 



842 



40 524 



68 



4 377 



17 



903 



1 



16 



3 



1 515 



4 

 470 



140 



454 



93 



121 



71 



25 



15 



3 



10 



1 



1 



549 

 30 



130 

 59 

 3 

 21 

 88 

 13 



9 

 7 

 4 



30 

 13 



33 



25 



(D) 



7 



875 



1 



(D) 



121 



9 



112 



3 



11 



98 



12 

 31 

 39 

 9 

 5.7 

 30 



119 

 2 



107 

 (D) 

 12 



529 



2 

 (D) 



146 

 47 

 14 



7 



200 



10 



15 



175 



22 

 34 

 48 

 53 

 8.0 

 50 



207 



39.4 



199 

 8 



1 



189 



8 092 



14 



603 



2 



(D) 



113 



19 



21 



12 



6 



2 



116 

 9 



181 

 42 

 16 



239 



17 

 222 



11 

 25 

 186 



4 

 24 

 54 

 116 

 13.0 

 41 



239 

 49.7 



229 

 10 



221 



9 964 



13 



964 



3 



(D) 



2 



(Dl 



40 



111 



29 



31 



19 



4 



2 



131 



7 



136 

 38 

 27 



201 



38 



163 



10 



22 



131 



11 

 11 

 26 

 111 

 18.7 

 42 



201 

 59.6 



183 

 18 



185 



9 553 



10 



661 



5 

 (D) 

 1 

 4 

 1 

 (D) 



120 

 6 



25 

 20 



64 



4 



12 



48 



4 

 4 

 9 



67 

 26.8 



49 



133 

 71.8 



119 

 14 



115 



7 856 



12 



745 



4 

 (D) 



4 



2 



(D) 



11 

 60 

 11 

 18 

 16 

 7 

 5 



87 

 4 



12 

 6 



1 

 4 

 6 

 3 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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