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

 1978 



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



Characteristics 



Delaware 



Sussex 



FARMS 



Land in farms . 



Harvested cropland . 



-farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



.farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Harvested cropland farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982- 



1978. 



Part owners farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982- 



1978. 



Owned land in farms acres, 1982- 



1978. 



Rented land in farms acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Harvested cropland _ farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Tenants farms, 1982- 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Harvested cropland farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 

 On farm operated 1982. 



1978. 

 Not on farm operated 1982. 



1978. 

 Not reported 1982. 



1978. 



Operators by principal occupation: 

 Farming 1982. 



1978. 

 Other 1982. 



1978. 



Operators by days of work off farm: 

 None 1982. 



1978. 

 Any 1982. 



1978. 



1 to 49 days 1982. 



1978. 

 50 to 99 days 1982. 



1978. 

 100 to 149 days 1982. 



1978. 

 150 to 199 days 1982. 



1978. 

 200 days or more _ 1982. 



1978. 



Not reported 1982. 



1978. 



1 982 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 1982. 



1978. 

 25 to 34 years .. 1982. 



1978. 

 35 to 44 years 1982. 



1978. 

 45 to 54 years 1982. 



1978. 

 55 to 64 years 1982. 



1978. 

 65 years and over 1982. 



1978. 

 Average age 1982. 



1978. 



3 338 



3 398 



655 465 



669 646 



2 700 



2 806 



499 986 



496 756 



1 951 



1 922 



178 991 



173 641 



1 364 



1 370 



102 031 



96 091 



1 079 

 407 831 

 424 687 

 195 426 

 215 691 

 212 405 

 208 996 

 986 



1 068 



335 977 



336 721 



391 



397 

 68 643 

 71 318 

 350 

 368 

 61 978 

 63 944 



2 405 



2 544 



506 



466 



427 



1 956 



2 004 

 1 382 

 1 394 



1 367 



1 503 



1 629 



1 722 



185 



219 



70 



104 



100 



99 



145 



189 



1 129 



1 111 



342 

 173 



177 

 304 

 499 

 1 559 

 18.1 

 799 



114 

 107 

 404 

 406 

 650 

 685 

 768 

 835 

 816 

 853 

 586 

 512 

 50.6 

 50.1 



755 

 772 

 148 

 139 

 106 

 93 



607 

 411 

 397 



384 

 404 

 535 

 561 



71 

 104 

 30 

 40 

 30 

 35 

 44 

 47 



77 

 100 

 149 

 458 

 15.8 

 225 



54 

 35 

 131 

 132 

 212 

 223 

 236 

 246 

 220 

 238 

 156 

 130 

 48.9 

 48.8 



336 



353 



113 



73 



39 



26 



277 

 280 

 211 

 172 



223 

 229 

 232 

 206 



22 

 21 



9 



3 



8 



14 



20 



25 



173 



143 



33 



17 



19 



59 



82 



245 



17.4 

 83 



12 



13 



54 



38 



77 



94 



121 



117 



127 



113 



97 



77 



52.6 



51.5 



1 314 

 1 419 

 245 

 256 

 282 

 267 



1 081 



1 117 



760 



825 



760 

 870 

 662 

 955 



92 

 94 

 31 

 61 

 62 

 50 

 81 

 117 

 596 

 633 



219 

 117 



81 

 145 

 268 

 856 



48 

 59 



219 

 236 

 361 

 368 

 411 

 472 

 469 

 502 

 333 

 305 

 51.0 

 50.4 



126 DELAWARE 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



