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

 1978 



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



Characteristics 



Nevada 



Churchill 



Clark 



Douglas 



Esmeralda 



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. 



Han/ested 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 worli 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 1962.. 



1978.. 



Not reported 1982.. 



1978.. 



1982 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- 



173 

 140 

 52 

 40 

 23 

 12 



70 



59 



178 



133 



63 

 49 

 174 

 140 



7 



4 



8 



7 



7 



7 



19 



16 



133 



106 



11 

 3 



20 

 39 

 52 

 80 

 11.3 

 57 



1 

 1 

 17 

 19 

 73 

 55 

 73 

 54 



55 

 48 

 29 

 15 

 49.6 

 48.8 



128 



111 



21 



16 



10 



4 



93 

 88 

 66 

 43 



81 

 64 



10 

 8 

 5 

 3 



10 

 6 

 7 

 S 



49 



42 



11 

 1 



15 

 23 

 28 

 64 

 15.2 

 29 



16 

 12 

 39 

 16 

 33 

 42 



44 

 38 

 26 

 23 

 51.9 

 53.2 



308 



272 



2 899 220 



2 932 903 



228 



207 



199 684 



164 102 



207 



193 



1 433 851 



1 494 892 



148 



144 



122 558 



109 265 



61 



47 



1 236 639 



1 017 033 



830 248 



632 822 



406 391 



384 211 



54 



47 



69 612 



48 134 



40 



32 



228 730 



420 978 



26 



16 



7 514 



6 703 



212 

 198 

 67 

 48 

 29 

 26 



201 



168 

 107 

 104 



131 

 147 

 146 

 119 



20 

 20 



13 

 11 

 15 

 8 

 20 

 10 

 78 

 70 



28 

 38 

 60 

 129 

 15.8 

 53 



5 

 1 

 22 

 28 

 62 

 39 

 78 

 91 



79 

 65 

 62 

 48 

 52.8 

 52.4 



29 



29 



2 133 372 



2 235 775 



23 



23 



10 977 



6 564 



19 



16 



7 791 



(D) 



17 



14 



4 257 



1 622 



7 

 12 



1 432 272 



2 231 477 



29 449 

 37 992 



1 402 823 



2 193 485 



6 



9 



6 720 



4 942 



3 



1 



693 309 



(D) 



20 

 14 

 5 

 7 

 4 



24 



14 



5 



15 



17 

 10 



11 

 19 



1 

 3 

 2 

 2 

 2 

 6 

 2 



4 

 8 



3 

 2 

 4 



15 



12.3 



5 



6 

 9 

 8 



7 

 8 



9 

 6 



3 



1 



49.7 



46.2 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



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