Table 5. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1982, 1978, and 

 1974-Con. 



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



Cliaracteristics 



All farms 



1982 



Farms operated by Black and other races' 



Operator charactenstics— Con. 

 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 reponed 



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 __ farms. 



acres. 

 Female farms. 



acres. 



Operators of Spanish origin farms. 



acres- 



Type of organization: 



Individual or family farms. 



acres. 



Partnership farms. 



acres. 



Corporation farms. 



acres. 

 Family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



acres. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



acres. 

 Other than family held: 



More than 10 stockholders farms. 



acres. 



10 or less stockholders farms. 



acres. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust, 



institutional, etc. farms. 



acres. 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



59 

 676 

 1 260 

 1 576 

 1 624 

 1 079 

 51,5 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



1 

 1 



1 

 6 



17,1 

 2 



1 

 3 



S 



2 



52.5 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



10 



(D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



4 



5 

 3 



3 

 52,0 



11 



4 600 



4 



402 



2 



(D) 



13 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



1 

 7 

 2 



1 



42.9 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 



'For classification of social and ethnic groups, see text, 



^1974 data apply only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorstiip) and parlnerstiips; see text. 



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

 and Specified Racial Groups: 1982 and 1978 



IFor meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory textj 



4 MAINE 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



