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

 1978-Con. 



[For meaning o) abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



Oxford 



FARMS 



Land in farms . 



Harvested cropland . 



-farms, 1982, 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



.lamns, 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 famis, 1982. 



1978. 



acres. 1982. 



1978. 



Tenants farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres. 1982. 



1978. 



Harvested cropland fanns. 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. 



286 



253 



51 326 



43 042 



263 



230 



6 733 



6 045 



232 



214 



39 449 



36 210 



215 



193 



4 288 



4 057 



48 



35 



11 524 



6 592 



8 513 



4 083 



3 Oil 



2 509 



45 



34 



2 426 



(D) 



6 



4 



353 



240 



3 



3 



19 



(D) 



202 

 178 

 63 

 51 

 21 

 24 



100 

 84 

 186 

 169 



84 



71 



182 



177 



13 

 27 

 12 

 16 

 15 

 7 

 20 

 30 

 122 

 97 



20 

 5 



18 



73 



137 



16.5 



50 



2 

 1 

 34 

 39 

 55 

 SO 

 65 

 55 



62 



51 



68 



57 



52.8 



51.4 



573 



605 



117 547 



119 957 



484 



483 



39 454 



38 775 



372 



405 



62 710 



62 789 



299 

 293 



15 041 

 13 318 



177 



182 



52 246 



54 583 



35 615 

 38 004 



16 631 

 16 579 



165 

 175 



23 748 



24 916 



24 



18 



2 591 



2 585 



20 



15 



665 



541 



465 

 509 

 32 

 42 

 56 

 54 



286 

 379 

 287 

 226 



224 

 269 

 309 

 305 



29 



41 

 20 

 21 

 16 

 11 

 28 

 25 

 216 

 207 



40 

 31 



30 

 55 

 95 

 288 

 17.2 

 105 



6 



10 

 64 

 71 

 155 

 149 

 150 

 163 



112 

 119 



86 



93 



49.5 



495 



211 

 198 



31 703 



32 509 

 182 

 158 



7 358 

 6 671 



159 



147 



22 097 



22 897 



132 



114 



(D) 



3 368 



51 



46 



ID) 



9 294 



5 348 



5 988 



(D) 



3 306 



49 



43 



3 813 



(D) 



1 



5 



(D) 



318 



1 



1 



(D) 



(D) 



170 

 159 

 24 

 21 

 17 

 18 



93 

 103 

 118 



95 



80 



81 



121 



110 



16 



14 



11 



6 



7 



8 



16 



9 



71 



73 



10 



7 



9 

 25 

 38 

 114 

 17.4 

 25 



2 

 1 

 27 

 22 

 42 

 39 

 54 

 60 



44 

 43 

 42 

 33 

 51.1 

 50.8 



199 

 180 

 19 

 16 

 22 

 13 



100 

 92 

 140 

 117 



61 

 72 

 161 

 131 



21 

 16 



6 

 13 



8 

 11 

 31 

 12 

 95 

 79 



18 

 6 



11 

 22 

 48 

 114 

 16.1 

 45 



2 

 3 

 29 

 34 

 68 

 47 

 51 

 49 



48 

 42 

 42 

 34 

 49.9 

 48.6 



403 

 327 

 78 270 

 80 242 

 345 

 303 



19 619 



20 193 



259 



206 



44 603 



43 906 



208 



184 



6 262 



5 947 



138 



116 



33 562 



35 904 



23 453 



25 923 



to 109 



9 981 



134 



114 



13 315 



14 127 



6 



5 



105 



432 



3 



5 



42 



119 



350 

 284 

 20 

 26 

 33 

 17 



189 

 177 

 214 

 150 



139 

 121 

 237 

 199 



22 



33 



8 



17 

 21 

 16 

 19 

 18 

 167 

 115 



27 



7 



15 

 45 

 84 

 190 

 15.9 

 69 



2 

 4 

 52 

 39 

 100 

 69 

 100 

 64 



77 

 96 

 72 

 55 

 50.1 

 51.5 



138 MAINE 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



