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

 1974-Con. 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory textl 



Characteristics 



1978 



Farms operated by Black and other races' 



1974 



Operator characteristics— 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 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 -- - tarms- 



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, 



institutionail, etc farms. 



acres. 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 jNAl 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



202 

 989 



1 963 



2 719 

 2 716 

 2 254 



52.7 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA| 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NAj 



;na) 



NA) 

 !NA) 



26 

 133 

 297 

 345 



1 239 



8 032 380 



95 



65 953 



706 

 442 487 



1 156 



808 876 



117 



80 942 



12 



79 429 



10 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



49 

 7 129 086 



P 



'For classification of social and ethnic groups, see text 



^1974 data apply only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorship) and partnerships; see text 



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

 and Specified Racial Groups: 1982 and 1978 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory textj 



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