Table 21 Summary by Size of Farm: 1982 



■^For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbolsj see introductory textj 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number 



Percent of farms 



Land in farms ' acres 



Percent distribution 



Average size of farm acres 



LAND USE 



Cropland farms 



acres 



Harvested farms 



acres 



Other farms 



acres 



Pasture or grazing land farms 



acres 



Woodland farms 



acres. 



Other land farms . 



acres 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



All operators , 



Fu 1 1 owners 



Part owners 



Managers , 



Tenants 



FARMS BY SIZE 



Farms 



Less than 3 acres 



3 to 9 acres 



10 to 19 acres 



20 to 49 acres 



50 to 99 acres 



100 to 174 acres 



175 to 2 59 acres 



260 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1 , 000 ac res or more 



FARMS BY TYPE OF HOLDING 



Home consumption holdings 



Sale holdings 



Vegetable 



Field and forage crop 



Fruit and nut 



Dairy 



Livestock 



Poultry 



Nursery 



Mixed 



Other 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by years on present farm: 



Less than 2 years 



2 to 4 years 



5 to 9 years 



10 years or more 



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 place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Operators by place of birth: 



Virgin Islands 



Puerto Rico 



Elsewhere 



303 



100.0 



20 824 



100.0 



68.7 



303 

 243 



33 

 3 



24 



303 



75 



114 



32 



34 



18 



12 



5 



6 



4 



3 



86 



217 



14 



7 

 59 



5 

 112 



5 



3 

 10 



2 



27 



47 



46 



183 



248 

 55 



201 

 25 

 77 



Less 



than 3 



acres 



75 



24.8 



117 



0.6 



1.6 



3 to 9 

 acres 



43 



9 



23 



114 

 37.6 

 594 

 2.9 

 5.2 



95 

 244 



93 

 200 



20 



44 



61 

 217 

 12 

 38 

 96 

 95 



114 



92 



11 



1 



10 



114 

 114 



10 to 19 

 acres 



32 



10.6 



418 



2.0 



13.1 



117 

 24 

 82 



19 

 182 

 11 

 83 

 24 

 35 



20 to 49 

 acres 



32 



34 



11.2 



1 031 



5.0 



30.3 



28 

 339 



27 



174 



9 



166 



24 

 506 

 9 

 94 

 29 

 91 



See footnotes at end of Cable. 



AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 



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