Table 24. Summary by Age of Operator: 1982 



(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols^ see introductory text) 



Under 25 

 years 



25 to 34 

 years 



35 to 44 

 years 



45 to 54 

 years 



55 to 64 

 years 



FAIWS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number 



Percent of farms 



Land In farms' acres 



Percent distribution 



Average size of farm acres 



LAND USE 



Crop land 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 



Full 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 259 acres 



260 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1, 000 acres 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 



See footnotes at end of table. 



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 



6 



2.0 



146 



0.7 



24.3 



4 

 14 

 3 

 5 

 3 

 9 



3 



113 



1 



(D) 



3 



(D) 



12 

 4.0 



1 473 

 7.1 



122.8 



9 

 103 



9 

 32 



6 

 71 



7 



1 150 



1 



ID) 



^D) 



12 



30 



55 



18.2 



1 481 



7.1 



26.9 



35 

 161 

 35 

 99 

 8 

 62 



30 

 1 053 

 14 

 172 

 39 

 95 



69 



22.8 



10 252 



49.2 



148.6 



53 

 514 



52 

 285 



12 

 230 



45 

 7 993 



11 

 1 142 



52 

 604 



87 



28.7 



2 347 



11.3 



27.0 



72 

 306 



71 

 208 



14 



97 



49 

 1 565 



12 

 272 



68 

 203 



AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 



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