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] 



Characteristics 



All farms 



1982 



Farms operated by Black and other races^ 



1982 



1978 



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 famis. 



acres. 



Female farms. 



acres. 



Operators of Spanish origin farms. 



acres. 



Type of organization: 



(ndividual 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. 



37 

 62 

 112 

 380 

 18.2 

 137 



7 



78 

 144 

 166 

 185 

 148 

 52.4 



666 



57 740 



62 



4 726 



4 

 410 



620 



45 850 



52 



5 863 



51 

 8 393 



45 

 7 844 



2 



(D) 



4 



(0) 



5 

 2 360 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



67 

 116 

 185 

 175 

 123 

 52.3 



630 



62 917 



44 



3 316 



2 

 (D) 



571 



47 462 



54 



5 987 



44 



8 762 



42 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



S 



4 022 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



12 

 61 

 81 

 130 

 145 

 134 

 53.3 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 NA 

 (NA) 



2 

 (D^ 



2 

 (D) 



2 



(D) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



fa 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NAJ 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



'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. Seiected Cliaracteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish Origin, 

 and Specified Racial Groups: 1982 and 1978 



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



4 RHODE ISLAND 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



