Table 47. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operators for Farms With Sales of 

 Less Than $20,000: 1982-Con. 



[Excludes abnormal farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Total farming 



and otfier 



occupations 



Farming 



Total 



Age of operator (years) 



25 to 34 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated- 



Not reported _ 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other .._- 



Operators by days of work off farm: 



None — 



Any 



1 to 99 days 



100 to 199 days 



200 days or more 



Not reported 



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 



Female 



Operators of Spanish origin 



FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family farms.. 



acres,. 



Partnership farms.. 



acres,. 

 Corporation: 



Family held farms.. 



acres.. 



More than 10 stockholders farms.. 



10 or less stockholders farms.. 



Other than family held __ farms.. 



acres. . 



More than 10 stockholders farms., 



10 or less stockholders _ farms.. 



Other— cooperative, estate or trust. 



institutional, etc farms.. 



acres - 



FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres 



70 to 99 acres _. _ 



100 to 139 acres 



140 to 179 acres , 



180 to 219 acres _ 



220 to 259 acres 



260 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres _ , 



1,000 to 1,999 acres 



2,000 acres or more 



FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Reld crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) __ 



Tobacco (0132) — - - 



Sugar crops, Irish potatoes, hay. 

 peanuts, and other field crops (0133, 



0134, 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and 



animal specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024) __ 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock (029) 



See footnotes at end of table. 



8 

 5 

 2 



3.1 

 4 



17 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



2 

 2 

 9 

 16 

 10.5 

 1 



27 



1 415 



1 



(D) 



1 

 (D) 



1 



1 



(D) 



3 

 1 

 2 



1 



6.6 



5 



12 

 49.3 



10 



(D) 



1 



(D) 



1 

 (D) 



2 

 2 

 3 

 29 

 24.8 

 8 



44 

 59.6 



41 

 2 942 



3 



154 



58 RHODE ISLAND 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



