Table 17. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish 

 Origin, and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982-Con. 



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



Characteristics 



Operators of 

 Spanish origin^ 



Farms operated by Black and other races 



American Indian 



1987 OPERATOR 

 CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence; 



On farm operated ._. 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by principal occupatiori: 



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 59 years 



60 to 64 years 



65 to 69 years 



70 years and over 



Operators by sex: 



IVIale 



Female 



Operators of Spanish origin^ 



1987 COMMODITY CREDIT 

 CORPORATION LOANS AND 

 GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 



Government payments received . 



.. farms- 

 $1,000. 



.. farms. 

 $1,000. 



2 170 

 836 

 196 



1 634 



2 148 

 225 



1 079 

 844 



214 

 248 

 467 

 1 628 

 19.4 



218 

 443 

 438 

 378 

 455 

 362 

 833 

 58.0 



663 

 15 134 

 1 433 

 12 265 



1 716 



86 



1 161 



1 444 



91 



1 076 



'See chapter 1, table 16 for operators not of or not reporting Spanish origiri. 



22 ILLINOIS 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



