Table 16. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization for All Farms 

 and Farms Operated by Black and Other Races: 1987, 1982, and 1978 



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



Characteristics 



Farms operated by Black and other races ^ 



Tenure of operator 



All operators farms.. 



acres. - 



Harvested cropland farms-. 



acres- _ 



Full owners farms__ 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Part owners farms.. 



acres. . 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres-- 



Tenants farms.. 



acres. . 



Harvested cropland farms^_ 



acres.. 



Percent of tenancy percent.. 



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 49 days 



50 to 99 days 



100 to 149 days _ 



150 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 49 years 



50 to 54 years 



55 to 59 years 



60 to 64 years 



65 to 69 years _ 



70 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 

 Male farms-- 



acres-. 

 Female farms.. 



acres. - 



Operators of Spanish origin (see text) farms.. 



acres., 



Operators not of Spanish ohgin farms.. 



Spanish origin not reported farms-. 



Type of organization; 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) 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.. 



1 321 

 1 477 



3 662 

 14 043 



195 



4 065 



352 

 3 149 

 5 205 

 2 620 

 2 470 

 2 843 

 2 789 

 2 252 

 2 888 



51.4 



22 991 



57 121 673 



1 577 



3 082 320 



42 

 56 110 

 17 012 



7 514 



19 506 



31 982 774 



2 147 



6 952 689 



2 656 



16 422 333 



59 



1 488 073 



2 520 



14 168 713 



13 

 417 450 



64 

 348 097 



259 

 4 846 197 



1 268 

 1 934 

 3 686 



12 451 

 18,7 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



305 

 69 

 51 



253 

 172 



156 

 236 

 32 

 20 

 25 

 31 

 128 



25 



20 



58 



214 



17.7 



108 



52 



29 



46 



51.2 



373 



379 507 



52 



70 472 



14 



6 014 



231 



180 



352 



524 888 



20 



39 430 



14 



19 499 



13 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



39 

 2 866 162 



290 

 85 

 58 



277 

 156 



160 

 206 

 23 

 20 

 22 

 21 

 120 



67 



27 



38 



65 



170 



15.8 



133 



13 

 60 

 105 



107 



86 



62 

 48.2 



392 



3 197 630 



41 



32 858 



9 



4 445 



(NA) 



(NA) 



365 



605 659 



22 



23 769 



6 



8 245 



6 

 8 245 



40 

 2 592 815 



'For classification of social and etfinic groups, see text. 



20 MONTANA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



