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 



Female 

 operators 



Operators of 

 Spanisfi origin 1 



Farms operated by Black and otfier races 



American Indian 



Other 

 (see text) 



1987 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 59 years 



60 to 64 years 



65 to 69 years 



70 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 



fvlale 



Female 



Operators of Spanish origin^ 



1987 COMMODITY CREDIT 

 CORPORATION LOANS AND 

 GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 



Amount received from Commodity Credit 

 Corporation loans farms., 



$1,000., 

 Government payments received farms., 



$1,000., 



1 153 

 307 

 117 



1 018 



559 



801 

 983 

 146 

 489 

 348 



117 

 112 

 267 

 789 



18.7 



292 



28 

 162 

 275 

 243 

 180 

 186 

 172 

 331 

 55.2 



(X) 

 1 577 



130 

 3 384 



460 

 7 045 



3 



1 



8 



19 



13.6 



3 



7 



10 



11 



1 



6 



3 



1 



45.4 



1 



(D) 



12 



221 



305 

 69 

 51 



253 



172 



156 

 236 



52 

 56 

 128 



25 



20 



58 



214 



17.7 



1 

 45 

 99 



112 

 49 

 44 

 29 

 46 



51.2 



373 

 52 



43 



644 



121 



2 298 



2 



3 



8.5 



1 

 43.1 



2 



(D) 



282 

 66 

 51 



236 

 163 



143 

 343 

 51 

 173 

 119 



32 



22 



19 



54 



200 



17.8 



42 

 92 



105 

 49 

 40 

 28 

 43 



51.4 



347 

 52 



41 



(D) 



113 



2 136 



1 

 1 

 2 

 7 

 22.6 



2 



1 



2 



51.8 



4 



16.2 



1 

 46.6 



1 

 (D) 



^See chapter 1, table 16 for operators not of or not reporting Spanish origin. 



22 MONTANA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



