Table G. State Coverage Evaluation Estimates of Farms Not on the Mail List: 1987 



[Data are based on a sample of farms; see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text ] 



Not on mail list 



Total number 



Relative standard error 



of estimate 



(percent) 



Percent not on mail list 



Total percent 



Standard error of percent 



Farms number. 



Land in farms acres- 



Farms by size 



Less than 50 acres farms. 



50 acres or more _ farms. 



Harvested cropland _ farms. 



acres.. 



Farms by value of sales: 



Less than S2.500 farms. 



$2,500 or more __ farms- 



$2,500 to $9,999 farms.. 



$10,000 or more _ farms.. 



Market value of agncultural products sold $1,000.. 



Farms by standard industnal classification: 



Crops (01) farms.. 



Livestock (02) farms.. 



Farms by tenure of operator: 



Full owners farms.. 



Part owners and tenants farms.. 



Operators by pnncipal occupation: 



Farming farms.. 



Other farms.. 



Average age of operator years.. 



2 263 

 217 227 



1 643 

 620 



1 488 

 15 067 



1 442 

 822 



(S) 

 (S) 



18 639 



465 

 1 798 



1 907 

 357 



822 

 1 442 



50.9 



14.0 

 84.5 



4.9 

 50.1 



18.2 

 32.5 



4.5 



35.4 



(S) 



(S) 



B3.6 



3.1 

 17.2 



16.5 

 13.4 



35.4 

 4.5 



(Z) 



8.4 

 .4 



26.0 

 3.0 



7.2 



.2 



25.0 

 3.9 

 (S) 

 (S) 



1.2 



4.3 



11.3 



13.6 

 2.S 



4.5 

 16.8 



(X) 



1.2 

 .3 



1.3 

 1.5 



1.3 

 .1 



1.1 

 1.4 

 (S) 

 (S) 



.1 

 1.9 



2.2 

 .4 



1.6 

 .8 



(X) 



Note 1 Farms classified as nonfarms, nonfarms classified as farms, and farms appeanng more than once in the census are not accounted for in these estimates, but will be provided m 

 the 1987 Coverage Evaluation publication. See appendix C for futher explanation 



Note 2: Detail may not add to total due to rounding 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE 



APPENDIX C C-15 



