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 

 Spanisti origin' 



Farms operated by Black and other races 



Total 



Black 



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 



too 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: 



Male_ 



Female 



Operators of Spanish origin' 



1987 COMMODITY CREDIT 

 CORPORATION LOANS AND 

 GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 



Amount received from Commodity Credit 

 Corporation loans _ -. 



Government payments received . 



_ (arms. 



$1,000. 

 . farms. 



$1,000. 



2 827 

 635 

 430 



2 061 

 1 831 



2 076 



2 455 



272 



1 236 

 947 



230 

 268 

 560 



1 728 

 20.0 



1 106 



28 

 261 

 529 

 569 

 487 

 539 

 458 

 1 021 

 58.7 



(X) 

 3 892 



158 



768 



772 



1 966 



3 



6 



13 



29 



18.5 



4 



15 

 5 

 9 

 14 

 4 

 6 

 53.7 



3 



102 



10 



41 



2 037 

 739 

 527 



1 828 



1 475 



1 372 



1 595 



346 



267 



982 



336 



192 

 168 

 284 

 1 427 

 20.3 



21 

 204 

 457 

 651 

 434 

 481 

 448 

 607 

 56.8 



3 009 

 294 



240 



826 



879 



1 852 



1 590 

 596 

 454 



1 467 

 1 173 



1 120 



1 994 



269 



965 



760 



286 



140 

 121 

 197 

 1 131 

 21.3 



11 

 146 

 325 

 485 

 346 

 410 

 367 

 550 

 58.0 



2 419 

 221 



190 



710 



665 



1 254 



441 



139 



73 



357 

 296 



248 

 574 

 77 

 279 

 218 



49 



52 



45 



84 



293 



17.0 



10 



57 



129 



163 



87 



71 



79 



57 



52.1 



582 



71 



2 

 52.0 



1 

 (D) 



(D) 



50 

 117 

 214 

 598 



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



22 NORTH CAROLINA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



