Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987-Con. 



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



Other occupations 



Total 



Age of operator (years) 



Under 25 



45 to 54 



FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres 



70 10 99 acres 



100 to 139 acres 



140 to 179 acres 



180 to 219 acres 



220 to 259 acres 



260 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1 .000 to 1 .999 acres . 

 2.000 acres or more , 



FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cast! grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; iristi 

 potatoes: field crops, except casti 

 grains, n.e.c. (0133. 0134. 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



LJvestocl<, except dairy, poultry, and 



animal specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock and 

 animal specialties (029) 



LIVESTOCK 



Cattle and calves inventory farms. 



number. 

 Farms with— 



1 to 9 _ 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 



100 to 199__ _ 



200 to 499___ 



500 or more 



Cows and heifers that had calved farms. 



number. 



Beef cows __ farms. 



numljer. 



Farms with— 



1 to 9 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 _-_ 



200 to 499 _ 



500 or more 



Milk cows farms. 



number. 



Farms with — 



1 to 4 



5 to 9 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Heifers and heifer calves farms. 



number. 

 Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull 

 calves- farms. 



numt)er. 



Cattle and calves sold farms. 



number. 

 $1,000. 



Calves _ farms. 



number. 

 $1,000. 



Cattle farms. 



number. 

 $1,000. 

 Fattened on grain and concentrates ... farms, 

 number. 

 $1,000. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



3 203 



11 195 



3 740 



3 244 



2 577 



1 487 



917 



548 



1 181 



390 



87 



SB 



3 732 



8 176 



46 



6 653 



SS4 

 560 



721 

 1 184 



11 194 

 8 897 



108 

 1 078 

 1 105 



185 



82 



111 



22 



25 



16 



4 



3 



1 



5 



2 



69 

 1 062 



54 



569 



54 



(D) 



2 

 (D) 



53 

 275 



71 

 536 

 187 



47 

 257 



62 



53 



279 



106 



3 



12 

 4 



516 



1 213 



301 



245 



168 



119 



57 



37 



77 



19 



9 



2 



414 



848 



2 



689 



43 

 42 

 117 

 113 



867 

 632 



6 

 130 

 170 



1 017 

 16 599 



463 



499 



45 



9 



1 



891 



9 292 



863 



(D) 



535 



312 



15 



1 



(D) 



609 



3 263 



703 



4 044 



911 



10 441 



3 430 



655 



5 399 



1 358 

 602 



5 042 



2 073 



82 

 485 

 212 



854 



2 716 



813 



688 



532 



333 



156 



94 



238 



58 



14 



7 



941 



1 847 



10 



1 484 



353 



129 

 120 

 208 

 260 



2 293 



1 773 



24 

 254 

 395 



32 



696 

 2 985 



1 023 

 821 

 688 

 407 

 250 

 154 

 326 

 100 



1 020 



2 096 



15 

 1 697 



162 

 165 

 175 

 287 



2 938 

 2 352 



25 

 302 

 271 



827 



1 978 



10 



1 648 



129 

 146 

 121 

 322 



2 918 



26 

 269 

 177 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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