Table 5. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 1982, 1978, and 



1974-Con. 



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



Characteristics 



Famris operated by Black and other races 1 



1978 



Operator characteristics— Con. 

 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 2 : 



Under 25 years 



25 to 34 years 



35 to 44 years 



45 to 54 years 



55 to 64 years - 



65 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 

 Male farms. 



acres. 

 Female farms. 



acres. 



Operators of Spanish origin farms. 



acres. 



Type of organization: 



Individual or family 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. 



B 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



418 

 2 466 

 4 378 



7 466 



8 097 

 6 137 



53.4 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



37 

 304 

 472 

 842 

 1 113 

 1 031 

 55.3 



3 293 



276 790 



506 



24 300 



30 

 1 821 



3 529 



270 645 



207 



19 119 



47 



10 411 



1 



(D) 



42 



9 124 



4 



(D) 



16 

 915 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



57 



232 



484 



1 186 



1 370 



1 277 



56.2 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



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



2 1974 data apply only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorship) and partnerships; see text 



Table 6. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish Origin, 

 and Specified Racial Groups: 1982 and 1978 



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



Characteristics 



Spanish origin 



Black and other races 



Total 



Black 



American 

 Indian 



Other (see text) 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms _ number, 1982. 



1978. 



Land in farms acres, 1982 



1978. 



Harvested cropland farms. 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982- 



1978. 



1982 FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres __ 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 139 acres _ _ 



140 to 219 acres _ 



220 to 499 acres __ _ 



500 acres or more 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 



Full owners ...farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Part owners _ farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Tenants.. __ farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres. 1982. 



1978- 



53 



131 



8 657 



27 279 



43 



114 



2 449 



11 420 



40 

 72 



4 476 



11 223 



12 



41 



(D) 



14 077 



1 



18 



(D) 



1 979 



3 170 



3 799 



241 659 



301 090 



2 790 



3 397 

 120 576 

 136 287 



426 



1 442 



902 



198 



161 

 41 



1 747 



2 042 

 113 489 

 128 084 



1 055 



1 258 



108 648 



148 446 



368 



499 



19 522 



24 560 



3 147 



3 773 



237 454 



297 330 



2 768 



3 373 

 117 686 

 134 515 



425 

 1 433 

 894 

 197 

 160 

 38 



1 730 



2 031 

 110 147 

 126 971 



1 052 



1 246 



107 970 



145 994 



365 



496 



19 337 



24 365 



17 



18 



2 280 



2 537 



16 



16 



1 223 



1 222 



11 



8 



1 417 



667 



3 



7 



678 



1 675 



3 



3 



185 



195 



6 

 2 



1 925 



(D) 



6 



2 



1 667 



(D) 



6 

 1 925 



2 



(D) 



6 

 (D) 



6 

 (D) 



3 

 446 



3 

 (D) 



4 SOUTH CAROLINA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



