Table 5. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization: 

 1978 



1982 and 



[For meaning o( abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Characteristics 



South Carolina 



Abbeville 



Anderson 



Bamberg 



FARMS 



Land in farms . 



Harvested cropland _ 



.farms. 1982- 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



_ farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978- 



TENURE OF OPERATOR 

 Full owners 



Harvested cropland _ 



farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



farms, 1982. 



1978. 

 acres, 1982. 

 1978. 



Part owners farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Owned land in farms acres, 1982- 



1978_ 



Rented land in farms acres, 1982.. 



1978.. 



Harvested cropland farms, 1982.. 



1978. 



acres. 1982. 



1978. 



Tenants . 



Harvested cropland _ 



.farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



-farms. 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 

 On farm operated 1982. 



1978. 

 Not on farm operated 1982. 



1978. 

 Not reported 1982. 



1978. 



Operators by principal occupation: 

 Farming 1982. 



1978. 

 Other _ 1982. 



1978. 



Operators by days of work off farm: 

 None 1982 



1978. 

 Any „ 1982. 



1978. 



1 to 49 days _ _ 1982 



1978. 

 50 to 99 days _ 1982 



1978. 

 100 to 149 days 1982. 



1978. 

 150 to 199 days 1982. 



1978. 

 200 days or more _ 1982 



1978. 



Not reported 1982. 



1978. 



1 982 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 1982 



1978. 

 25 to 34 years _ 1982. 



1978. 

 35 to 44 years __ 1982 



1978. 

 45 to 54 years 1982 



1978. 

 55 to 64 years 1982. 



1978. 

 65 years and over _ __ 1982 



1978. 

 Average age _ _ 1982 



1978. 



8 013 



9 092 



2 870 422 



3 273 274 

 1 415 660 

 1 626 196 

 1 454 762 

 1 647 078 



7 525 



8 672 

 1 669 178 

 1 790 890 



2 160 



2 663 



284 142 



351 633 



1 982 



2 476 

 202 345 

 233 974 



344 

 328 

 89 

 76 

 44 

 70 



161 

 162 

 316 

 312 



132 

 126 

 313 

 331 



23 



34 

 10 

 21 

 15 

 17 

 26 

 29 

 239 

 230 



32 



17 



14 



36 



64 



244 



19.1 



119 



3 

 6 

 37 

 55 

 79 

 66 

 93 

 120 



131 

 123 

 134 

 104 

 55.3 

 53.3 



455 

 481 

 148 

 167 

 77 

 95 



250 

 267 

 430 

 476 



187 

 213 

 439 

 507 



24 

 47 

 22 

 27 



17 

 18 

 46 

 27 

 330 

 388 



54 

 23 



36 

 61 

 131 

 296 

 16.1 

 156 



10 



16 



71 



93 



129 



109 



148 



211 



187 

 191 

 135 

 123 

 52.3 

 51.1 



103 

 131 

 46 

 42 

 13 

 34 



96 

 111 

 66 

 96 



76 



82 



76 



115 



4 

 12 

 2 

 11 

 4 

 8 

 5 

 4 

 61 

 80 



10 

 10 



10 

 12 

 19 

 78 

 19.8 

 43 



5 

 1 

 18 

 28 

 37 

 43 

 28 

 49 



41 

 47 

 33 

 39 

 51.1 

 50.9 



1 127 



1 153 



174 249 



192 040 



825 



913 



61 360 



67 737 



735 



753 



80 447 



87 981 



488 



552 



13 676 



17 312 



329 



323 



86 802 



94 927 



37 210 



41 455 



49 592 



53 472 



288 



294 



44 055 



44 918 



63 



77 



7 000 



9 132 



49 



67 



3 629 



5 507 



823 

 837 

 191 

 184 

 113 

 132 



387 

 406 

 740 

 747 



326 

 335 

 724 

 770 



38 

 80 

 26 

 37 

 37 

 34 

 45 

 52 

 578 

 567 



77 

 48 



41 

 90 

 151 

 561 

 18.5 

 284 



15 

 14 

 81 

 114 

 211 

 200 

 227 

 252 



330 

 304 

 263 

 269 

 54.0 

 53.3 



212 

 226 

 51 

 63 

 44 

 44 



155 

 200 

 152 

 133 



111 

 159 

 174 

 162 



19 



20 



7 



9 



12 



11 



19 



17 



117 



105 



22 



12 



21 

 18 

 45 

 141 

 18.8 

 82 



9 

 5 

 43 

 33 

 59 

 53 

 51 

 82 



74 



111 



71 



49 



51.4 



51.9 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-COUNTY DATA 



SOUTH CAROLINA 153 



