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 



All farms 



1978 



F£U7ns operated by Black and other races^ 



1982 



1974 



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^: 



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. 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



383 

 2 713 

 5 282 

 7 767 

 7 643 

 4 585 



51.7 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



10 

 2 109 981 



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



^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 



Female 



Spanish origin 



Black and other races 



Total 



American 

 Indian 



Asian 



Other (see text) 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number. 



Land in fanns acres, 



Han/ested cropland farnis, 



acres, 



1982 FARMS BY SIZE 



1982. 

 1978.. 

 1982.. 

 1978., 

 1982., 

 1978., 

 1982. 

 1978.. 



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. 



Pan owners ...farms. 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



Tenants farms, 1982. 



1978. 



acres, 1982. 



1978. 



51 



42 



1 331 



9 296 



25 



26 



395 



3 977 



40 



32 



1 096 



3 249 



4 



4 



124 



6 003 



7 



6 



111 



44 



187 



168 



185 443 



195 033 



126 



124 



10 669 



13 329 



131 



106 



151 093 



126 716 



44 



48 



27 050 



49 068 



12 



12 



7 300 



19 249 



121 



139 



16 761 



22 023 



99 



120 



8 667 



11 426 



28 



71 



10 



4 



5 

 3 



96 



101 



3 107 



5 993 



17 



28 



13 088 



14 758 



8 



10 



566 



1 272 



4 WASHINGTON 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



