Table 16. Tenure and Characteristics of Operator and Type of Organization for All Farms 

 and Farms Operated by Black and Other Races: 1987, 1982, and 1978 



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



Characteristics 



Farms operated by Black and other races^ 



Tenure of operator: 



All operators ._- farms,, 



acres.- 



Harvested cropland - farms.. 



acres. . 



Full owners farms.- 



acres-- 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres. - 



Part owners farms,. 



acres- - 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres.. 



Tenants farms.. 



acres.. 



Harvested cropland farms,, 



acres -- 



Percent of tenancy percent.. 



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 49 days 



50 to 99 days 



100 to 149 days 



150 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 49 years 



50 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 farms,. 



acres. - 

 Female farms.. 



acres.. 



Operators of Spanish origin (see text) farms.. 



acres.. 



Operators not of Spanish origin farms.. 



Spanish ohgin not reported ,. farms.. 



Type of organization: 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) 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.. 



7.3 



329 



249 



449 

 1 166 

 3 421 



18.8 



932 



311 

 SOS 

 884 

 2 792 

 18.2 



906 



64 



681 

 1 163 



1 118 



1 260 



1 115 

 51.5 



4 831 



570 447 



570 



42 372 



13 



1 428 



(NA) 



(NA) 



4 541 

 429 422 



377 

 63 463 



413 

 91 378 



7 

 (D) 

 358 

 (D) 



8 



1 955 



40 



6 824 



70 

 28 556 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



26 



1 622 



22 



485 



19 



1 059 



15 



142 



4 

 258 



4 

 180 



3 

 505 



3 

 163 



11 

 15,9 



2 

 6 

 6 

 1 

 1 

 3 

 1 

 6 

 53.0 



1 540 



B 



282 



3 



382 



12 



11 



23 

 1 723 



25 



(D) 

 22 

 303 

 23 

 (D) 

 20 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



2 



3 

 11 



5 

 9.8 



3 



4 



6 

 49.2 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



1 

 (D) 



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



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1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



