Table 17. Selected Characteristics of Farms Operated by Females, Persons of Spanish 

 Origin, and Specified Racial Groups: 1987 and 1982 -Con. 



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



Characteristics 



1987 OPERATOR 

 CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on farm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Ottier __ — 



Operators by days of work off farm: 



None 



Any 



1 to 99 days..- 



too 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 54 years 



55 to 59 years 



60 to 64 years 



65 to 69 years __ 



70 years and over 



Average age 



Operators by sex: 



Male 



Female 



Operators of Spanlsti origin' 



1987 COMMODITY CREDIT 

 CORPORATION LOANS AND 

 GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 



Amount received from Commodity Credit 

 Corporation loans 



Government payments received . 



.. farms., 

 $1,000_, 



._ farms. 

 $1,000. 



Female 

 operators 



681 

 93 

 27 



422 



379 



342 

 640 

 89 

 325 

 226 



54 



92 



200 



356 



14.7 



13 



87 



260 



160 



65 



(X) 



801 



Operators of 

 Spanisfi origin 1 



1 

 3 

 3 

 13 



17.5 



1 

 2 

 5 

 7 

 2 

 3 

 3 

 1 

 50.0 



Farms operated by Black and ottier races 



11 

 15.9 



2 

 6 



7 

 1 

 3 

 1 

 6 

 53.0 



2 



7 



22.8 



4 

 57.9 



American Indian 



(D) 



2 



4 

 5.5 



Other 

 (see text) 



2 



2 



3 



16.7 



1 



2 



52.5 



'See chapter 1. table 16 for operators not of or not reporting Spanish origin. 



22 MASSACHUSETTS 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



