Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987 -Con. 



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



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



Farming 



Total 



Age of operator (years) 



25 to 34 



TENURE AND RACE OF 

 OPERATOR 



AN operators 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants _._ ._ 



White - , 



Full owners - 



Part owners — 



Tenants 



Black and other races 



Full owners 



Part owners-- _ 



Tenants 



OWNED AND RENTED LAND 



Land owned _-_ farms,. 



acres.. 



Owned land in farms _ _ farms.. 



acres.. 



Land rented or leased from others _ farms.. 



acres.. 



Rented or leased land in farms _. farms.. 



acres.. 



Land rented or leased to others farms_. 



acres,. 



OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 



Operators by place of residence: 



On farm operated 



Not on larm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other 



Operators by days ot work off farm: 



None 



Any 



1 to 99 days 



100 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 



Female 



Operators of Spanish origin (see text) 



FARMS BY TYPE OF 

 ORGANIZATION 



Individual or family (sole proprietorship) farms.. 



acres.. 



Partnership farms.. 



acres. . 

 Corporation: 



Family held farms.. 



acres,. 



More than 10 stockholders farms.. 



10 or less stockholders ,_. farms.. 



Other than family held farms., 



acres.. 



More than 10 stockholders farms., 



10 or less stockholders farms.. 



Other— cooperative, estate or tnjst, 

 institutional, etc farms., 



acres. . 



See footnotes at end of table. 



4 918 

 960 

 338 



3 174 

 3 042 



2 371 



3 516 

 552 

 681 



2 283 



329 



249 



449 



1 165 



3 421 



18.8 



932 



50 



590 



1 477 



687 



642 



642 

 663 

 595 

 870 

 52.6 



5 415 

 801 



24 



2 510 

 47S 

 189 



861 

 399 

 236 

 226 



106 

 192 

 517 

 1 862 

 21.6 



497 



30 

 310 

 663 

 258 

 246 



293 

 356 

 400 

 618 

 54.7 



2 752 

 422 



15 

 587 



15 

 587 



20 

 3 258 



20 

 3 258 



1 

 11 

 5 



3.8 



13 



22.5 

 22 



24 



2 062 



4 



(D) 



2 

 (D) 



310 

 130 

 91 



309 

 130 

 91 

 88 



221 

 19 644 



221 

 19 467 



181 

 11 089 



180 

 11 007 



8 

 259 



216 

 83 



11 



170 



123 



70 



25 



28 



42 

 55 

 118 

 58 

 6.5 



264 

 46 



236 



20 381 



28 



(D) 



36 

 (D) 



6 

 296 



4 

 2 076 



663 



347 



231 



85 



661 



346 



231 



84 



2 

 1 



521 



107 



35 



365 

 247 



28 



71 



180 



291 



10.6 



93 



663 



39.7 



511 

 152 



495 



52 454 



69 



14 287 



82 

 23 832 



328 

 8 



504 



315 



163 



26 



501 



314 



162 



25 



3 

 1 

 1 

 1 



478 



57 152 



478 



56 574 



192 

 18 284 



189 

 18 038 



28 

 824 



387 

 84 



33 



298 

 169 

 71 

 64 

 44 



22 



29 



99 



282 



1S.8 



72 



258 

 246 



434 

 70 



649 



370 



244 



35 



647 



368 



244 



35 



2 

 2 



520 

 90 

 39 



414 

 158 

 74 

 49 

 35 



5 



23 



61 



456 



25.0 



104 



293 

 356 



S9.7 

 583 



68 MASSACHUSETTS 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



