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



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



Other occupations 



Total 



Age of operator (years) 



55 to 64 



TENURE AND RACE OF 

 OPERATOR 



All 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,- 



Owned land in famis 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 farm operated 



Not reported 



Operators by principal occupation: 



Farming 



Other _ 



Operators by days of 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 trust, 



institutional, etc, farms. 



acres. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



3 042 



2 341 

 523 

 178 



3 029 

 2 330 



521 

 178 



13 



11 

 2 



2 408 

 485 

 149 



387 



2 655 



153 



445 



2 057 



143 

 257 

 648 

 1 559 

 15.9 



435 



20 

 280 

 814 

 429 

 396 



349 

 307 

 195 

 252 

 50.5 



2 663 

 379 



10 

 574 



10 

 574 



11 

 176 



11 

 176 



20 



4 

 5 

 3 



3.3 



8 



20 

 760 



280 

 160 



279 

 159 



229 

 15 660 



229 

 15 426 



120 

 4 810 



120 

 4 766 



16 

 278 



191 

 79 

 10 



280 



15 



265 



14 



44 



207 



65 



48 

 6.3 



280 



239 

 41 



238 



13 383 



23 



2 132 



12 

 884 



4 

 3 769 



160 

 65 



810 



586 



159 



65 



4 

 3 

 1 



663 

 123 

 28 



36 

 778 



29 

 124 

 625 



252 

 303 

 9.3 



97 



706 

 108 



708 



35 079 



54 



3 191 



41 

 1 776 



41 



6 



5 

 1 963 



825 



648 



146 



31 



821 



644 



146 



31 



4 

 4 



664 



131 



30 



42 

 783 



33 

 122 

 628 



27 

 58 



183 

 450 

 14.0 



107 



429 

 396 



735 

 90 



743 



45 605 



38 



3 992 



33 



2 741 



1 



32 



7 

 847 



656 



537 



105 



14 



654 



536 



104 



14 



2 



1 



1 



539 

 84 

 33 



80 

 576 



34 

 104 

 438 



10 

 24 



88 

 450 

 22.0 



84 



349 

 307 



589 

 67 



572 



39 290 



35 



2 121 



37 

 1 307 



37 



3 

 (D) 



2 

 1 



447 



398 



42 



7 



445 



396 



42 



7 



2 

 2 



340 

 61 

 46 



212 



235 



42 



47 



146 



5 

 7 



29 

 308 

 30.7 



195 

 252 

 72,1 



379 

 68 



388 



26 699 



30 



3 823 



20 

 1 763 



(D) 



2 



(D) 



1 



1 



7 

 (D) 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE -STATE DATA 



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