Table 51. Summary by Size of Farm: 1987-Con. 



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



140 to 179 

 acres 



180 to 219 

 acres 



220 to 259 

 acres 



260 to 499 

 acres 



500 to 999 

 acres 



1 ,000 to 1 ,999 

 acres 



2,000 acres or 

 more 



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-. 



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 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. 



324 

 186 



lie 



20 



186 



117 

 20 



269 

 33 

 22 



195 

 129 



154 



147 



23 



3 



17 



42 



208 



24.0 



54 



26 

 70 

 29 

 33 



32 

 42 

 37 

 55 

 54.5 



290 

 34 



258 



40 338 



34 



6 343 



26 



3 981 



1 



25 



2 

 (D) 



4 

 (D) 



264 



158 



92 



14 



157 

 92 

 14 



19 



222 



33 



9 



175 

 89 



112 

 128 

 36 

 29 

 63 



24 



5 



5 



32 



182 



25.6 



40 



16 

 31 



30 

 43 

 27 

 54 

 67.4 



246 

 18 



208 



41 224 



32 



6 329 



21 

 4 154 



163 



128 



26 



9 



6 



9 



20 



102 



22.B 



26 



17 

 29 

 15 

 20 



21 

 16 



13 



32 

 55,3 



154 

 9 



125 



29 779 



21 



5 021 



13 

 3 069 



3 

 590 



1 

 (D) 



3 

 (D) 



200 

 20 



385 



166 



200 



19 



366 



102 956 



366 



102 312 



220 

 31 894 



220 

 31 882 



20 

 656 



312 

 51 

 23 



302 

 84 



227 

 142 

 38 

 42 

 62 



9 



15 



48 



246 



23.6 



3 

 33 

 70 

 42 

 35 



50 

 61 



35 



57 



54.3 



362 

 24 



126 



52 



69 



5 



126 



52 



121 

 61 707 



121 

 60 822 



74 

 19 209 



74 

 19 144 



9 

 950 



105 

 15 

 6 



105 

 21 



3 

 4 



12 



83 



25.8 



24 



21 

 20 

 20 



17 

 11 



15 



13 



53.2 



122 

 4 



71 

 44 384 



23 

 16 556 



23 

 13 809 



(D) 



23 



(D) 



23 



26 620 



11 

 7 400 



11 

 7 400 



3 

 (D) 



19.4 

 9 



1 

 1 

 10 

 2 

 3 



2 

 1 

 2 



4 

 60.9 



9 784 



2 



(D) 



10 



(D) 



1 



9 



(D) 



5 



(D) 



5 



23 848 



1 

 (D) 



1 



2 



20.3 



1 

 1 



47.8 



1 

 (D) 



3 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



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