APPENDIX BASIC STATISTICS 



continental United States, by type of ownership, size class, and section, 1953 ' 



613 



Small private holdings— Continued 



Medium private holdings 



Large private holdings 





1 

 100 to 500 acres 1 500 to 5,000 acres 



(5,000 to 50,000 acres) 



(50,000 acres and larger) 



Operating 

 area 



Productivity 



Operating 

 area 



Productivity 



Operating 

 area 



Productivity 



Operating 

 area 



Productivity 



Upper 



Medium 



Lower 



Upper 



Medi- 

 um 



Lower 



Upper 



Medi- 

 um 



Lower 



Upper 



Medi- 

 um 



Lower 



Thousand 

 acres 

 6,717 

 242 



Percent 

 55 

 41 



Percent 

 35 

 34 



Percent 

 10 

 25 



Thousand 

 acres 

 1,170 

 578 



Percent 

 41 

 60 



Percent 

 25 

 23 



Percent 

 34 

 17 



Thousand 



acres 



84 



800 



604 



265 



3,873 



Percent 

 100 

 64 

 81 

 56 

 56 



Percent 



Percent 



Thousand 

 acres 



Percent 



Percent 



Percent 



32 



17 

 25 

 34 



4 

 2 

 19 

 10 



653 

 6,393 



290 

 5,393 



90 

 65 

 48 

 78 



10 

 34 

 52 

 19 



1 



1 

 2,381 





100 

 36 



--- 



9 

 1,945 



100 

 44 









45 



19 



37 



3 



9,341 



52 



55 



13 



3,702 



46 



21 



33 



5,626 



61 



30 



9 



12,729 



71 



27 



2 



13, 995 

 617 



36 



25 



34 



58 



30 

 17 



6,604 



469 



85 



34 



3,617 



40 

 59 

 24 

 100 

 34 



43 

 20 

 76 



17 

 21 



1,599 

 4,263 

 172 

 1,574 

 5,126 



52 

 70 

 100 

 72 

 56 



30 

 22 



18 

 8 











6,349 



8,663 



509 



3,813 



75 

 96 

 100 

 54 



20 

 3 



5 

 1 



37 

 4,928 





100 

 33 



32 



27 

 28 



1 

 16 





35 



35 



31 



23 



23 



19, 577 



35 



35 



30 



10,809 



39 



40 



21 



12, 734 



63, 



26 



11 



19, 334 



81 



13 



6 



1,411 

 107 



29 

 32 



54 

 50 



17 

 18 



2,071 



783 



6 



35 



925 



48 

 56 



80' 

 67 



41 

 33 

 50 

 20 

 38 



11 

 11 

 50 



5 



471 



2,588 

 190 

 283 

 707 



56 



82 

 58 

 91 



48 



30 

 13 



6 

 9 

 41 



14 



5 



36 



11 



345 



6,458 



1,289 



74 



2,118 



84 

 79 

 100 



75' 



16 

 20 



i 



2 

 1,275 



100 

 48 







7 

 19 



93 



32 



20 



6 



2,795 



37 



44 



19 



3,820 



55 



36 



9 



4,239 



73 



19 



8 



10,284 



80 



17 



3 



22,123 

 966 



41 

 30 



36 



51 



23 

 19 



9, 845 42 



1, 830 58 



91 22 



78 91 



6, 487 42 



40 

 27 

 75 

 9 

 29 



18 

 15 

 3 



29' 



2,154 

 7,651 

 966 

 2,122 

 9,706 



55 

 74 

 79 

 73 

 56 



29 

 20 

 12 

 24 

 31 



16 

 6 

 9 

 3 



13 



345 

 13,460 

 16, 345 



873 

 11,324 



84 

 78 

 84 

 74 

 69 



16 

 19 

 15 

 18 

 21 



3 



1 



40 



8,584 



5 

 40 



95 

 33 



27' 



8 

 10 



31,713 



40 



36 



24 



18, 331 



44 



35 



21 



22,599 



64 



26 



10 



42, 347 



78 



18 



4 



- Includes ownerships containing 3 to 100 acres of commercial forest land 

 in the East and 10 to 100 acres in the West. 

 3 Less than 0.5 percent. 



* E.xcludes 1,537 thousand acres of commercial forest land in large private 

 ownerships on which access was denied. The proportion of this in operating 

 status is not l^nown. 



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