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Table 3. — Percentage of cropper and tenant labor in the plantation area in 1920 
{328 counties), 1 measured by number of farms or farmers 
[Compiled from census bulletins, 1920] 
Numbers 
Per cent 
Section 
All farms 
(including 
owners) 
Croppers 
Tenants 
Croppers 
Tenants 
Texas 
182, 829 
88,591 
194, 998 
94, 039 
53, 931 
194, 935 
4,031 
172, 694 
162, 268 
90, 548 
12, 770 
36, 636 
24, 496 
74, 301 
34, 957 
14, 183 
40, 198 
662 
64, 725 
40, 794 
19, 935 
2,634 
68, 091 
34, LS6 
72, 606 
31, 450 
19, 789 
81,971 
1,021 
62, 263 
69. 900 
33, 309 
3,780 
20.0 
27.6 
38.1 
37.2 
26.3 
20.6 
16.4 
37.5 
25. 1 
22.0 
20.6 
37. 2 
38.6 
37.2 
33. 4 
36. 7 
42. 1 
Florida - .. - 
25. 3 
36. 1 
South Carolina - . - - - 
43. 1 
36. 8 
Virginia ' - 
29.6 
Total 
1, 251, 634 
353, 521 
478, 366 
28.2 
38. 2 
1 For the counties included in each State, see Figure 1. 
Table 4. — Proportions of the tenant classes in 328 plantation counties, 1 in 1920, 
measured by the number of farms 
Total 
tenant 
farms 
Percentage of the different classes of tenant farms 
Section 
Share 
Share- 
cash 
Standing 
Cash 
Total 
Texas . 
Number 
104, 727 
58, 682 
146, 907 
66, 407 
33, 972 
122, 169 
1,683 
126, 988 
110, 694 
53, 244 
6,414 
Per cent 
90.6 
66.2 
49.6 
51. I 
46.7 
36.4 
26.1 
29.0 
50.4 
74.0 
96.3 
Per cent 
3.6 
3.4 
4.5 
9.5 
1.2 
.4 
. 1 
.4 
.6 
.8 
.2 
Per cent 
1.2 
6.4 
13.6 
1.0 
13.9 
13.3 
.1 
52.0 
31.9 
13.6 
.0 
Per cent 
4.6 
24.0 
32.3 
38.4 
38.2 
49.9 
73.7 
18.6 
17. 1 
11.6 
3.5 
Per cent 
100. 
Louisiana. ..... . . 
100. 
100. 
100. 
Tennessee ... . . .. . . 
100.0 
100. 
Florida - .. 
100. 
Georgia.. .. . . 
100. 
South Carolina 
100. 
North Carolina ... . 
100. 
Virginia . ... .. . 
100. 
Total 
831, 887 
53.8 
2.4 
17.9 
25.9 
100.0 
1 For the counties included in each State, see Figure 1. 
Table 5. 
■Tenancy in 93 selected counties in 1920, measured by improved acreage, 
{not including croppers) 
Part I. White and Colored 
Improved 
acres in 
tenant 
farms (ex- 
clusive of 
croppers) 
Percentage distribution of improved rented land 
according to kind of tenure 
Plantation area 
Share 
• Share- 
cash 
Standing 
Cash 
Total 
Texas- Arkansas ... . ... 
- 554,553 
151, 779 
695, 584 
403, 876 
181, 484 
741, 094 
387, 830 
10, 244 
688, 382 
601, 585 
309, 875 
490, 568 
86.9 
59.8 
38.2 
42.7 
72.5 
21.1 
63.7 
34.3 
22.5 
64.7 
73.8 
87.2 
4.2 
6. 9 
5.1 
2.0 
.5 
.6 
.6 
. 5 
1.3 
1.7 
2.6 
0.7 
16.1 
9.0 
7.9 
.1 
9.4 
13.3 
.0 
56.2 
14.6 
. 5 
.1 
8.2 
23.4 
45.9 
44.3 
25.4 
69.0 
22.4 
65. 1 
20.8 
19.4 
24.0 
10. 1 
100.0 
Louisiana .. . .. . . 
100.0 
Mississippi Delta . . . 
100.0 
Arkansas-Tennessee.. 
100.0 
Missouri .. 
100.0 
Alabama-Mississippi Black Belt 
Northern Alabama.... .. 
100.0 
100.0 
Florida 
100.0 
Georgia. 
100.0 
North Carolina-South Carolina 
100.0 
Sugarcane . 
100.0 
Puce 
100.0 
Total 
5, 216, 854 
52.7 
2.5 
13.8 
31.0 
100.0 
