OWNERSHIP OF TENANT FARMS IN THE UNITED STATES 27 
Table 14. — Extent to which farm landlords resided on farms, selected areas, 1920 
Areas of study 
Landlords report- 
ing residence 
States 
Counties 
Total 
Total 
Group i 
Percent- 
age 
residing 
on farms 
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.. 
Delaware, Maryland 
Ohio, Illinois, Iowa. 
Michigan, Wisconsin 
Xorth Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas , 
Virginia, Kentucky, Xorth Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia 
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana 
Oklahoma, Texas.. 
California 
All areas studied , 
Xumber 
19 
12 
50 
14 
21 
34 
12 
13 
Xumber 
Xumber 
1-4 
2.834 
15,16 
791 
-7, 10, 11 
9,413 
8.9 
1,889 
12-14 
2,810 
17-24 
2,907 
25-27 
955 
28-30 
2,051 
31 
612 
Per cent 
37 
34 
30 
46 
47 
66 
184 
1-31 
24, 342 
See footnote 4 on p. 3. 
2 Includes 80 landlords of scattered areas. 
EXTENT TO WHICH FARM LANDLORDS OWN LAND LN MORE THAN ONE COUNTY AND 
STATE 
Of 274,743 rented farms indexed for ownership in 1920, 3.2 per cent 
were apparently owned in 1920 by persons who owned rented farms 
in two or more of the 184 counties. Of the rented farms owned by 
persons who owned in two or more counties, 84.3 per cent were owned 
by persons who resided in one of these counties and 94.4 per cent 
were owned by persons who resided in one of the States in which they 
owned. 8 
Landlords to the number of 21.738 replied to questions asking the 
number of States and counties in which they owned land. Of the 
21,738 landlords replying 3.2 per cent stated that they owned in more 
than one State and 11.7 per cent that they owned in more than one 
county. Only three had land in more than six counties (Table 15). 
Table 15. — Extent to which owners of rented farm land owned land in one or more 
counties and States in 1920 a 
Number of States in which 
land was owned 
Landlords 
Number of counties in which 
land was owned 
Landlords 
One. 
Number 
21,035 
Per cent 
96.8 
One- 
Xu mber 
19, 191 
Per cent 
88.3 
Two 
Two... 
637 
59 
6 
1 
2.9 
.3 
M 
(•) 
1,967 
405 
109 
46 
17 
1 
1 
1 
9.0 
Three 
Three 
1.9 
Four 
Four 
.5 
Five 
Five. 
.2 
Six_._. 
.1 
Seven 
(°) 
Eight 
(°) 
Eleven. 
(") 
More than one.. 
703 
3.2 
2.547 
11 7 
Total 
Total 
21,738 
100.0 
21,738 
100.0 
° Less than 0.05 per cent. 
8 Even if it were assumed that all errors and omissions could be eliminated from an index to the owner- 
ship of the rented farms of the United States, it would not be possible to determine with accuracy the 
extent to which the rented farms are owned by persons who own rented farms in one county only, in two 
counties, in three counties, in one State, in two States, etc., unless the index was made to include data 
on the ownership of every rented farm in the country. The information presented herewith, limited as 
it is to a somewhat incomplete index to the ownership of rented farms in 184 counties, has no such claim 
to completeness and freedom from error. 
