OWNERSHIP OF TENANT FARMS IN THE UNITED STATES 
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New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio were owned by out-of-State 
residents in 1900. 
Comparing the degree of absenteeism which existed in 1900 for 
the various States with that which existed in 1920 for the limited 
areas studied, it appears that there has been little tendency toward 
an increase in the amount of absenteeism in any of the areas. In 
most of the areas the amount of absenteeism in 1920 was less than 
that which existed for the State as a whole in 1900 (Table 11). 
Table 11. — Location of rented farms in relation to residence of owners, selected 
States, 1900, and selected areas, 1920 
1900 
1920 
Percentage of 
rented farms 
owned by land- 
lords resident 
State and location of farms 
Counties 
studied 
Percentage of rented 
farms owned by 
landlords resident 
State contain- 
ing farms 
Out of 
the 
county 
Out of 
the 
State 
Total 
Group » 
Out of 
the 
county 
Out Of 
the 
State 
Out of 
the 
county 
and the 
adjoin- 
ing 
counties- 
New York 
Per cent 
19.1 
25.9 
18.9 
22.3 
23.2 
24.1 
20.6 
27.4 
32.3 
41.0 
32.3 
20.8 
26.6 
21.4 
16.8 
16.2 
21.3 
15.5 
19.4 
19.8 
18.2 
18.1 
36.6 
Per cent 
3.2 
11.4 
3.2 
3.3 
5.3 
5.0 
4.5 
7.4 
14.8 
24.1 
15.9 
13.0 
11.5 
6.4 
2.7 
2.9 
2.3 
2.5 
3.9 
6.2 
5.2 
1.9 
3.7 
New York, western 
Number 
5 
5 
9 
11 
11 
10 
8 
6 
7 
11 
11 
10 
3 
9 
2 
9 
6 
6 
3 
8 
3 
5 
4 
4 
5 
4 
9 
Number 
1 
2,3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12,13 
14 
15 
16 
17 
18,19 
20,21 
22 
23 
24 
25 
26 
27 
28 
29 
30 
31 
Per cent 
15.5 
17.2 
12.3 
20.9 
24.8 
25.6 
22.0 
17.6 
32.5 
26.5 
38.4 
29.7 
20.3 
25.7 
6.3 
18.9 
12.1 
19.0 
12.5 
17.2 
17.8 
12.6 
17.0 
20.3 
35.8 
13.1 
34.1 
Per cent 
2.5 
6.5 
2.0 
4.4 
5.2 
6.4 
6.4 
3.3 
9.2 
5.8 
25.1 
8.0 
11.2 
12.2 
2.4 
6.3 
5.9 
0.6 
2.2 
1.0 
1.6 
3.0 
1.2 
6.8 
17.0 
0.8 
1.4 
Per cent 
5.0 
New Jersey 
Pennsylvania .. 
Ohio. 
New York and New Jersey, 
scattered. 
Pennsylvania, southeastern. 
Ohio, western 
9.7 
3.7 
44 
Illinois 
Illinois, northern 
8.5 
Illinois, central 
11.4 
Michigan 
Michigan, southern 
7.0 
Wisconsin 
Wisconsin, southern 
4.5 
Iowa. 
Iowa, northwestern 
14.6 
North Dakota.. 
Iowa, central 
9.6 
South Dakota. . 
Kansas 
North Dakota and South 
Dakota, eastern. 
Kansas, central 
25.7 
14.0 
Delaware 
Delaware (all) 
8.5 
Maryland 
Maryland, eastern 
12.2 
Virginia 
Virginia, eastern 
3.6 
North Carolina 
South Carolina- 
Georgia 
Virginia and North Caro- 
lina, central. 
North Carolina and South 
Carolina, central. 
Georgia, northeastern.. 
Kentucky, western 
3.1 
2.4 
3.5 
1.8 
Kentucky.. ... 
Kentucky, central 
2.3 
Alabama 
Alabama, central 
6.2 
Mississippi 
Mississippi, western 
5.7 
Louisiana. 
Texas 
Louisiana, south central 
Oklahoma, south central 
Oklahoma, southwestern 
Texas, central. .... 
1.8 
8.1 
25.3 
5.4 
California 
California, north central 
All areas studied, 24 States.. 
15.6 
United States .. 
21.2 
5.3 
184 
1-31 
19.6 
5.1 
7.5 
1 See footnote 4 on p. 3. 
To those with a local interest and to those who realize how divergent 
conditions may be within a State, county statistics are usually of 
greater significance than statistics for a State as a whole. In Figure 9 
the percentage of rented farms owned by landlords resident neither in 
the county nor in any of the adjoining counties is shown by counties 
for the 184 counties studied. 
