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Table 8. — Rented acreage grouped by number of rented acres held by the owners, 
selected areas, 1920 
Counties 
studied 
Area 
studied 
Percentage of acreage held by land- 
lords owning — 
State and location 
Total 
Group 1 
Less 
than 
100 
acres 
100- 
199 
acres 
200 
or 
more 
acres 
500 
or 
more 
acres 
1,000 
or 
more 
acres 
2,500 
or 
more 
acres 
New York, western . - .. . 
Xo. 
5 
5 
9 
No. 
1 
2,3 
4 
1,000 
acres 
390 
438 
1,175 
P.ct. 
22.5 
9.4 
26.5 
P.ct. 
45.7 
42.9 
45.3 
P. ct. 
31.8 
47.7 
28.2 
P.ct. 
6.7 
10.1 
6.1 
P.ct. 
2.8 
3.8 
2.7 
P.ct. 
0.9 
New York and New Jersey, scattered 
Pennsylvania, sonthfiastern 
.7 
.9 
Three Northeastern States.. ... 
19 
1-4 
2,003 
22.0 
448 
33.2 
7.1 
3.0 
.9 
Ohio, •western _. . 
11 
11 
10 
8 
6 
11 
11 
10 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12,13 
14 
1,103 
1,932 
2,664 
773 
673 
1,466 
1,806 
2,630 
1,940 
25.2 
7.2 
6.1 
23.8 
14.' 9 
3.0 
6.8 
.2 
2.0 
36.9 
34 1 
26.6 
47.2 
46.9 
27.3 
32.2 
5.8 
17.6 
37.9 
58.7 
67.3 
29.0 
38.2 
69.7 
61.0 
94 
80.4 
9.4 
15.6 
25.4 
3.5 
4 1 
25.1 
16.5 
50.4 
38.3 
3.1 
44 
10.2 
.6 
. 5 
7.3 
3.9 
20.3 
16.5 
1.7 
Illinois, northern 
1.2 
Illinois, central . 
42 
Michigan, southern 

Wisconsin, southern 

Iowa, northwestern 
10 
Iowa, central . ..... 
.6 
North Dakota and South Dakota, eastern. 
Kansas, central 
6.2 
46 
Eight North Central States 
85 
5-14 
14, 9S7 
7.2 
26.2 
66.6 
25.8 
9.6 
2.9 
Delaware (all) .... ... .. . 
3 
9 
2 
15 
16 
17 
404 
672 
128 
15.0 
9.2 
25.9 
35. 9 1 49. 1 
20.2 
32.7 
13.7 
8.6 
13.9 
47 
1.4 
Mar viand, eastern ........ 
20.5 
26.9 
70.3 
47.2 
3.0 
Virginia, eastern . 
.7 
Chesapeake- Delaware Peninsula 
14 
15-17 
1.204 
12.9 
26.4 
60.7 
26.4 
11.1 
2.2 
Virginia and North Carolina, combined 
central. .... _....... 
9 
6 
6 
3 
8 
18,19 
20,21 
22 
23 
24 
1,113 
597 
420 
248 
337 
16.6 
17.9 
20.3 
26.7 
24.0 
22.7 
22.7 
27.5 
24 6 
27.0 
60.7 
59.4 
52.2 
48.7 
49.0 
25.6 
28.5 
20.6 
17.3 
13.4 
10.1 
11.8 
7.4 
46 
41 
1.5 
North Carolina and South Carolina com- 
bined central . . . 
3.0 
Georgia, northeastern . 
.7 
Kentuckv, western ..... 

Kentucky, central. . . 

Five Southeastern States. .... 
32 
18-24 
2,715 
19.3 
24.1 
56.6 
23.2 
8.8 
1.4 
Alabama, central. . . 
3 
5 
4 
25 
26 
27 
504 
945 
234 
8.7 
9.6 
17.3 
12.8 
12.2 
22.3 
78.5 
78.2 
60.4 
51.9 
57. 7 
31.5 
31.0 
37.5 
13.1 
6.4 
Mississippi, western. . _. .. . 
14 
Louisiana, south central 
6.7 
Three South Central States 
12 
25-27 
1,683 
10.4 
13.8 
75.8 
52.3 
32.2 
10.7 
Oklahoma, south central. _ . ... 
4 
5 
4 
28 
29 
30 
439 
815 
1,139 
16.3 
5.0 
16.2 
26. 6 
57. 1 
25.5 
22.5 
241 
7.8 
8.7 
9.1 
.4 
Oklahoma, southwestern . . . . . 
41.1 
26.3 
53.9 
57. 5 
3.2 
Texas, central 
1. 4 
Two Southwest Central States 
13 
2&-30 
2,393 
12.4 
31.3 
56.3 
23.9 
8.8 
1.9 
California, north central 
9 
31 
1,235 
6.6 
7.3 
86.1 
70.8 
53.5 
33.7 
All areas studied 
184 
1-31 
26,220 
10.5 
26. 2 
63.3 
27.8 
12.5 
44 
1 See footnote 4, p. 3. 
