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BULLETIN 1432, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 
Table 7. — Farm landlords grouped by number of rented acres held, selected 
areas, 1920 
Counties 
studied 
Land- 
lords 
studied 
Percentage of landlords holding- 
State and location 
Total 
Group i 
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 
No. 
5 
5 
9 
No. 
1 
2,3 
4 
No. 
3,399 
2,752 
12, 146 
P. ct. 
47.6 
26.1 
56.0 
P.ct. 
40.0 
49.1 
34.5 
P.ct. 
12.4 
24.8 
9.5 
P. ct. 
1.0 
2.1 
.7 
P.ct. 
0.2 
.4 
.1 
P.ct. 
0. 1 
New York and New Jersey, scattered 
( 2 ) 
(2) 
19 
1-4 
18, 297 
50.0 
37.6 
12.4 
1.0 
.1 
( 2 ) 
Ohio, western 
11 
11 
10 
8 
6 
7 
11 
11 
10 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12,13 
14 
9,638 
10, 230 
12, 421 
6,476 
4,890 
6,162 
9,354 
5,892 
6,450 
53.8 
20.7 
20.7 
45.3 
34.2 
11.0 
20.8 
1.5 
9.7 
32.0 
44.5 
39.3 
41.9 
46.6 
42.7 
42.7 
16.0 
34.6 
14.2 
34.8 
40.0 
12.8 
19.2 
46.3 
36.5 
82.5 
55.7 
1.4 
4.4 
7.3 
.7 
1.0 
8.9 
5.2 
25.7 
14.8 
.2 
.6 
1.5 
.1 
.1 
1.9 
.9 
5.6 
4.3 
(2) 
0. 1 
.2 

Wisconsin, southern ... . 

Iowa, northwestern ... 
.2 
.1 
North Dakota and South Dakota, eastern. 
.7 
.6 
Eight North Central States 
85 
5-14 
3 71, 365 
25.0 
38.2 
36.8 
7.0 
1.4 
.2 
3 
9 
2 
15 
16 
17 
2,507 
3,765 
1,432 
43.0 
40.7 
62.1 
36.6 
27.4 
23.9 
20.4 
31.9 
14.0 
4.5 
7.4 
1.7 
1.1 
1.7 
.4 
.1 
Maryland, eastern .... . 
.2 
.1 
14 
15-17 
3 7, 671 
45.6 
29.9 
24.5 
5.1 
1.1 
.2 
Virginia and North Carolina, combined 
9 
6 
6 
3 
8 
18,19 
20,21 
22 
23 
24 
8,999 
5,480 
4,307 
3,520 
4,684 
54.0 
56.5 
55.9 
73.0 
69.1 
24.8 
25.7 
37.1 
16.1 
17.9 
21.2 
17.8 
7.0 
10.9 
13.0 
4.1 
4.0 
3.0 
2.0 
1.8 
.9 
1.0 
.6 
.4 
.4 
.1 
North Carolina and South Carolina, corn- 
.1 
Georgia, northeastern 
( 2 ) 


Five Southeastern States 
32 
18-24 
26, 990 
60.0 
53.0 
7.0 
3.2 
.7 
.1 
3 
5 
4 
25 
26 
27 
3,175 
6,347 
2,068 
54.2 
59.4 
57.5 
20.5 
20.7 
25.2 
25.8 
19.9 
17.3 
8.8 
9.3 
4.3 
3.6 
3.3 
1.0 
.4 
.6 
.3 
12 
25-27 
11, 590 
57.6 
21.5 
20.9 
8.3 
3.0 
.5 
4 
5 
4 
28 
29 
30 
3,056 
3,930 
7,931 
45.6 
16.1 
45.5 
30.0 
55.1 
29.6 
24.4 
28.8 
24.9 
6.5 
6.2 
4.9 
1.2 
1.1 
1.1 
.1 
.2 
.1 
Two Southwest Central States 
13 
28-30 
14, 917 
37.8 
51.4 
36.4 
16.9 
25.8 
31.7 
5.6 
1.1 
.1 
9 
31 
3,868 
14.7 
6.5 
1.9 
184 
1-31 
3 154, 697 
39.4 
33.2 
27.4 
5.7 
1.4 
.2 
i See footnote 4, p. 3. 
2 Less than 0.05 per cent. 
3 Some landlords owned in more than 1 area. 
