10 BULLETIN 1432, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
CONCENTRATION OF OWNERSHIP IN VARIOUS AREAS STUDIED, 1920 
Tabulations of ownership in the areas studied were prepared to 
show the degree of concentration of ownership in terms of rented 
farms, rented acreages, and value of holdings of rented farms (fig. 2 
and Tables 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10). Tables 5 and 6, used in conjunc- 
tion, show the percentage of landlords who owned given numbers of 
rented farms and the percentage of rented farms owned by each class 
of landlords. Tables 7 and 8 used in conjunction show the percentage 
of landlords who owned given acreages of rented farms and the 
percentage of the rented acreage owned by each class of landlords. 
Tables 9 and 10 used in conjunction show the percentage of land- 
lords whose holdings of rented farms were worth a given number of 
dollars and the percentage of the value of all holdings of rented farms 
which were owned by each class of landlords. The groupings for 
RENTED FARM PROPERTY OWNED BY LANDLORDS WITH LARGE AMOUNTS, 1920 
.LOCATION 
AND NUMBER 
OF COUNTIES 
NORTHEASTERN 
STATES ' 9 
NORTH CENTRAL 
STATES 65 
CHESrDEL ., 
PENINSULA 
SOUTHEASTERN 
STATES 32 
SOUTH CENTRAL 
STATES I2 
OKLA.AND ., 
TEX. " I3 
CALIF. 9 
5 OR MORE 
RENTED FARMS 
PER CENT OF 
RENTED FARMS 
20 30 40 SO GO 70 
500 OR MORE 
RENTED ACRES 
PER CENTOF 
RENTED ACRES 
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 
$75,000 OR MORE OF RENTED 
FARM LAND AND BUILDINGS 
PER CENT OF VALUE OF 
RENTED FARM REAL ESTATE 
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 
Fig. 2.— The South Central group of counties show a relatively high degree of concentration of ownership 
whether the measure of concentration be number of rented farms owned, number of acres owned, or value 
of rented farm land and buildings owned 
Tables 5 and 6 were 1, 2, 3 or 4, 5 to 9, 10 to 19 and 20 or more rented 
farms owned. 
The groupings for Tables 7 and 8 were 100 rented acres or less, 100 
to 199, 200 to 499, 500 to 999, 1,000 to 2,499, and 2,500 or more 
rented acres owned. The groupings for Tables 9 and 10 were hold- 
ings worth under $5,000, $5,000 to $9,999, $10,000 to $24,999, 
$25,000 to $74,999, $75,000 to $249,999 and $250,000 or over. 
The information afforded by Tables 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 concerning 
one of the areas may be taken to illustrate the nature of the facts 
afforded by the tables about each of the areas studied. The peninsula 
between the Chesapeake and the Delaware Bays contains 14 counties, 
3 in Delaware, 9 in eastern Maryland, and 2 in Virginia to the north 
of Cape. Charles. In 1920, of 7,672 persons owning rented farms in 
this area 8 per cent owned 3 or jnore rented farms, 2.5 per cent owned 
