OWNERSHIP OF TENANT FAEMS IN THE UNITED STATES ( 
Table 3. — Average size and value of holdings of owners of rented farms in selected 
areas, 1900 and 1920 
1900 
Rented farm property held 
State 
Farms 
Acres 
Value of land and 
buildings 
1900 
19201 
New York. . . 
Number 
1.08 
1.13 
1.08 
1.12 
1.26 
1.05 
1.06 
1.20 
1.10 
1.15 
1.21 
1.32 
1.24 
1.38 
1.61 
2.30 
1.92 
1.34 
2.27 
2.42 
2.06 
Number 
122 
106 
111 
105 
156 
101 
136 
176 
383 
344 
195 
170 
176 
142 
109 
124 
143 
75 
119 
101 
89 
Dollars 
4,964 
5,672 
5,785 
4,617 
9,142 
3,718 
5,957 
7,512 
6,424 
4,970 
3,673 
5,076 
5,380 
1,659 
966 
1,167 
1,104 
1,600 
934 
1,199 
1,281 
Dollars 
8,746 
New Jersey _ _ . .. 
10, 868 
9,372 
Ohio. .. 
12, 350 
Illinois. _____________ _---___ 
31, 854 
Michigan.. _ _ _ _ . . 
8,461 
17, 037 
39, 386 
North Dakota. _-__-_-_-____. _ _ _ _ 
20,642 
South Dakota _______ _.__ 
30, 748 
Kansas ._ _ _ _. -_-_•_ __. __. __ 
14, 812 
10, 776 
Maryland __ ________________________ 
12, 901 
Virginia _ _ ______________ _ __. 
6,712 
North Carolina ______ 
6,065 
South Carolina. _ _ _ _________________ 
8,432 
7,106 
Kentucky. 
5,559 
Alabama. .. ._ ____________ _... 
3,986 
Mississippi. _.__.____.. _ . .. .. .. . 
6,249 
Louisiana ____________________________ 
4,748 
Oklahoma 2 .. ...... ......... 
Texas . ----- 
1.66 
1.28 
172 
516 
1,925 
13, 063 
11, 357 
California . _ ---------- ---------- 
55, 873 
United States - 
1.54 
147 
3,597 
12, 590 
1920 
Counties studied 
Rented farm property held 
State and location 
Farms 
Acres 
Value of 
Total 
Group 3 
land and 
buildings 
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 
Number 
1.08 
1.09 
1.17 
1.16 
1.19 
1.31 
1.04 
1.07 
1.27 
1.20 
1.17 
1.23 
1.29 
1.32 
1.74 
1.72 
2.33 
2.30 
1.54 
1.51 
4.46 
6.71 
1.77 
1.62 
1.26 
1.66 
1.29 
Number 
115 
159 
97 
115 
189 
215 
120 
138 
238 
193 
447 
301 
161 
179 
89 
124 
109 
97 
71 
72 
159 
149 
113 
143 
207 
144 
319 
Dollars 
12, 364 
New York and New Jersey, scattered ___ 
8,894 
Pennsylvania, southeastern 
10, 274 
Ohio, western ____________ 
17, 978 
Illinois, northern . __ _-.._.. 
44,518 
Illinois, central. .. ... . . ..... 
67, 685 
Michigan, southern _____________ . ... 
11,091 
Wisconsin, southern . 
20, 409 
Iowa, northwestern. 
68, 779 
Iowa, central. . .-_-___ 
51, 664 
North Dakota and South Dakota, eastern 
33, 152 
Kansas, central.. _______________ 
24, 538 
Delaware, all.. ...... 
10, 357 
Maryland, eastern. ._ ._ .....-_. 
12, 360 
Virginia, eastern.. __ 
13, 866 
Virginia and North Carolina, central ._ ._ 
5,238 
North Carolina and South Carolina, central . 
8,848 
Georgia, northeastern . . .... . 
8, 641 
Kentucky, western . ____________ ... 
7,137 
Kentucky, central. _. ... .. _ _ . 
14, 365 
Alabama, central _. ___ _____ _ 
3,989 
Mississippi, western- 
30, 642 
Louisiana, south central ._ 
S. 350 
Oklahoma, south central . _ 
8,822 
Oklahoma, southwestern _ 
10. 109 
Texas, central.- ___ _. ... .... . 
IS. 549 
California, north central.- ..... 
43,900 
All areas studied, 24 States ... ... 
184 
1-31 
1.65 
169 
19,43S 
1 What the average holdings of 1900 would have been worth in 1920 if the same relative increase in value 
.occurred between 1900 and 1920 as occurred to the value of all farm land and buildings in each State. 
2 Oklahoma was organized as a State and largely settled since 1900. 
3 See footnote 4 on p. 3. 
