A34-Umcaster Farming, Saturday, February 8,1986 WASHINGTON - The nation had 33,000 Black-operated farms in 1982, according to the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau. In 1920, the number of black operated farms peaked at 926,000, 14 percent of the national total. The 1982 Census of Agriculture count of black farm operators was 1.5 percent of the 2.2 million total farms. The census showed that more than 55 percent of black-operated farms were in Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, South Carolina, and Alabama. About one out of 10 black farm operators was female, compared with nearly one out of 20 for all farm operations. Black females accounted for nearly 3 percent of the nation’s 122,000 female operators. 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TOLLFREE; (Areagdes7l7&2ls) Fri. 7:30-9:00; Sat. 7:30-5:00 Willow Street, PA i-800-73w»53 WE ups anywhere ' 1 - Black-operated farms down average age of 56.7 years com pared with 50.5 years for all far mers. While 18 percent of all farmers were over age 65, one third of black farmers were over that age. Sixty-two percent of black operators were full owners, 27 percent were part owners, and 11 percent were tenants. Ninety-two percent of black-operated farms were individual or family operated, while 7 percent were partnerships and 1 percent cor porations. The average black-operated farm was 105 acres compared with 440 acres nationally. Black operated farms accounted for 3.5 million acres of farmland in 1982, a loss of 600,000 acres or 15 percent from the 1978 census. Harvested cropland dropped from 1.4 million acres to 1.3 million. 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