| Farms and farm product sales by farm organization,
1978-97* |
| |
Farms
|
Farm sales
|
| |
1978
|
1987
|
1997
|
1978
|
1987
|
1997
|
| |
Thousands
|
Billion dollars
|
| U.S. total |
2,258
|
2,088
|
1,912
|
107
|
136
|
197
|
| |
share of farms (%)
|
share of sales (%)
|
| Sole proprietorship |
87.1
|
86.7
|
86.0
|
61.6
|
56.3
|
52.2
|
| Partnership |
10.3
|
9.6
|
8.9
|
16.1
|
17.1
|
18.1
|
| Corporation |
2.2
|
3.2
|
4.4
|
21.6
|
25.6
|
28.9
|
| Family-held |
2.0
|
2.9
|
4.0
|
15.1
|
19.5
|
23.3
|
| 10 or less stockholders |
1.9
|
2.9
|
3.9
|
13.9
|
18.0
|
20.7
|
| More than
10 stockholders |
0.1
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
1.2
|
1.5
|
2.6
|
| Other than family |
0.3
|
0.3
|
0.4
|
6.5
|
6.1
|
5.6
|
| 10 or less stockholders |
0.2
|
0.3
|
0.4
|
3.6
|
4.3
|
3.7
|
| More than 10 stockholders |
0.1
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
3.0
|
1.8
|
1.9
|
| Other |
0.4
|
0.6
|
0.8
|
0.6
|
0.9
|
0.9
|
*Percentages may not add due to rounding.
Notes: Family-held corporations have more than 50
percent of their stock owned by people related by
blood or marriage.
Other organizations include coooperatives, estates
or trusts, and institution such as museums, schools,
or prisons. |
| Source: Census of Agriculture, 1978, 1987, and
1997. |
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