United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

674 Agriculture
N o . 1189. hired Farmworkers—Workers and Earnings: 1 9 7 0 to 1 9 7 9
(R e p re s e n ts p e rs o n s 1 4 y e a rs o ld a n d o v e r in th e civilian n o n in stitu tio n al p o p u la tio n w h o d id h ire d fa rm w o rk a t a n y tim e d u rin g th e
y e a r. B a s e d o n C u rre n t P o p u la tio n S u rvey; s e e text. p. 2 a n d A p p e n d ix III. F o r c o m p o s itio n o f re g io n s , s e e fig. I, inside front
c o v o r. F o r d e fin itio n o f m e d ia n , s e e G u id e to T a b u la r P re s e n ta tio n ]
W ORKERS (1 ,0 0 0 )
1 9 7 9
M ED IAN EARNINGS PER
DAY
ITEM
D u ra tio n o f fa rm w o rk
1 9 7 0 1 9 7 5
T o ta l
U n d e r 2 5 - 7 5 - IS O -
2 5 7 4 1 4 9 2 4 9
d ays d a y s d a y s d a y s
2 5 0
d a y s
a n d
o v e r
1 9 7 0 1 9 7 5 1 9 7 9
A ll w o r k e r s .................................................................... 2 ,4 0 8 2 ,6 3 8 2 ,6 5 2 8 9 8 6 7 2 3 2 3 3 3 5 4 2 3 $ 9 .3 0 $ 1 4 .8 0 $ 2 0 ,9 6
W h it e 1................... 1 ,9 7 6 7 4 6 4 8 1 2 4 4 1 9 9 3 0 6 9 .7 0 1 4 ,7 5 2 0 .2 4
1 ,9 4 0 1 ,9 0 7
B la c k a n d o t h e r 1................................................................... 5 4 7 4 4 6 3 5 5 9 9 1 1 6 4 0 5 9 41 8 .0 0 1 3 .9 0 2 2 .8 5
H is p a n ic ............... (NA) 2 8 5 3 2 0 5 3 7 5 3 9 7 7 7 6 (N A ) 1 7 .1 0 2 7 .1 3
M a l e ....................... 1 ,8 6 9 2 ,0 3 6 2 ,0 7 5 6 6 9 4 7 5 2 4 5 2 8 2 4 0 5 9 .7 5 1 5 .4 5 2 1 .8 8
F e m a le .................................................................................. 5 9 9 6 0 2 5 7 6 2 2 9 1 9 6 7 8 5 3 1 8 7 .6 5 1 2 .3 5 1 9 .9 5
R e g io n :
N o rth e a s t.............................................................................. 241 2 2 7 1 8 8 5 8 4 0 2 0 2 4 3 2 9 .9 5 1 4 ,0 0 1 6 .6 3
N o rth C e n tra l........................................................................ 5 9 0 8 7 4 7 6 5 3 4 0 1 7 9 8 0 6 0 1 2 5 9 .2 0 1 4 .4 5 2 0 .0 1
S o u th ....................................................................................... 1 ,0 9 3 1 ,0 7 4 1 ,0 7 1 3 1 2 3 1 8 1 4 3 1 4 4 1 5 4 8 . 3 5 1 4 .1 0 2 0 .3 3
W e s t ........................................................................................ 56 4 6 6 4 6 0 7 1 8 8 1 2 7 7 4 1 0 7 1 1 2 1 1 .7 5 1 8 .0 0 2 5 .2 7
M ig ra to ry ...................................... , ............................................... 1 9 6 1 6 8 2 1 7 5 8 8 0 3 3 31 1 7 (NA) (NA) (NA)
N o n m ig ra to ry ............................................................................. 2,29 1 2 ,4 5 0 2 ,4 3 5 6 4 3 5 9 2 2 9 0 3 0 4 4 0 5 (NA) (NA) (NA)
1 4 - 1 7 y e a rs o ld ................................................................... 8 1 9 8 3 5 7 0 7 353 2 4 1 7 2 1 7 2 5 (NA) 1 0 .3 5 1 0 .6 3
5 3 9 7 3 3 1 8 - 2 4 y e a rs o ld 8 0 2 2 7 2 2 2 3 9 7 1 0 4 1 0 7 (NA) 1 7 .7 5 2 3 .1 6
3 2 2 3 9 3 2 5 - 3 4 y e a rs o ld 4 5 8 1 4 0 8 9 3 5 6 6 1 2 4 (NA) 2 1 .9 5 2 3 .1 7
3 5 - 4 4 y e a rs old 2 5 4 2 1 9 2 8 1 4 7 5 7 5 0 6 5 6 3 (NA) 2 1 .7 0 2 4 .3 4
4 5 - 5 4 y e a rs old 2 4 7 19 3 1 6 3 2 4 2 8 2 6 3 0 5 4 (NA) 1 9 .4 0 2 6 .6 9
5 5 - 6 4 y e a rs Old 1 7 3 1 4 4 1 2 B 2 9 1 7 1 8 2 8 3 7 (NA) 1 9 .6 0 2 0 .2 5
6 5 y e a rs a n d o v e r ................................................................. 13 3 1 2 0 1 1 4 3 2 1 8 2 5 2 3 1 4 (NA) 1 1 .7 0 1 9 .8 4
N A N o t a v a ila b le , 'B e g in n in g 1 9 7 5 , e x c lu d e s p e rs o n s o f H is p a n ic orig in . 1 9 7 0 d a t a n o t c o m p a r a b le W ith la te r y e a rs .
S o u rc e ; U .S . D e p t, o f A g ricu ltu re, E c o n o m ic R e s e a rc h S e rv ic e , The H ired Farm W orking Force, p e rio d ic .
No. 1190, Farm Productivity—Labor-Hours and Indexes of Farm Output per Hour:
1950 TO 1981
(E x c lu d e s A la s k a a n d H a w a ii. S e e a ls o H istorical Statistics, C olonial Times to 1970, s e rie s K 4 0 7 - 4 1 3 , K 4 3 0 - 4 4 4 . a n d W 6 7 -8 1 1
ITEM 1 9 5 0 1 9 5 5 1 9 6 0 1 9 6 5 1 9 7 0 1 9 7 3 1 9 7 4 1 9 7 5 1 9 7 6 1 9 7 6 1 9 7 9
1 9 8 0 ,
prel
1 9 6 1 ,
p rel.
H o u r s o f la b o r r e q u ir e d o n
f a r m s 1 ( b li,),...................................... 15.1 1 2 .8 9 .8 7 .3 5 .9 5 .3 5 .2 5 .0 4 .8 4 .4 4 .3 4 .3 4 .2
A ll p ro d u c tiv e liv e s to c k (b il.)............... 5.5 4 .9 3 .8 3 .0 2 .3 2 .0 1 .8 1 .7 1 .6 1 .4 1 .3 1 .3 1 .2
A ll c ro p s 2 (b il.)....................... .................... 6 .9 6 .0 4 .6 3 .4 2 .8 2 .7 2 .7 2 .6 2 .6 2 .4 2 .4 2 .4 2 .4
F a rm m a in te n a n c e 8 (b il.)...................... 2 .7 1.9 1.4 .9 .8 .6 .7 .7 .6 .6 .6 .5 .6
INDEX ( 1 9 7 7 * 1 0 0 )
F a r m o u t p u t p e r h o u r .............. 19 2 6 3 7 5 2 6 6 81 7 9 8 9 9 4 1 0 9 1 1 9 1 1 2 1 2 9
A ll liv e s to c k a n d p ro d u c ts........... .......... 19 2 4 3 2 4 5 6 4 7 6 8 2 8 5 9 3 1 0 9 1 1 8 12 9 1 3 8
M e a t a n im a fs ....................................... 3 2 3 5 4 0 51 6 7 7 8 8 4 8 7 9 4 1 0 8 1 1 7 1 27 1 3 5
M ilk c o w s ................................................... 16 1 9 2 7 3 9 5 7 7 0 7 5 81 91 1 0 9 1 2 2 1 3 5 1 5 0
P o u ltry 10 15 2 5 4 0 5 5 7 0 7 6 81 9 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 13 4 1 4 9
A ll c ro p s 2 2 2 8 41 5 6 7 0 8 7 6 0 8 9 91 1 0 5 1 1 8 1 0 4 1 21
F e e d g ra in s .............................................. 13 17 3 3 5 2 6 2 8 8 7 5 9 0 9 5 111 1 2 5 1 0 7 1 3 2
H a y a n d forage....................................... 2 8 3 2 4 3 6 0 74 8 9 8 7 9 4 9 0 1 0 9 1 1 5 1 0 9 120
F o o d g ra in s ............................................... 31 3 9 7 3 7 9 9 3 10 0 8 9 101 9 8 1 0 4 1 1 5 1 1 6 1 2 7
V e g e ta b le s 4 4 5 4 6 9 7 9 91 9 6 9 7 9 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 9 1 1 3 1 1 7
F ru its a n d n u t s ...................................... 5 4 6 0 61 7 6 84 91 9 6 9 7 101 1 0 3 1 0 4 1 1 2 1 0 7
S u g a r c ro p s .............................................. 2 5 3 5 5 2 5 8 7 9 8 5 8 2 9 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 5 1 1 4
C o tto n 6 9 13 2 3 31 51 4 7 5 7 7 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 3 1 4 7
T o b a c i o 3 5 4 0 4 6 51 7 9 91 9 6 9 7 101 1 0 9 9 9 10 4 1 1 6
O il c r o p s .,................................................... 29 3 8 5 2 5 9 7 2 0 4 7 6 6 8 8 4 9 8 1 1 0 8 9 1 1 0
C r o p la n d u s e d f o r c r o p s 4................ 10 0 100 9 4 8 9 8 8 9 3 9 6 9 7 9 8 9 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 3
C ro p p ro d u c tio n p e r a c r e ....................... 5 9 6 3 7 7 8 5 8 8 9 9 8 8 9 6 9 4 1 0 5 1 1 3 9 9 1 1 4
'R e p r e s e n t s la b o r u s e d o n cro p s , livesto ck, a n d fa rm m a in te n a n c e . b e g in n in g 1 9 6 5 , e x c lu d e s w o rk o n fa rm g a rd e n s ,
3 B e g in n in g 1 9 6 5 , e x c lu d e s w o rk o n h o rs e s a n d m u le s . * H a rv e s te d a c r e a g e s p lu s a c re a g e s o f c ro p fa ilu re a n d s u m m e r
fa llo w .
S o u rc e ; U .S . D e p t, o f A g ric u ltu re , E co n o m ic R e s e a rc h S e rv ic e , Economic Indicators o f the Farm Sector. Production and
E fficiency S tatistics, a n n u a l. A ls o in Agncuiturat Statistics, a n n u a l.