TENURE OF FARM OPERATORS
Nebraska - Selected Years
	All Farm	Full	Part
Year	Operators	Owners	Owners	Managers	Tenants
1910	128,678	79,250	NA	987	48,441
1920	124,417	50,565	19,107	1,315	53,430
1925	127,734	45,493	22,273	669	59,299
1930	129,458	43,301	24,117	1,020	61,020
1935	133,616	42,861	24,152	795	65,808
1940	121,062	35,064	21,497	554	63,947
1945	111,756	33,622	24,603	432	53,099
1950	107,183	37,939	27,164	333	41,747
1954	100,846	35,141	26,342	327	38,923
1959	90,475	31,141	26,520	324	32,490
1964	80,163	28,629	26,663	398	24,473
1969	72,257	28,416	26,087	---	17,754
1974	67,597	28,674	25,084	---	13,839
1978	63,768	25,239	24,842	---	13,687
1982	60,240	24,837	23,083	---	12,320
1987	60,502	25,301	22,361	---	12,840
1992	52,923	21,477	21,030	---	10,416
1997	54,539	24,700	20,283	---	9,556
2002	49,355	24,191	18,646	---	6,518
2007	47,712	23,989	17,958	---	5,765
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture,  National Agricultural Statistics Service,
2007 Census of Agriculture, 2009
Last Updated		2/5/09
by Nebraska Databook
email:	mike.lundeen@nebraska.gov