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Special Study - Plantations

Census Year: 1940

Within: Volume 4: Special Reports

Introduction

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Maps

1. Areas designated for enumeration of plantations, and, of these, the areas selected for special study, Census of 1940

2. Selected plantation area, Census of 1910

3. Total plantations (group A, enumerated plus office-determined), number, 1940

4. Enumerated plantations (group B), number, 1940

5. Office-determined plantations (group C), number, 1940

Comparative Statistics

1. Farms, 1850 to 1940; by tenure of operator, 1880 to 1940; for the United States and the South

2. Number, acreage, and value of plantations for specified States: Censuses of 1940 and 1910

3. Number, acreage, and value of plantations, for specified counties in Arkansas and Mississippi: Censuses of 1940 and 1930

4. Number of plantations, by number of tenants per plantation, for specified counties in Arkansas and Mississippi: 1940 and 1930

Totals for Plantations and Farms

5. Plantations in areas designated for enumeration - number, acreage, and value of plantations, and farms represented; for plantation groups A, B, and C; with comparable data for all farms; by States: Census of 1940

6. Number, acreage, and value of group A plantations; number of home farms and number of tenant-operated farms in these plantations; with comparable data for all farms; for areas designated for enumeration; by counties: Census of 1940

7. Plantations in areas selected for special study - number, acreage, and value of plantations, and farms represented; for plantation groups A, B, and C; with comparable data for all farms; by States: Census of 1940

Plantations as Operating Units

8. Number, acreage, value and specified crops harvested for group A plantations in areas selected for special study; by States and counties: Census of 1940

9. Plantations reporting tobacco or rice - number, acreage, value, and specified crops harvested, for group A plantations reporting tobacco or rice in areas selected for special study; by States and counties: Census of 1940

10. Plantations furnishing tractor power, with number of croppers and other tenants furnished tractor power; for group A plantations in areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

11. Plantations by size - number, acreage, value, cotton harvested, and specified classes of livestock for group A plantations in areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

12. Plantations by value of products - number, acreage, value, cotton harvested, and value of farm products sold, traded, or used by farm households; for group A plantations in areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

13. Number, acreage, value, specified crops harvested, tractors, and specified classes of livestock; for group B plantations in areas selected for special study; by States and counties: Census of 1940

14. Plantations by color and tenure of operator - number, acrage, and value of plantations; and age, occupation, and residence of plantation operator; for group B plantations in areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

15. Families employed on plantations - families employed, by class of family; and cropper and tenant farms, by class of tenant; for group B plantations in areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

16. Dwellings on plantations - number of dwellings, with number occupied and number unoccupied; for group B plantations reporting dwellings; for areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

17. Plantations by number of families employed - number of plantations; families employed, by class of family; acreage in plantations; and tractors, horses, and mules; for group B plantations in for areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

18. Plantations by class of families employed - number of plantations, families employed, and cropland harvested; for group B plantations in for areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

19. Credit and supplies furnished - plantations reporting, and kinds and amounts of credit and supplies furnished; and number and class of families furnished credit or supplies; for group B plantations in for areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

20. Horses, mules, and cattle by status of ownership; for specified plantations; by States: Census of 1940

21. Plantations with tractors - number of plantations, cropland harvested, families employed, tractors, and specified classes of livestock; for group B plantations reporting tractors owned by the plantation operator, with comparable data for other group B plantations; for areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

22. Mortgage status of plantations - number, acreage, and value of plantations operated by all full owners and part owners, with similar data for those owning no additional land; for group B plantations in areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

23. Mortgage debt on plantations - number, acreage, value, amount of debt and rates of interest reported; for mortgaged plantations operated by all full owners and part owners reporting amount of debt; with similar data for those owning no additional land; for group B plantations in areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

24. Taxes on plantations - number, acreage, value, and amount of taxes for plantations operated by all full owners and part owners reporting taxes; with similar data for those owning no additional land; for group B plantations in areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

Farms Represented in Plantations

25. Farms in plantations - number, acreage, and value of home farms and tenant farms; and value of farm products; with number of farms by color and tenure of operator, by size of farm, and by value of products; for group A plantations in areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

26. Farms in plantations by color and tenure of farm operator - number, acreage, and value of farms in plantations; specified crops harvested; specified classes of livestock; value of farm products sold, traded, or used by farm households, with major source of income; work off farm; automobiles; specified farm facilities; and year of occupancy of farm operator; for group A plantations in areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

27. Farms in plantations by size of farm - number, acreage, and value of farms in plantations; and specified crops harvested; for group A plantations in areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

28. Farms in plantations by value of products - number, acreage, and value of farms in plantations; and value of farm products sold, traded, or used by farm households, with major sources of income; for group A plantations in areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

29. Number of tenant farms in plantations, by type of rental agreement, for group B plantations in areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

30. Tenant farms in plantations by type of rental agreement - number, acreage, and value of tenant farms in plantations; specified crops harvested; and rent paid; for group B plantations in areas selected for special study; by States; with similar data for specified counties in each State: Census of 1940

Plantations Considered as Farms

31. Changes in distribution of farms by size of farm and by value of products if each plantation had been enumerated as one farm; for areas selected for special study; by States: Census of 1940

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