Census of 

Agriculture 

AC82-A-54 

Volume 1 

GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 

Part 54 

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U.S. Department of Commerce 

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Agriculture Censuses are dedicated 

to the memory of Shirley Kallek, 

Associate Director for Economic Fields. 

During her career at the Bureau of the 

Census (1955 to 1983), she continually 

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economic statistics. 
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Census of 

Agricdture 

AC82-A-54 

Volumel 

GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 

Part 54 

Virgin Islands of 

the United states 

Issued November 1983 

U.S. Department of Commerce 

Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary 

Clarence J. Brown, Deputy Secretary 

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

C.L. Kincannon, 

Deputy Director 
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

C.L. Kincannon, Deputy Director 

Shirley Kallek, Associate Director 

for Economic Fields (until May 1983) 

Michael G. Farrell, Assistant Director for 

Economic and Agriculture Censuses 

AGRICULTURE DIVISION 

John H. Berry, Chief 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS-Many persons participated in conducting the 

1982 Census of Agriculture. Primary direction was by Shirley Kallek, 

Associate Director for Economic Fields Ito May 1983), and Michael G. 

Farrell, Assistant Director for Economic and Agriculture Censuses. 

This report was prepared in the Agriculture Division under the general 

supervision of Arnold L. Bollenbacher, Chief (to June 1982) and John H. 

Berry, Chief (from July 1982). 

The report form content was prepared by the Outlying Areas Branch 

of the Agriculture Division, Bureau of the Census, in cooperation with the 

Department of Agriculture of the Virgin Islands. 

The census data were collected under the direction of the Governor of 

the Virgin IslandS, the Honorable Juan Luis. The actual collection of the 

data was performed by census enumerators under the supervision of 

Otis F. Hicks, Project Leader. Clerical processing was performed in the 

Virgin Islands central processing office. 

Many census divisions contributed to this report. Administrative 

Services provided the forms design and other administrative services; 

Publications Services contributed in publication planning and design, 

editorial review, composition, and printing procurement; Geography provided the maps; and Computer Services provided the computer processing 

facilities. 

Special tribute is paid to the many farm and ranch operators who furnished the information requested. Only through their cooperation was it 

possible to collect and publish the data in this report. 

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data 

Main entry under title: 

1982 census of agriculture. 

"October 1983." 

Includes indexes. 

Supt. of Docs. no.: C3.31/4:982/v.1/pt. 

1. Agriculture-United States-Statistics. 1. United 

States. Bureau of the Census. 

HD1769.A14 1983 338.1'0973 83-600308 

For sale by Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 
CONTENTS 

Page 

Introduction ........................................................... , I V 

Map...................................... ........................... VI 

TABLES 

AREA DATA 

1. Farms and Land in Farms by Land Use: 1982 and 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 

2. Farms and Land in Farms by Size of Farm: 1982 and 1978. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 

3. Tenure and Characteristics of Operators: 1982, 1978, and 1975. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 

4. Farm Characteristics: 1982 and 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

5. Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1982 and 1978 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

6. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1982 and 1978. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

7. Field, Forage, and Vegetable Crops: 1982, 1978, and 1975. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

8. Fruits, Nuts, and Ornamental Plants and Other Nursery Products: 1982, 1978, and 1975 . . . . . 4 

9. Livestock, Poultry. and Their Products: 1982, 1978, and 1975 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

ISLAND DATA 

10. Farms, Land in Farms. and Land Use, by Islands: 1982 and Earlier Census Years. . . . . . . . . . . 5 

11. Size of Farms by Islands: 1982 and Earlier Census Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 

12. Farm Location. Type of Holding, and Labor Status, by Islands: 1982. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 

13. Farms and Land in Farms by Tenure and Place of Birth of Operator and Islands: 1982 and 

Earlier Census Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 

14. Field and Forage Crops by Islands: 1982 and Earlier Census Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 

15. Vegetables by Islands: 1982 and Earlier Census Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 

16. Fruits. Nuts, and Ornamental Plants and Other Nursery Products, by Islands: 1982 and 

Earlier Census Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 

17. Livestock and Poultry by Islands: 1982 and Earlier Census Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 

18. Equipment and Specified Facilities by Tenure of Operator and Islands: 1982 and Earlier 

Census Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 

19. Selected Farm Production Expenses by Tenure of Operator and Islands: 1982 and 

Earlier Census Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 

20. Off· Farm Work by Islands: 1982 and Earlier Census Years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 

SUMMARY DATA 

21. Summary by Size of Farm: 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 

22. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1982. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 21 

23. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1982. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 25 

24. Summary by Age of Operator: 1982 ....................................... , 29 

APPENDIXES 

A. General Explanation " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. A.l 

B. Report Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. B·l 

Index ............................................................... Index 1 

Publication Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I nside back cover 

AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES CONTENTS III 
INTRODUCTION 

Page AUTHORITY AND AREA COVERED 

HISTORY. .• •• ••••• . . ••• . • •• ••• • • . • • • . •••• IV 

USES OF THE CENSUS. • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • . • . . • •• IV 

AUTHORITY AND AREA COVERED • • • • • • • . • • • • • . • • IV 

FARM DEFINITION. • . • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • IV 

COMPARABILITY OF DATA. • • . • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • IV 

TABULAR PRESENTATION. • • . • • • • • . . • . • • • • • • • •• IV 

CENSUS DISCLOSURE RULES. • • • • • • . • • • • • • • . • • • • V 

DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS. • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • V 

DOLLAR VALUES. • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • V 

INVENTORIES. PRODUCTION. AND SALES DATA • • . • • • • V 

ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS. . • • • • • • • • • • • • . . • • V 

HISTORY 

The 1982 census is the 10th census of agriculture of the 

Virgin Islands. The first. taken in 1917. was a special census 

authorized by the Secretary of Commerce. The next agriculture 

census was taken in 1930 in conjunction with the decennial 

census. a practice that continued every 10 years through 1960. 

The 1964 Census of Agriculture was the first quinquennial (5· 

year) census to be taken in the Virgin Islands. For the quinquennial census of 1969. the data were collected in 1970 in conjunction with the 1970 Censuses of Population and Housing. 

The 1974 census was taken independently of any other censuses. 

In 1976. Congress authorized the census of agriculture to be 

taken for 1978 and 1982 to adjust the data reference year to 

coincide with the 1982 Economic Censuses covering manufacturing. mining. construction. retail trade. wholesale trade. service 

industries. and selected transportation activities. After 1982. the 

agriculture census wi" revert to a 5-year cycle and be taken 

covering years ending in "2" and '7." 

USES OF THE CENSUS 

This information is needed by the farmers of the Virgin 

Islands. by their representatives. by the Government. and by 

many other groups of people who are concerned with food and 

agricultural production in the Virgin Islands. 

The census will provide a comprehensive inventory of farms 

and their production. A great many uses are made of this basic 

census information. 

For example: 

a. Agricultural programs can be evaluated and new programs 

started on the basis of farm statistics. 

b. Monies allocated by the Federal Government are based in 

part on census data. 

c. Businesses can determine where and how much of their 

products they can sell. and measure other features of their 

markets. 

d. Farmers can compare their current size and performance 

with the size and performance of other farms in the same 

geographic area to determine how well they are doing. 

Census figures are fundamental to making sound economic 

decisions and help increase the competition that provides better 

prices for goods and services to the farmer. 

IV INTRODUCTION 

The 1982 Census of Agriculture was taken in accordance 

with the provisions of title 13. United States Code. Sections 

142(a) and 191 provide for a census of agriculture every 5 years 

in each State. the District of Columbia. Puerto Rico. Guam, and 

the Virgin Islands of the United States. The census data for the 

Virgin Islands may be collected by the Governor or a representative from his/her staff to act as census supervisor, in accordance 

with a Memorandum of Agreement prescribed or approved by 

the Director of the Bureau of the Census. 

FARM DEFINITION 

The statistics presented in this report relate to places quali· 

fying as farms for census purposes. For the 1982 Census of Agri· 

culture in the Virgin Islands, a farm was defined as a "place" of 

3 acres or more on which any field or forage crops were harvested or vegetables were harvested for sale during the 12-month 

period between July 1, 1982, and June 30, 1983. or on which 

there was a combined total of 10 or more fruit or nut trees or 

plants, any livestock, or 10 or more poultry at the time of enumeration. Places of less than 3 acres were counted as farms if 

their sales of agricultural products between July 1, 1982, and 

June 30. 1983. amounted to at least $100, or if they could 

normally be expected to produce agricultural products in 

sufficient quantity to provide sales amounting to at least 

$100. Places meeting any of the above criteria were included in 

the tabulations as farms. 

The definition of a farm for 1982 was the same as in a" 

previous censuses, except the one for 1950. For 1950, all 

places, regardless of size. were counted as farms if the total 

value of agricultural products in 1949. except home garden 

products. whether for home use or for sales. amounted to 

$100 or more. Enumerators filled out a report form for every 

place that the operator considered a farm, every place of 3 

acres or more whether or not it was considered a farm, and 

every place of less than 3 acres whose agricultural production 

in 1949 was valued at $100 or more. 

COMPARABILITY OF DATA 

Comparability of data from the 1982 Census of Agri· 

culture in the Virgin Islands has been slightly affected by 

improvements in the coverage of the operators list and 

improved techniques of training enumerators. In general. 

data from the 1982 census are comparable with those of 

previous censuses. 

TABULAR PRESENTATION 

The detailed tables in this report give totals for each of the 

three islands-St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas-and for the 

Virgin Islands as a whole. Comparable information for preceding census years is given for many items for which information is available. 

AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
CENSUS DISCLOSURE RULES 

In keeping with the provisions of title 13, United States 

Code, no data are published that would disclose the operations 

of an individual farm. However, the number of farms in a given 

size category or other classification is not considered a disclosure, so this information may be given even though other 

information is withheld. 

DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS 

Appendix A includes definitions and explanations of selected 

terms used in the tables. The 1982 report form is shown in 

appendix B. 

DOLLAR VALUES 

All dollar values presented in this report are expressed in 

current dollars, i.e., 1982 data are expressed in 1982 dollars 

and 1978 data in 1978 dollars. The dollar values have not been 

adjusted for changes in price levels between census years. 

AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 

INVENTORI ES, PRODUCTION, AND 

SALES DATA 

Inventories of livestock, poultry, and machinery and equipment are the number on hand at the time of enumeration. 

Crop production, crop and livestock sales, and expense data 

are for the 12-month period between July 1, 1982, and June 30, 

1983. 

ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS 

The following abbreviations and symbols are used throughout the tables: 

(D) 

(X) 

(Z) 

(NA) 

Represents zero. 

Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual farms. 

Not applicable. 

Less than half of the unit shown. 

Not available. 

INTRODUCTION V 

Table 1. Farms and Land in Farms by Land Use: 1982 and 1978 

(For enumeration periods. see appendix A; and for meaning 01 abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Cropland 

Farms Pasture or 

Total Harvested Other grazing land Woodland Other land 

FaTDlS ............ .o ................................. number, 1982 •• 303 227 60 171 51 237 

1978 .. 378 263 53 198 50 253 

Percent of farms ....................... 1982 •• 100.0 74.9 19.8 56.4 16.8 78.2 

1978 •• 100.0 69.6 14.0 52.4 13.2 66.9 

Land in farms 1 .......................... acres, 1982 •• 20 824 819 1 004 15 985 1 713 1 304 

1978 •• 24 397 1 184 515 18 929 2 408 1 361 

Percent distribution ................... 1982 •• 100.0 3.9 4.8 76.8 8.2 6.3 

1978 .. 100.0 4.8 2.1 77 .6 9.9 5.6 

lDetal1 may not add to total due to rounding. 

Table 2. Farms and Land in Farms by Size of Farm: 1982 and 1978 

(For enumeration periods. see appendix A; and for meaning- of abbreviations and symbols. see introductory text) 

Less 1,000 

Farms than 3 ! 3 to I 10 to 20 to 50 to 100 to 175 to 260 to 500 to acres or 

Total acres 9 acres 19 acres 49 acres 99 acres 174 acres 259 aCI~es 499 acres 999 

F arms ......................... number, 1982 •• 303 75 114 32 34 18 12 5 6 

1978 .. 378 91 147 54 34 19 8 8 9 

Percent of farms ••••••••••••• 1982 •• 100.0 24.8 37.6 10.6 11.2 5.9 4.0 1.7 2.0 

1978 •• 100.0 24.1 38.9 14.3 9.0 5.0 2.1 2.1 2.4 

L and in farmsl ............. acres, 1982 •• 20 824 117 594 418 1 031 1 196 1 440 1 118 2 318 

1978 .. 24 397 113 727 690 1 081 1 310 934 1 738 3 115 

Percent dis tribution .......... 1982 •• 100.0 0.6 2.9 2.0 5.0 5.7 6.9 5.4 11.1 

1978 •• 100.0 0.5 3.0 2.8 4.4 5.4 3.8 7.1 12.8 

Average size of farm •• acres, 1982 •• 68.7 1.6 5.2 13.1 30.3 66.4 120.0 223.6 386.3 

1978 •• 64.5 1.2 4.9 12.8 31.8 68.9 116.8 217 .3 346.1 

1 Detail may not add to total due to rounding. 

Table 3. Tenure and Characteristics of Operators: 1982, 1978, and 1975 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Item 

TENURE OF OPERATOR 

All operators ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

acresl •• 

Harvested cropland •••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

acres 1 ... 

Full owners ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

acres •• 

Harves ted crop! and •••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

acres •• 

Part owners ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

acres •• 

Harvested cropland •••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

acres •• 

Ma.nagers •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

acres •• 

Harvested cropland •••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

acres •• 

Tenants •• ! ............................. farms •• 

acres ... 

Harvested cropland •••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

acres •• 

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

Operators by years on present farm: 

Less than 2 years ............................ . 

2 to 4 years ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

5 to 9 years ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

10 years or more ............................. . 

1 Detail may not add to total due to rounding. 

1982 

303 

20 824 

227 

819 

243 

775 

191 

632 

33 

10 268 

23 

148 

3 

021 

1 

4 

24 

760 

12 

35 

27 

47 

46 

183 

1978 

378 

24 397 

263 

184 

295 

8 433 

217 

473 

30 

033 

21 

520 

25 

583 

10 

19 

28 

6 348 

15 

172 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

1975 

327 

24 703 

174 

751 

281 

8 948 

152 

310 

Item 

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS--Con. 

Operators by age group: 

Under 25 years ............................... . 

25 to 34 years ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

35 to 44 years ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

45 to 54 years .............................. . 

55 to 64 years. o ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

65 years and over .............................. . 

Ave rage age .................................. . 

Operators by place of residence: 

18 On farm operated .................................. . 

319 Not on farm operated ••••••••••••••••••••••• oO. 

12 

349 Operators by place of birth: 

Virgin Islands ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

10 Puerto Rico .................................. . 

466 Elsewhere ........................................... . 

6 

88 Operators by days of work off farm: 

None ......................................... . 

18 Any ......................................... . 

971 1 to 49 days ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

4 50 to 99 days ................................ . 

4 100 to 149 days ........................... . 

150 to 199 days •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

24 

58 

55 

190 

200 days or more ............................ . 

Operators by main occupation: 

Agricul tural .......... oO ................. number ... 

acres •• 

Nonagricul tural .......................... number .. . 

acres ... 

1982 

6 

12 

55 

69 

87 

74 

55.0 

248 

55 

201 

25 

77 

111 

192 

14 

3 

4 

33 

138 

132 

15 512 

171 

5 312 

acres 

4 

3 

1.3 

0.8 

3 060 

2 135 

14.7 

8.8 

765.0 

711.7 

1978 

4 

24 

72 

83 

106 

89 

54.0 

315 

63 

233 

47 

98 

146 

232 

3 

2 

17 Ii ~~ 10 

191 

157 

16 653 

221 

7 744 

more 

3 

5 

1.0 

1.3 

9 532 

12 554 

45.8 

51.4 

177 .3 

510.8 

1975 

7 

20 

54 

83 

88 

75 

52.4 

288 

39 

226 

15 

86 

132 

195 

36 

47 

112 

116 

(NA) 

211 

(NA) 

AGRICULTURE -GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES VIRGIN ISLANDS 1 
Table4. Farm Characteristics: 1982 and 1978 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Item 

LOCATION 

Farms •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

On hard surface road ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Off hard surface road •••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Less than 1 mile •••••.••••••••••.•••••••••••• 

1 to 2 miles ••••.•.•••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

3 to 4 miles ••••••..••••••••••.••••••••••.••• 

5 miles or more ••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••• 

LABOR STATUS 

Unpaid labor ••••••••••••••••••••••••• oo ••• farms •• 

workers •• 

Less than 25 days ••••••••••••••••••• 0".0 farms •• 

workers •• 

25 to 149 days •••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

workers •• 

150 days or more •••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

workers •• 

Hired farm labor •••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

workers •• 

Less than 25 days ........................ :farms •• 

workers •• 

25 to 149 days •••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

workers •• 

150 days or more ......................... farms •• 

workers •• 

Not reported ................................... farms •• 

EQUIPMENT 

Tractors ...................................... farms •• 

number •• 

Motortrucks .................................. 1"arms •• 

number •• 

Automobiles ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

number •• 

1982 

303 

258 

45 

19 

25 

1 

280 

485 

7 

8 

39 

63 

255 

414 

84 

228 

4 

5 

35 

72 

52 

151 

55 

121 

174 

234 

153 

196 

1978 Item 

SPECIFIED FACILITIES 

378 Electricity •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1"arms •• 

286 No electricity ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1"arms •• 

87 Piped running water ........................ farms •• 

61 No piped running water ••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

18 Wells •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

1 number •• 

7 Reporting no wells ........................ farms •• 

327 

718 

19 

26 

108 

168 

229 

524 

119 

315 

15 

23 

40 

67 

64 

225 

4 

46 

108 

FARMS BY TYPE OF HOLDING 

Home consumption holdings ....................... . 

Sale holdings ................................... . 

Vegetable ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Field and forage crop ............................ . 

Fruit and nut .................................. . 

Dairy ......................................... . 

Livestock .......................................... . 

Poultry ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Nursery ........................................ . 

Mixed ............................................ . 

Other ................................................ . 

FARMS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION 

180 Indi vidual ........................................ . 

261 Partnership ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

225 Corporation ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

300 Other ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

Table 5. Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1982 and 1978 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Value 

Item Farms (dollars) Item Farms 

1982 1978 1982 1978 1982 1978 

Total sales ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 265 271 2 391 916 2 227 059 Total sales--Con. 

Average per farm •••••••••••••••••••• (X) (X) 9 026 8 218 Sales by commodity group or product: 

Field, forage, and vegetable crops •• 69 77 

Sales of $500 or more ••••••••••••• 28 23 

Farms by value of sales: Fruits and nuts ........................ 130 111 

$1 to $99 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 6 9 410 378 Sales of $500 or more •••••••.•••.• 69 22 

$100 to $499 •••••••••••••••••••••••• 68 110 16 676 25 515 Ornamental plants and other 

$500 to $1.199 •••••••••••••••••••••• 69 64 55 106 47 010 nursery products ...................... 9 16 

$1.200 to $2.499 •••••••••••••••••••• 54 28 91 383 48 616 Sales of $500 or more •••••••••••.• 7 4 

Livestock ....................................... 168 170 

Sales of $500 or more •••.•••.••..• 119 91 

$2.500 to $4.999 •••••••••••••••••••• 27 

~ 60 

~ 92571 

}2 105540 

Milk •••••.•..••.•••.•.••.•.•.•.••..• 10 12 

$5.000 to $7.499 •••••••••••••••••••• 8 46 961 Sales of $500 or more •••••.•.•••.• 7 7 

$7.500 to $9.999 •••••••••••••••••••• 4 ~ 35 365 Poultry and eggs •••.•.•.••••••.•••.• 21 54 

$10,000 or more ••••••••••••••••••••• 29 053 444 Sales of $ 500 or more .••••.•...•.• 8 19 

Table B. Selected Farm Production Expenses: 1982and 1978 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

1982 1978 1982 

Item Expenses Expenses Item Expenses 

Farms (dollars) Farms (dol.lars) Farms (dollars) 

Machine hire and customwork ••••••••••• 120 135 943 103 109 942 Insecticides, fungicides, and 

Expenses of $100 or more •••••••••••• 100 134 814 75 108 626 herbicides ............................ 64 74 977 

Hired farm labor ....................... 84 905 657 114 915 978 Expenses of $100 or more .............. 31 73 546 

Expenses of $100 or more •••••••••••• 83 905 607 110 915 763 Fertilizers and manure purchased •••••• 66 66 540 

Expenses of $100 or more •••••••••••• 46 65 861 

Feed for livestock and poul try •••••••• 203 999 645 251 868 732 Livestock and poultry purchased ••••••• 59 75 170 

Expenses of $100 or more •••••••••••• 187 998 732 222 867 018 Expenses of $100 or more •••••••••••• 49 74 614 

1982 

267 

36 

264 

39 

158 

246 

145 

86 

217 

14 

7 

59 

5 

112 

5 

3 

10 

2 

248 

34 

10 

11 

1978 

344 

31 

326 

49 

135 

243 

243 

202 

176 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

327 

32 

12 

7 

Value 

(dollars) 

1982 1978 

212 155 65 894 

204 972 56 908 

145 796 36834 

133 741 24 492 

89 700 353 507 

89 200 351 000 

705 849 484 948 

695 819 468 103 

922 830 1 074 145 

922 475 1 073 159 

315 586 211 731 

312 245 205 934 

1978 

Expenses 

Farms (dollars) 

89 49 948 

35 48 207 

79 41 413 

27 39 591 

92 87 249 

59 85 986 

2 VIRGIN ISLANDS AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
Table 7. Field, Forage, and Vegetable Crops: 1982, 1978, and 1975 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols) see introductory text) 

Crop 1982 1978 1975 Crop 1982 1978 1975 

FIELD CROPS VEGETABLE CROPS 

Cassava ................................................... farms ... 46 67 38 

acres ... 18 12 5 Cabbage •••••..••..•..••••••..•.•.• farms •. 8 12 10 

pounds harvested ... 15 783 9 710 7 510 acres ... 2 3 2 

Sales .................................................... pounds .... 11 803 2 855 (NA) Sales ................................................. dollars .... 1 099 450 1 210 

dollars •• 5 761 1 158 (NA) 

Dry beans .................................................. farms .... 24 38 29 Carro ts ......................................... ~ ........ .. farms .... 6 13 14 

4 7 5 acres ... 2 1 2 acres ... Sales ................................................ dollars .... 1 815 4 620 1 200 pounds harvested ... 750 4 994 2 281 

Sales .................................................... pounds .... 815 1 830 (NA) 

dollars •• 699 1 612 (NA) Ce lery ........................................................ farms .... 4 17 23 

acres ... 4 2 3 

Dry corn. ................................................... farms ... 25 37 16 Sales ......................... dollars .. 12 950 1 596 1 800 

acres .. 6 8 3 

pounds harvested .. 4 073 5 964 6 476 CucUlIlbers ......................... farms .. 20 19 14 Sales ....................... 0 •• pounds .. 1 246 880 (NA) 7 5 2 dollars •• 573 600 (NA) acres .. 

Sales ......................... dollars .. 20 975 4 950 933 

Sorghum for grain ............ 0 •••• farms .. 1 1 

acres .. (D) (D) Eggplant ••••.••.•...•.•.••••.••••• farms •• 24 38 32 

pounds harvested .. (D) (D) acres .. 4 5 5 

Sales ...... 0 •• 0 • 0 0 ••••••••••••• pounds .. (NA) Sales .••••••••••••.••••••.•.•. dollars •. 8 513 2 800 1 647 

dollars •. (NA) 

Sweetpotatoes ..................... farms .. 39 72 43 Green beans ....................... fartns .. 8 7 12 

acres .. 2 1 2 acres ..• 10 14 6 Sales ......................... dollar s .. 4 810 375 335 pounds harvested .. 11 185 16 326 20 830 

Sales ..... " ................•.... pounds .. 6 960 8 645 (NA) 

dollars •• 3 3lO 3 316 (NA) Lettuce ..................•....... . farms • • 7 14 15 

acres .. 2 2 2 

Taniers ............................ farms .. 11 45 26 Sales ............ 0 •••••••••••• dollar s .. 7 820 8 413 2 240 

acres .. 2 5 3 

pounds harvested .. 1 880 4 889 3 835 Okra .•. 0 •••••••• 0 ................ 0 • farms • • 27 34 27 Sales .......................... pounds .. 1 110 2 148 (NA) 8 8 4 dollars •• 542 826 (NA) acres .. 

Sales •.••••••••••••••••••••••• dollars •• 2 900 873 2 485 

Yams ............................... farms .. 25 47 34 

acres .. 6 9 6 Onions ... 0" ......................... farms .. 5 18 21 

pounds harvested .. 8 215 13 407 30 505 acres .. 8 3 4 

Sales ..................•.....•. pounds .. 4 614 7 527 (NA) Sales ..............• 0 ••••••••• dollars .. 51 450 4 425 3 760 

dollars •• 2 935 3 432 (NA) 

Other field crops .................. farms .. 5 21 (NA) Peppers ............................. farms .. 22 43 34 

acres .. 5 5 5 acres .• 3 18 (NA) Sales ........... 0 ••••••••••••• dollars .. 2 554 2 858 2 040 pounds harvested .. 1 820 4 810 (NA) 

Sales ...............•.......... pounds .. 670 2 870 (NA) 

dollars •• 385 2 231 (NA) Spinach .• o •••• 0 ••••• 0 .............. farms .. 5 15 (NA) 

acres .. 2 2 (NA) 

FORAGE CROPS Sales •.••••••••••••••••••••••. dollars •. 4 398 3 997 (NA) 

Sugarcane •.•.•......... 0 ........... farms .. 10 20 14 Squash ............................. farm.s .. 10 29 14 planted .................... oo ••••• acres .. 3 7 4 

For cutting .. 0.0 •••••••••••••• acres .• 3 6 4 acres .. 2 5 2 

For grazing .... o •• oo ••••••••••• acres .. (z) 1 Sales •••.••••..•••.•••••••.•.• dollars •. 2 770 2 172 760 

For cutting and grazing ..•...• acres .. 

Sales ••••.••••••••••.••••.•••• dollars •• 1 925 2 055 (NA) Tomatoes ...............•.......... farms .. 23 26 23 

Sorghum •••••••••.•••••.••••••••••• farms •• 3 7 lO acres .. 8 5 4 

Planted .......................... acres .. 403 424 3 531 Sales ......................... dollars .. 33 710 6 528 2 327 

For cutting ....•....•••....... acres .. 103 214 3 331 

For grazing ...••....•.....••. oo acres .. 300 40 Other vegetables .....•.•.......... fartns .. 7 30 (NA) 

For cutting and grazing ....... acres .. 210 160 acres .. 8 6 (NA) 

Sales .••••••••••.•••.••.•••••• dollars .. (NA) Sales ••••.••••.•..•••••••••••• dollars •• 40 261 5 607 (NA) 

AGRICULTURE - GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES VIRGIN ISLANDS 3 
Table 8. Fruits, Nuts, and Ornamental Plants and Other Nursery Products: 1982, 1978, and 1975 

(For enumeration periods) see appendix Aj and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols) see introductory text;,) 

Crop 

Land in bearing and nonbearing fruit 

trees and plants ....................... farms ... 

acres ... 

Avocados •. o •••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms .• 

trees not of bearing age .. 

trees of bearing age •• 

numbe r harve s ted .. 

Sales ........................... number .. 

dollars .• 

sananas .................................... farms .. 

hills not of bearing age •• 

hills of bearing age •• 

bunche s harve 5 ted ... 

Sales ........................... bunches .. .. 

dollars .• 

Coconuts .................................... farms .. 

trees not of bearing age .. 

trees of bearing age .. 

number harvested .. 

Sales ..................................... number ... 

dollars •• 

Grapefruits ..................................... farms .. 

trees not of bearing age ... 

trees of bearing age .. 

pounds harvested .. 

Sales .................................... l' ... pounds ... 

dollars .. 

Limes and lelDOns ....................... . farms • • 

trees not of bearing age .. 

trees of bearing age .. 

pounds harvested .. 

Sales ................................... pounds .. .. 

dollars •• 

Mangoes ................................... farms ... 

trees not of bearing age .. 

trees of bearing age .. 

number harvested .. 

Sales ............................. number .. . 

dollars ... 

1982 

218 

603 

169 

1 093 

1 208 

31 874 

25 203 

14 793 

173 

8 235 

29 516 

11 532 

8 764 

62 584 

151 

2 744 

2 335 

18 066 

12 173 

6 820 

63 

267 

282 

4 615 

2 502 

1 257 

149 

418 

1 135 

12472 

3 945 

2 188 

190 

2 088 

3 082 

209 845 

161 870 

48 454 

1978 

(NA) 

(NA) 

173 

694 

962 

15 472 

5 288 

2 988 

181 

8 573 

5455 

3 232 

1 138 

5 306 

200 

3 537 

2 987 

18 033 

5 732 

1 978 

70 

158 

313 

2 738 

1 150 

305 

206 

483 

1 067 

18 368 

9 075 

2 664 

208 

1 681 

3 654 

111 505 

83 535 

18 846 

1975 

(NA) 

(NA) 

129 

716 

745 

16 561 

(NA) 

(NA) 

115 

5 145 

4318 

4 785 

(NA) 

(NA) 

161 

3 808 

2711 

46 376 

(NA) 

(NA) 

60 

85 

338 

9 750 

(NA) 

(NA) 

176 

339 

885 

35 099 

(NA) 

(NA) 

182 

840 

2423 

217 612 . (NA) 

(NA) 

Crop 

Oranges ............................... . farms • • 

trees not of bearing age .. 

trees of bearing age .. 

pounds harve s ted .... 

Sales ............................. pounds .. 

dollars .. 

Papayas ..................................... farms .. 

trees not of bearing age .. 

trees of bearing age .. 

pounds harvested .. 

Sales ......................................... pounds .. 

dollars .• 

Pineapples ....................................... farm.s .. 

plants not of bearing age .. 

plants of bearing age .. 

boxes harvested .. 

Sales .................................. boxes .. 

dollars .. 

Plantains .•.......................... fartns .. 

hills not of bearing age .. 

hills of bearing age .. 

bunches harvested .. 

Sales .......................... bunches .. 

dollars •. 

Other fruits, nuts, and tree crops ... farms .. 

trees not of bearing age .. 

trees of bearing age ... 

number harvested .. 

Sales .................................... number .. 

dollars .. 

Ornamental plants and other nursery 

products .................................. farIlls .. 

sq. ft. under cover .. 

acres .. 

Sales ............................. dollars .. . 

1982 

95 

399 

446 

6 246 

2 340 

1 115 

90 

1 426 

1 158 

4 866 

2 066 

1 127 

29 

955 

1 440 

74 

28 

115 

40 

445 

1 457 

950 

849 

6 860 

55 

118 

471 

2465 

756 

483 

10 

28 390 

2 

89 700 

1978 

119 

359 

346 

2445 

750 

195 

167 

1 247 

3 893 

15 117 

5 904 

2 771 

44 

2 126 

1 244 

312 

157 

235 

38 

589 

183 

91 

27 

193 

144 

1 368 

6 465 

12 516 

3 940 

1 353 

29 

63 831 

31 

353 507 

1975 

92 

306 

733 

21 055 

(NA) 

(NA) 

117 

841 

1 622 

32 807 

(NA) 

(NA) 

19 

737 

1 116 

680 

(NA) 

(NA) 

25 

179 

173 

284 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

17 

10 513 

12 

(NA) 

4 VIRGIN ISLANDS AGRICUL TURE- GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
Table 9. Livestock, Poultry, and Their Products: 1982, 1978, and 1975 

(For enumeration periods) see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols; see introductory text) 

Item 1982 1978 1975 Item 1982 1978 1975 

LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS--Con. 

Horses, colts, and ponies ........ . farms • • 29 44 47 cattle and calves--Con. 

number •• 151 208 216 Heifers and heifer calves 1 year 

Sales ............................ farms .. 3 6 7 old or older .................... farms .. 57 53 48 

number .. 13 11 14 number .. 1 269 1 153 1 443 

dollars •• 5 750 2 150 (NA) Sales ...............•.•.•.•.. number .. 282 301 (NA) 

dollars .. 100 755 120 128 (NA) 

Mules, asses, and burros ........... farms .. 3 6 9 

number .. 3 8 29 Bulls, bull calves, steers, and 

Sales ............................. farms .• - - 1 steer calves 1 year old or 

number •. - - 2 older .........•................ farms .. 75 89 61 

dollars .. - - (NA) number .. 866 625 715 

Sales ................................ . number •• 498 452 (NA) 

Sheep and lambs •••••••••••.••••••• farms •• 65 76 64 dollars .. 244 228 150 709 (NA) 

number .. 2 889 2 631 3 122 

Sales ........................................... farms .. 46 32 38 Calves under 1 year old ............ faI1Ils .. 58 67 57 

ntnnber .. 629 710 825 number .. 470 1 524 1 066 

dollars •• 36 010 20 334 (NA) Sales ...................................... number .... 272 124 (NA) 

dollars ... 29 500 13 728 eNA) 

Goats and kids ••••••••.••••••••••• farms •• 133 176 149 

number .. 4 035 5 849 4 162 Livestock sales ............................ farms ... 168 170 182 

Sales .................................... . farms • .. 77 88 92 dollars ... 705 849 484 948 634 771 

number ... 920 1 352 1 008 Milk sales ............................. farms .. 10 12 7 

dollars •• 45483 35 625 eNA) quarts sold •• 1 858 145 2 887 740 3 126 063 

dollars .. 922 830 1 074 145 1 264 437 

Hogs and pigs ........................... farIns .. 98 127 114 

number .. 2404 1 866 1 454 POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS 

Sales .................................... farms ... 62 55 67 

number .. 1 513 892 957 Chickens .................................. farm.s .. 65 154 142 

dollars •• 129 973 31 497 (NA) number ... 18 345 31 478 56 434 

Under 8 months old •••••••••••••• farms •• 81 94 84 Sales ................................ farms .. 12 25 22 

number ... 1 413 1 155 853 number .. 20 071 16 673 8 669 

Sales .............................. nlllDber .. 822 550 (NA) dollars .. 15 216 14 703 (NA) 

dollars .. 62 085 17 257 (NA) 5 months old or older ............ farms ... 60 124 124 

8 months old or older ............ . farms • • 84 103 95 number ... 9 719 22 344 40 079 

number •. 991 711 601 

Sales .................................... number ... 691 342 (NA) Turkeys, ducks, geese, and other 

dollars .. 67 888 14 240 eNA) poul try .................................... farms .... 20 37 31 

number ... 390 1 027 696 

Cattle and calves .......................... farms .. 100 119 88 Sales ............................. farms .. 3 4 1 

number ... 5 672 6 126 6 106 number .• 655 273 20 

Sales ....................................... farms .. 51 63 55 dollars •• 995 666 (NA) 

number .. 1 287 1 295 1 861 

dollars.,. 488 633 395 342 (NA) Chicken egg sales ....................... farms ... 15 41 52 

Cows ........................................... fanns ... 88 90 72 dozens,. . 284 107 202 214 315 023 

number .. 3 067 2 824 2 882 dollars •• 299 375 196 362 (NA) 

Sales ................................ • number ... 235 418 (NA) Poultry and egg sales ....... ,. ........ ,. farms .. 21 54 57 

dollars •• 114 150 110 777 (NA) dollars •• 315 586 211 731 296 262 

Table 10. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use, by Islands: 1982 and Earlier Census Years 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Virgin Islands Saint Croix Saint John Saint Thomas Farms 

1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 

Farms .................................... number .. 303 378 327 212 219 279 236 136 18 34 39 17 66 65 52 59 

Land in farms! ........ ,. ..... ,. ...... acres .. 20 824 24 397 24 703 20 470 18 689 21 100 21 548 17 669 416 1 143 837 552 1 719 2 154 2 318 2 249 

Cropland •••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 233 316 203 98 176 234 146 65 9 39 13 3 48 43 44 30 

acres .• 1 823 1 699 2 458 9 416 1 475 1 493 2 277 9 286 24 118 17 3 324 88 164 127 

Harvested ............ ,. ............ ,.farms .. 227 263 174 85 172 200 126 54 8 30 6 2 47 33 42 29 

acres .. 819 1 184 751 737 654 1 034 654 626 17 90 7 2 148 60 90 109 

Other ................................... farms ... 60 53 83 34 53 34 49 29 3 9 8 1 4 10 26 4 

acres .. 1 004 515 1 707 8 679 821 459 1 623 8 660 7 28 10 1 176 28 74 18 

Pasture or grazing land .......... farms .. 171 198 181 100 126 147 123 67 7 17 32 13 38 34 26 20 

acres •. 15 985 18 929 15 452 7 583 14 733 16 833 13 836 6 208 194 390 400 223 1 058 1 706 1 216 1 152 

Woodland •••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 51 50 72 52 30 31 40 26 14 12 14 6 7 7 18 20 

acres ... 1 713 2408 5 321 2 366 1 347 1 554 4 059 1 385 186 599 389 317 180 255 873 664 

Other land •••••••••••••••••••. farms •• 237 253 287 163 177 205 203 102 13 22 35 10 47 26 49 51 

acres .. 1 304 1 361 1 472 1 105 1 135 1 220 1 376 790 12 36 31 9 157 105 65 306 

1 Detail may not add to total due to rounding. 

AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES VIRGIN ISLANDS 5 
Table 11. Size of Farms by Islands: 1982 and Earlier Census Years 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Virgin Islands Saint Croix Saint John Saint Thomas 

Farms 

1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 

Farms ............................................... num.ber .... 303 378 327 212 219 279 236 136 18 34 39 17 66 65 52 59 

acres! .. 20 824 24 397 24 703 20 470 18 689 21 100 21 548 17 669 416 1 143 837 552 1 719 2 154 2 318 2 249 

Farms by size: 

Less than 3 acrepo ............. number ... 75 91 109 66 54 60 81 42 3 11 15 5 18 20 13 19 

acres ... 117 113 124 76 83 69 87 49 (D) 14 18 6 (D) 30 19 21 

3 to 9' acres ........................ nUIIlber ... 114 147 94 55 75 105 57 29 7 12 13 8 32 30 24 18 

acres ... 594 727 520 265 407 529 309 140 33 55 73 41 155 143 138 84 

10 to 19 acres ..................... number .... 32 54 35 24 24 46 28 13 4 3 4 2 4 5 3 9 

acres .. 418 690 448 279 314 593 353 148 49 32 51 25 55 65 44 106 

20 to 49 acres ...................... number .... 34 34 33 25 27 28 26 19 3 3 4 - 4 3 3 6 

acres .. 1 031 1 081 943 827 865 900 758 660 80 101 95 - 86 80 90 167 

50 to 99 acres ...................... number .... 18 19 19 16 16 18 16 14 - 1 - - 2 - 3 2 

acreS .... 1 196 1310 1 418 1 079 (D) (D) 1 241 963 - (D) - - (D) - 178 116 

100 to 174 acre 5 .................. nurnbe r .... 12 8 13 7 8 4 10 5 - 2 1 1 4 2 2 1 

acres .. 1 440 934 1 585 838 999 (D) 1 264 638 - (D) (D) 100 441 (D) (D) 100 

175 to 259 acres ................. nUIDber .... 5 8 7 3 3 5 5 2 1 - 1 - 1 3 1 1 

acres .. 1 118 1 738 1 534 613 643 1 032 1 109 413 (D) - (D) - (D) 706 (D) 200 

260 to 499 acres .................. number .... 6 9 8 7 6 6 5 4 - 2 1 1 - 1 2 2 

acres .. 2 318 3 115 3 025 2 593 2 318 (D) (D) 1 398 - (D) (D) 380 - (D) (D) 815 

500 to 999 acres ................ number ... 4 3 3 4 3 2 2 3 - - - - 1 1 1 1 

acres .. 3 060 2 135 1 943 2 691 (D) (D) (D) 2 051 - - - - (D) (D) (D) 640 

1,000 acres or more .......... number ... 3 5 6 5 3 5 6 5 - - - - - - - - acres .. 9 532 12 554 13 163 11 209 9 532 12 554 13 163 11 209 - - - - - - - -

IDetail may not add to total due to rounding. 

Table 12. Farm Location,Typeof Holding,and Labor Status, by Islands: 1982 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Fanns Virgin Saint Saint Saint Virgin Saint saint Saint 

Islands Croix John Thomas Farms Islands Croix John Tbomas 

WCATION FARMS BY TYPE OF HOLDING--Con. 

Farms ............................................... 303 219 18 66 Sale ho1dings--Con. 

On hard surface road .................. 258 185 16 57 Poultry .................................... 5 4 

Off hard surface road .............•. 45 34 2 9 Nursery ................................... 3 3 

Less than 1 mile ........................ 19 17 1 1 Mixed .................................. 10 9 

1 to 2 miles ............................... 25 17 8 Other ...................................... 2 2 

3 to 4 miles ............................. 1 

5 miles or more ............................ - FARMS BY LABOR STATUS 

FARMS BY TYPE OF HOLDING Unpaid labor ••..•.•••.•.••••••••.•.••• 280 197 18 65 

Less than 25 days .•.•.•••.••••.•.••• 7 6 1 

Home consumption holdings ••••••••••••. 86 74 10 2 25 to 149 days •.•..•••.••.•••.••.••• 39 30 9 

Sale holdings ••••••••••.••••••..•••••. 217 145 8 64 150 days or more ........................... 255 181 9 65 

Vegetable ••••.••••••••••••.••••••.•• 14 14 

Field and forage crop .................. 7 7 - Hired farm labor ••••.••••.•••.••••...• 84 73 3 8 

Fruit and nut ................................. 59 30 28 Less than 25 days .•..•••.•••••..•••• 4 4 

Dairy ••••••••••.••••••••••.••••••••• 5 4 1 25 to 149 days •••.•.•..••••••.•••.•• 35 32 1 2 

Livestock ...................................... 112 72 6 34 150 days or more ............................ 52 44 2 6 

6 VIRGIN ISLANDS AGRICULTURE - GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
Table 13. Farms and Land in Farms by Tenure and Place of Birth of Operator and Islands: 

1982 and Earner Census Years 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Virgin Is lands Saint Croix Saint John 

Farms 

1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 

Farms ................................. nUIllber •• 303 378 327 212 219 279 236 136 18 34 39 

Land in farm.s ................... acres 1 ... 20 824 24 397 24 703 20 470 18 689 21 100 21 548 17 669 416 1 143 837 

Harvested cropland ....... acres 1 ... 819 1 184 751 737 654 1 034 654 626 17 90 7 

Tenure of operator: 

All operators .................................. 303 378 327 212 219 279 236 136 18 34 39 

()wners ........................................... 276 325 299 191 203 246 212 118 16 33 38 

Full owners ............................. 243 295 281 183 175 222 202 113 14 33 36 

part owners ............................. 33 30 18 8 28 24 10 5 2 - 2 

Manage.rs .................. o •• e ... 3 25 10 4 2 15 9 4 1 1 - Tenants ...................................... . 24 28 18 17 14 18 15 14 1 - 1 

Land in farms (acres) : 

Ow'ners .............................................. 18 043 15466 14 266 17 141 15 964 12 596 11 912 14 348 401 1 081 837 

Full owners ............................... 7 775 8 433 8 947 8 865 5 780 5 887 6 808 6 575 392 1 081 830 

Part owners ...................... 0 • 10 268 7 033 5 319 8 276 10 184 6 709 5 104 7 773 9 - 7 

Managers •..•.•.•.. 0 •••••••••••• 2 021 2 583 3 466 2 773 2006 2 185 3 065 2 773 15 62 - Tenants .............. 0 0 .. 0 ........... 760 6 348 6 971 556 719 6 319 6 571 548 1 . -

Harvested cropland (acres) : 

()w'ners ... 0 • 0 ............. 0.0 ..... o ••• 0 781 993 659 323 628 861 563 213 17 89 7 

Full owners ...................... 632 473 310 293 491 346 237 201 15 89 7 

Part owners ........ 0 ..... 0 ........ 0 148 520 349 30 137 515 326 13 2 - - Managers .................................. 4 19 88 246 4 14 87 246 - 1 - Tenants ................... o ......... 35 172 4 168 21 159 4 166 - - -

Operators by place of birth: 

Virgin Islands •••••••••.••••••• 201 233 226 128 143 167 157 79 16 28 35 

Puerto Rico ..................... 0" .... 25 47 15 22 24 43 14 21 - 1 - Elsewhere ................... o ....... 77 98 86 62 52 69 65 36 2 5 4 

IDe tail may not add to total due to rotmding. 

AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 

Saint Thomas 

1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 

17 66 65 52 59 

552 1 719 2 154 2 318 2 249 

2 148 60 90 109 

17 66 65 52 59 

15 57 46 49 58 

15 54 40 43 55 

- 3 6 6 3 

- - 9 1 - 2 9 10 2 1 

545 1 678 1 789 1 517 2 248 

545 1 603 1 465 1 309 1 745 

- 75 324 208 503 

- - 336 401 - 7 41 29 400 1 

(z) 135 43 89 109 

(z) 127 38 66 92 

- 8 5 23 17 

- - 4 1 - 2 14 13 - -

15 42 38 34 34 

- 1 3 1 1 

2 23 24 17 24 

VIRGIN ISLANDS 7 
Table 14. Field and Forage Crops by Islands: 1982 and Earlier Census Years 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Virgin Islands Saint Croix Saint John Saint Thomas 

Crop 

1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 

FIELD CROPS 

Cassava .................................... farm.s .... 46 67 38 13 44 53 24 5 2 8 2 1 - 6 12 7 

acres ... 18 12 5 4 (n) 11 3 1 (n) 1 (D) (z) - (z) (n) 3 

pounds harvested .. 15 783 9 710 7 510 2413 (n) 8 060 6 335 678 (n) 815 ,D) 20 - 835 (n) 1 715 

Sales .................................... pounds .... 11 803 2 855 (NA) (NA) (n) 2 070 (NA) (NA) (D) 200 (NA) (NA) - 585 (NA) (NA) 

dollars •• 5 761 1 158 (NA) (NA) (n) 623 (NA) (NA) (D) 75 (NA) (NA) - 460 (NA) (NA) 

nry beans ••••••.•.•••••••• farms •• 24 38 29 1 23 25 21 1 1 9 2 - - 4 6 - acres .... 4 7 5 (z) (D) 5 4 (z) (D) 1 - - - (z) 1 - pounds harvested .. 1 750 4 994 2 281 100 (D) 3 825 1 651 100 (n) 124 (D) - - 1 045 (n) - Sales .................................... pounds .... 815 1 830 (NA) (NA) (n) 960 (NA) (NA) (D) 10 (NA) (NA) - 860 (NA) (NA) 

dollars •• 699 1 612 (NA) (NA) (n) 676 (NA) (NA) (n) 6 (NA) (NA) - 930 (NA) (NA) 

Dry corn. .................................... farms .... 25 37 16 10 24 32 14 8 1 3 1 1 - 2 1 1 

acres ... 6 8 3 8 (D) 7 (D) 8 (D) 1 - (z) - (D) (D) (z) 

pounds harvested .• 4073 5 964 6 476 15012 (D) 5 335 (D) 14 952 (D) 554 (D) 20 - (D) (D) 40 

Sales .................................... pounds .... 1 246 880 (NA) (NA) 1 246 880 (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

dollars •• 573 (n) (NA) (NA) 573 (n) (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

Sorghum for grain .................. farms .... 1 - 1 6 1 - 1 6 - - - - - - - - acres ... (n) - (D) 440 (n) - (D) 440 - - - - - - - - pounds harvested .. (D) - (D) (NA) (n) - (D) (NA) - - - (NA) - - - (NA) 

Sales .................................... pounds .... - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

dollars •• - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

Sweetpotatoes .......................... farms .... 39 72 43 9 37 53 29 5 2 12 4 1 - 7 10 3 

acres ... 10 14 6 3 (n) 12 4 2 (n) 2 1 iz) - 1 1 1 

pounds harvested .. 11 185 16 326 20 830 3 135 (n) 13 291 19 825 2 940 (n) 1 910 265 15 - 1 125 740 180 

Sales ............................. pounds .. 6 960 8 645 (NA) (NAl (nl 7 105 (NAl (NAl (n) 770 (NA) (NAl - 770 (NAl (NAl dollars .. 3 310 3 316 (NA) (NA (n 2 575 (NA (NA (n) 251 (NA) (NA - 490 (NA (NA 

Taniers ..................... farms ... 11 45 26 5 9 33 17 1 - 5 1 1 2 7 8 3 

acres .. 2 5 3 1 (n) 4 2 1 - (z) - (z) (D) 1 1 (z) 

pounds harvested .. 1 880 4 889 3 835 465 (n) 3 579 3 195 150 - 425 (D) 15 (n) 885 (n) 300 

Sales ......................... pounds .. 1 110 2 148 (NA) (NA) (n) 1 363 (NA) (NA) - 100 (NA) (NA) (n) 685 (NA) (NA) 

dollars •• 542 826 (NA) (NA) (n) 571 (NA) (NA) - 25 (NA) (NA) (n) 230 (NA) (NA) 

yams .............................. farms .. 25 47 34 10 21 37 27 5 1 4 1 1 3 6 6 4 

acres ... 6 9 6 3 4 7 5 3 (D) 1 - (z) (n) 1 1 (z) 

pounds harvested .. 8 215 13 407 30 505 6 891 6 899 12 285 22 890 6 151 (D) 400 (D) 15 (n) 722 (n) 725 

Sales ....................... pounds ... 4 614 7 527 (NA) (NA) 3 314 6 895 (NA) (NA) (n) 50 (NA) (NA) (n) 582 (NA) (NA) 

dollars •• 2 935 3 432 (NA) (NA) 2 335 3 217 (NA) (NA) (n) 25 (NA) (NA) (D) 190 (NA) (NA) 

Other field crops ••••••••• farms •• 5 21 (NA) (NA) 5 19 (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) - 2 (NA) (NA) 

acres .. 3 18 (NA) (NA) 3 (n) (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) - (n) (NA) (NA) 

pounds harvested .. 1 820 4 810 (NA) (NA) 1 820 (n) (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) - (D) (NA) (NA) 

Sales ...................... pounds ... 670 2 870 (NA) (NA) 670 (n) (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) - (D) (NA) (NA) 

dollars •• 385 2 231 (NA) (NA) 385 (n) (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) - (n) (NA) (NA) 

FORAGE CROPS 

Sugarcane ........................ farms ... 10 20 14 (NA) 8 6 - (NA) 1 1 - (NA) 1 13 14 (NA) 

Planted ......................... acres ... 3 7 4 (NA) 2 (D) - (NA) (D) (n) - (NA) (n) 4 4 (NA) 

For cutting .............. acres .. 3 6 4 (NA) 2 (n) - (NA) (D) (n) - (NA) (n) 4 4 (NA) 

For grazing ..••....... acres .. - (z) 1 (NA) - - - (NA) - - - (NA) - (z) 1 (NA) 

For cutting and 

grazing ..................... acres .... - - - (NA) - - - (NA) - - - (NA) - - - (NA) 

Sales ••••••••••••••••• dollars •• 1 925 2 055 (NA) (NA) 1 325 305 (NA) (NA) (D) 50 (NA) (NA) (n) 1 700 (NA) (NA) 

Sorghum ••••.•••••••••••••• farms •• 3 7 10 (NA) 3 7 10 (NA) - - - (NA) - - - (NA) 

Planted ........................ acres .. 403 424 3 531 (NA) 403 424 3 531 (NA) - - - (NA) - - - (NA) 

For cutting ........... acres .. 103 214 3 331 (NA) 103 214 3 331 (NAl - - - (NAl - - - (NAl For grazing ............... acres ... 300 - 40 (NA 300 - 40 (NA - - - (NA - - - (NA 

For cutting and 

grazing ................. acres .. - 210 160 (NA) - 210 160 (NA) - - - (NA) - - - (NA) 

Sales ••••••.•••••••••• dollars •• - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

8 VIRGIN ISLANDS AGRICULTURE - GEOGRAPH IC AREA SERIES 
Table 15. Vegetables by Islands: 1982 and Earlier Census Years 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Virgin Is lands Saint Croix Saint John Saint Thomas 

Crop 

1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 

Cabbage ................. 0 ............. farms •• 8 12 10 1 7 10 8 - 1 - - - - 2 2 1 

acres ... 2 3 2 1 (0) (0) (D) - :n) - - - - rn) (0) 1 

Sales ........................................... farm.s •. 8 7 10 1 7 5 8 - 1 - - - - 2 2 1 

dollars •. 1 099 450 1 210 100 (D) (0) (D) - .D) - - - - (0) (0) 100 

Carrots .. o ............. o •••••• • farms • .. 6 13 14 9 6 4 5 2 - - - - - 9 9 7 

acres ... 2 1 2 3 2 (z) 1 1 - - - - - 1 1 2 

Sales ............................... farms ... 6 11 14 9 6 3 5 2 - - - - - 8 9 7 

dollars •• 1 815 4620 1 200 2 070 1 815 (0) 385 780 - - - - - (0) 815 1 290 

Celery ... o ................ o ...... farms ... 4 17 23 9 4 5 7 3 - - 1 - - 12 15 6 

acres .. 4 2 3 3 4 1 1 2 - - (z) - - 1 2 1 

Sales .................................... farms .. 4 13 23 9 4 2 7 3 - - 1 - - 11 15 6 

dollars ... 12 950 1 596 1 800 1 985 12 950 (0) (D) 790 - - (D) - - (D) 1 240 1 195 

CucUlDbers ...... , .. , ....................... farms •• 20 19 14 9 18 17 9 6 2 - 1 - - 2 4 3 

acres .. 7 5 2 13 (D) (0) 1 12 CD) - (D) - - (D) (0) (z) 

Sales ............................... farIns .. 20 15 14 9 18 13 9 6 2 - 1 - - 2 4 3 

dollars •. 20 975 4 950 933 3 800 (0) (0) 735 3 625 (D) - (D) - - (0) (0) 175 

Eggplant •••••.••••.•.•.••••.•• farms •• 24 38 32 11 22 22 17 5 2 - 2 - - 16 13 6 

acres .. 4 5 5 2 (0) 4 2 2 (D) - (D) - - 1 (0) (z) 

Sales .•...................•. farms .. 24 29 32 11 22 16 17 5 2 - 2 - - 13 13 6 

dollars .. 8 513 2800 1 647 1 000 (0) 2 070 502 405 CD) - (0) - - 730 (0) 595 

Green beans ........•......... . farms • • 8 7 12 3 7 3 7 2 1 - 1 - - 4 4 1 

acres .. 2 1 2 2 (0) 1 1 1 CD) - (D) - - (z) (0) 1 

Sales ..............•........ farms .. 8 3 12 3 7 1 7 2 1 - 1 - - 2 4 1 

dollars .. 4810 375 335 140 (0) in) 145 40 CD) - (D) - - (D) (0) 100 

Lettuce .•..........•. ' .•...... farms .. 7 14 15 7 7 5 5 1 - - 1 - - 9 9 6 

acres .. 2 2 2 5 2 1 (D) 3 - - (0) - - 1 1 2 

Sales ......•.•.•.....•...... farms .. 7 11 15 7 7 2 5 1 - - 1 - - 9 9 6 

dollars .. 7 820 8413 2 240 3 080 7 820 (0) (D) 2000 - - (D) - - 4 333 1 390 1080 

Okra ........................... farms .. 27 34 27 10 26 28 20 8 1 - 2 1 - 6 5 1 

acres .. 8 8 4 7 (0) 7 3 7 CD)· - (0) (z) - 1 (0) (z) 

Sales ......•.•.............. farms •. 27 21 27 10 26 17 20 8 1 - 2 1 - 4 5 1 

dollars •• 2 900 1873 2 485 2 585 (0) 1 803 2 300 2 545 CD) - (D) 30 - 70 (0) 10 

Onions ......................... farms •. 5 18 21 7 5 4 6 2 - - - - - 14 15 5 

acres .. 8 3 4 1 8 1 1 (z) - - - - - 2 3 1 

Sales ....•.....•...••.•.••.. farms •. 5 15 21 7 5 2 6 2 - - - - - 13 15 5 

dollars •• 51 450 4425 3 760 3 215 51 450 (0) 90 15 - - - - - (0) 3 670 3 200 

Peppers .......................... farms •• 22 43 34 14 20 27 15 8 1 - 3 1 1 16 16 5 

acres .. 5 5 5 9 4 3 2 8 CD) - (z) (z) (D) 2 3 1 

Sales ........................ farms •. 22 30 34 14 20 17 15 8 1 - 3 1 1 13 16 5 

dollars •• 2 554 2858 2 040 6 290 2 454 1 748 551 5 390 CD) - 120 30 (D) 1 110 1 369 870 

Spinach •••••••.•••••••••••••.• farms •• 5 15 (NA) (NA) 3 8 (NA) (NA) 1 - (NA) (NA) 1 7 (NA) (NA) 

acres .. 2 2 (NA) (NA) 1 2 (NA) (NA) CD) - (NA) (NA) (D) 1 (NA) (NA) 

Sales ........................ farms •. 5 7 (NA) (NA) 3 3 (NA) (NA) 1 - (NA) (NA) 1 4 (NA) (NA) 

dollars •. 4 398 3 997 (NA) (NA) 4 300 3 722 (NA) (NA) CD) - (NA) (NA) (D) 275 (NA) (NA) 

Squash •••.•.••••.••••••••••••• farms •• 10 29 14 4 7 15 3 1 3 6 1 - - 8 10 3 

acres. a 2 5 2 (z) 2 3 (0) (z) 1 1 (D) - - 1 2 CZ) Sales ........................................... farms ... 10 21 14 4 7 9 (0) 1 3 6 (0) - - 6 10 3 

dollars •• 2 770 2 172 760 220 2 370 1 398 (0) 20 400 375 (0) - - 399 695 200 

TOIIlatoes ........................................... farms •• 23 26 23 12 22 17 13 7 - - 3 - 1 9 7 5 

acres .. 8 5 4 18 (0) 4 2 17 - - 1 - (D) 1 2 1 

Sales .................................... farm.s ... 23 16 23 12 22 9 13 7 - - 3 - 1 7 7 5 

dollars •• 33 710 6 528 2 327 7 405 (0) 3 307 1 197 7 065 - - 310 - (D) 3 221 820 340 

Other vegetables ................. farms .. 7 30 (NA) (NA) 7 14 (NA) (NA) - 1 (NA) (NA) - 15 (NA) (NA) acres ... 8 6 (NA) (NA) 8 (n) (NA) (NA) - (D) (NA) (NA) - 3 (NA) (NA) Sales .......... eo ...... o ......... farms •. 7 22 (NA) (NA) 7 8 (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) - 14 (NA) (NA) dollars •• 40 261 5607 (NA) (NA) 40 261 1 817 (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) - 3 790 (NA) (NA) 

AGRICULTURE - GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES VIRGIN ISLANDS 9 
Table 16. Fruits, Nuts, and Ornamental Plants and Other Nursery Products, by Islands: 1982and 

Earlier Census Years 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Virgin Islands Saint Croix 

Crop 

1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 

Land in bearing and nonbearing fruit trees 

and pIan ts ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 218 (NA) (NA) (NA) 163 (NA) (NA) 

acres ... 603 (NA) (NA) (NA) 442 (NA) (NA) 

Avocados .......................................................... faYlIlS .... 169 173 129 52 121 135 99 

trees not of bearing age •• 1 093 694 716 366 800 466 538 

trees of bearing age •• 1 208 962 745 561 782 860 582 

number harvested •• 31 874 15472 16 561 10 026 21 119 11 490 11 501 

Sales ............................................................ number .... 25 203 5 288 (NA) (NA) 16 628 3 878 (NA) 

dollars •• 14 793 2 988 (NA) (NA) 8 855 2 418 (NA) 

Bananas ............................................................. farms ... 173 181 115 128 121 134 79 

hills not of bearing age •• 8 235 8 573 5 145 6 683 6 624 4 328 1 414 

hills of bearing age •• 29 516 5455 4 318 17 839 13 350 3 141 1 169 

bunches harvested ... 11 532 3 232 4 785 2 872 6 765 2 450 1 294 

Sales .......................................................... bunches .... 8764 1 138 (NA) (NA) 4 808 533 (NA) 

dollars •• 62 584 5 306 (NA) (NA) 28 804 2 480 (NA) 

Coconuts. .••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 151 200 161 126 113 156 126 

trees not of bearing age •• 2 744 3 537 3 808 3572 1 626 2 557 3 520 

trees of bearing age •• 2 335 2 987 2711 3 555 1 482 2 647 2 245 

number harvested •• 18 066 18033 46 376 18090 11 805 12 540 33 847 

Sales ........................................................ number ... 12 173 5 732 (NA) (NA) 6 224 4440 (NA) 

dollars •• 6 820 1 978 (NA) (NA) 2 831 1 428 (NA) 

Grape frui ts ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 63 70 60 20 57 60 58 

trees not of bearing age •• 267 158 85 88 (D) 117 80 

trees of bearing age •• 282 313 338 168 (D) 309 338 

pounds harvested •• 4 615 2 738 9 750 2 742 (D) 2 638 9 750 

Sales ........................................ pounds .. 2 502 1 150 (NA) (NA) (D) 1 150 (NA) 

dollars •• 1 257 305 (NA) (NA) (D) 305 (NA) 

Limes and lemons ......................... fartnS •• 149 206 176 68 121 169 144 

trees not of bearing age •• 418 483 339 260 381 330 237 

trees of bearing age •• 1 135 1067 885 408 916 959 776 

pounds harvested •• 12472 18 368 35 099 4 815 11 102 16 853 30 349 

Sales .................................................... pounds ... 3 945 9075 (NA) (NA) 3 050 8 335 (NA) dollars •• 2 188 2 664 (NA) (NA) 1 864 2 316 (NA) 

folangoes ...................................... farms •• 190 208 182 89 139 158 142 

trees not of bearing age •• 2 088 1 681 840 758 1 423 1 119 694 

trees of bearing age •• 3 082 3 654 2423 2 932 2 430 3 181 2 002 

number harves ted ... 209 845 111 505 217 612 150 359 166 345 72 680 177 062 

Sales ................................................... number .... 161 870 83 535 (NA) (NA) 129 215 47 440 (NA) 

dollars •• 48454 18 846 (NA) (NA) 39 481 12 536 (NA) 

Oranges ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 95 119 92 36 84 99 81 

trees not of bearing age •• 399 359 306 193 342 212 275 

trees of bearing age •• 446 346 733 203 430 338 725 

pounds harvested •• 6 246 2445 21055 7 397 6 021 2 251 21 025 

Sales ........................................................ pounds ... 2 340 750 (NA) (NA) 2 240 750 (NA) 

dollars •• 1 115 195 (NA) (NA) 1 050 195 (NA) 

Papayas ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 90 167 117 53 58 120 87 

trees not of bearing age •• 1426 1 247 841 525 1 381 512 710 

trees of bearing age •• 1 158 3 893 1 622 1406 416 2 952 1 353 

pounds harvested •• 4 866 15 117 32 807 31 507 3 731 11 557 28 422 

Sales ...................................................... pounds .... 2 066 5 904 (NA) (NA) 1 391 4 344 (NA) 

dollars •• 1 127 2771 (NA) (NA) 601 1 942 (NA) 

P ineapples ........................................ farms .... 29 44 19 13 19 20 12 

plants not of bearing age •• 955 2 126 737 162 793 426 619 

plants of bearing age •• 1440 1244 1 116 3 169 292 736 1 031 

boxes harvested •• 74 312 680 711 59 144 584 

Sales ......................................................... boxes ... 28 157 (NA) (NA) 20 7 (NA) 

dollars •• 115 235 (NA) (NA) 25 75 (NA) 

P lantains ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 40 38 25 14 33 31 17 

hills not of bearing age •• 445 589 179 106 (D~ 151 49 

hills of bearing age •• 1457 183 173 1272 (D 176 83 

bunches harvested •• 950 91 284 663 (D) 85 185 

Sales ................................................... bune hes ... 849 27 (NA~ (NAl 233 22 (NA~ dollars •• 6 860 193 (NA (NA 1 650 138 (NA 

ther fruits" nuts" and tree crops ...... farms ... 55 144 (NA) (NA) 50 118 (NA~ trees not of bearing age •• 118 1 368 (NA) (NA~ 101 1 282 (NA 

trees of bearing age •• 471 6465 (NA) (NA 435 5 970 (NA) 

o 

number harvested •• 2 465 12 516 (NA~ (NAl 2 404 8 166 (NA~ Sales ...................................................... number ... 756 3 940 (NA (NA 712 2 040 (NA 

dollars •• 483 1 353 (NA) (NA) 468 753 (NA) 

nta1 plants and other nursery 

produc ts ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 10 29 17 (NA~ 9 12 14 

sq. ft. under cover •• 28 390 63 831 10 513 (NA 28 390 49 951 10 513 

acres •• 2 31 12 (NA) (D) 25 10 

Sales •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• dollars •• 89 700 353 507 (NA) (NA) (D) 334 165 (NA) 

1970 

(NA) 

(NA) 

32 

182 

431 

7 617 

(NAl (NA 

46 

629 

3 668 

2 832 

(NA) 

(NA) 

44 

846 

1 548 

7 308 

(NA) 

(NA) 

18 

64 

153 

2 352 

(NA) 

(NA) 

48 

227 

325 

4 127 

(NAl (NA 

50 

520 

2 555 

136 519 

(NAl (NA 

30 

176 

172 

7 257 

(NA) 

(NA) 

29 

369 

1 077 

21 027 

(NA) 

(NA) 

9 

156 

2 556 

107 

(NA~ (NA 

11 

102 

372 

637 

(NA~ (NA 

(NA 

(NA 

(NA 

(NA 

(NA 

(NA) 

(NAl (NA 

(NA) 

(NA) 

10 VIRGIN ISLANDS AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
Table 16. Fruits, Nuts, and Ornamental Plants and Other Nursery Products, by Islands: 1982 and 

Earlier Census Years-Con. 

(For enumeration periods~ see appendix Aj and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Saint John Saint Thomas 

Crop 

1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 

Land in bearing and non bearing fruit trees 

and plants ..................................................... fartnS .... 8 (NA) (NA) (NA) 47 (NA) 

acres ... 13 (NA) (NA) (NA) 148 (NA) 

Avocados ............................................................ farms .... 5 13 1 - 43 25 

trees not of bearing age .... 29 69 (D) - 264 159 

trees of bearing age .... 5 9 - - 421 93 

number harvested •• 1 000 410 - - 9755 3 572 

Sales .......................................................... number .... 400 - (NA) (NA) 8 175 1 410 

dollars .... 200 - (NA) (NA) 5 738 570 

Bananas ......................... ; .... 0 ........................... farms .... 8 23 4 1 44 24 

hi lIs not 0 f bearing age .... 428 1 755 138 10 1 183 2490 

hills of bearing age .. ll8 1 237 232 20 16048 1077 

bunches harves ted .... 127 282 285 40 4 640 500 

Sales ........................................................ bunches .. 87 130 (NA) (NA) 3 869 475 

dollars •• 960 671 (NA) (NA) 32820 2 155 

Coconuts ...................................................... farms .... 4 23 3 2 34 21 

trees not 0 f bearing age ... 38 489 43 - 1080 491 

trees of bearing age ... 47 148 45 9 806 192 

number harvested ... 2610 2 582 215 - 3651 2 911 

Sales ..................................... . number •• 2 000 581 (NA) (NA) 3 949 711 

dollars •• 500 182 (NA) (NA) 3489 368 

Grapefruits ............................................. • farms .... 2 7 1 - 4 3 

trees not of bearing age ... (D) 14 (D) - (D) 27 

trees 0 f bearing age •• (D) 4 - - (D) - pounds harvested ... (D) 100 - - - -

Sales ................................................. pounds ... (D) - (NA) (NA) - - dollars •• (D) - (NA) (NA) - -

Limes and lemons ...................................... • farms .... 6 24 3 6 22 13 

trees not of bearing age ... 16 65 9 4 21 88 

trees 0 f bearing age .... 19 86 20 30 200 22 

pounds harvested ... 430 975 601 150 940 540 

Sales .............................................. pounds ... 60 255 (NA) (NA) 835 485 

dollars •• 29 105 (NA) (NA) 295 243 

Mangoes ...................................................... farDlS •• 5 19 3 4 46 31 

trees not of bearing age ... 21 110 6 11 644 452 

trees of bearing age •• 20 37 34 17 632 436 

number harvested .• 8 625 1000 1500 300 34875 37 825 

Sales ......................................... number ... 5 015 650 (NA) (NA) 27640 35445 

dollars •• 1 503 118 (NA) (NA) 7470 6 192 

Oranges ...................................................... farms .... 4 14 1 - 7 6 

trees not of bearing age ... 13 77 (D) - 44 70 

trees 0 f bearing age .... 5 6 - - 11 2 

pounds harves ted ... 200 194 - - 25 - Sales ......................................... pounds ... 75 - (NA) (NA) 25 - dollars •• 50 - (NA) (NA) 15 -

Papayas ....................................................... farms ... 6 26 3 3 26 21 

trees not of bearing age •. 10 44 8 10 35 691 

trees of bearing age ... 39 196 15 27 703 745 

pounds harvested •• 270 2 250 55 750 865 1 310 

Sales ............................................... pounds ... 45 460 (NA) (NAj 630 1 100 

dollars •• 21 164 (NA) (NA 505 665 

Pineapples •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 4 12 - - 6 12 

plants not of bearing age •• 125 880 - - 37 820 

plants of bearing age •• 135 337 - - 1013 171 

boxes harvested ... 10 13 - - 5 155 

Sales ........................................... boxes ... 3 - (NA~ (NA~ 5 150 

dollars •• 50 - (NA (NA 40 160 

Plantains ................................................ farms .. 1 2 1 - 6 5 

hills not of bearing age .. (D) (D) (D) - - (D) hills of bearing age .. (D) (D) (D) - 846 (D) bunches harvested .. (D) (D) (D) - 616 (D) Sales ............................................ bunches .... - - (NA) (NA) 616 5 

dollars •• - - (NA) (NA) 5 210 55 

Other frui ts, nuts, and tree crops ...... farms .... 5 15 (NA) (NA) - 11 

trees not of bearing age ... 17 16 (NA) (NA) - 70 

trees of bearing age ... 36 403 (NA) (NA) - 92 

number harvested ... 61 2 500 (NA) (NA) - 1 850 

Sales .............................................. number .... 44 500 (NA) (NA) - 1 400 

dollars ... 15 175 (NA) (NA) - 425 

Ornamental plants and other nursery 

produc ts .............................................. farms .... 1 16 - (NA) - 1 

sq. ft .. under cover .... - (D) - (NA) - (D) acres .. (D) (D) - (NA) - (D) Sales •.•....•.•....•••.•••.••.•.• dollars •• (D) (D) - (NA) - (D) 

1975 1970 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

29 20 

(D) 184 

163 130 

5 060 2 409 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

32 81 

3 593 6 044 

2 917 14 151 

3 206 - (NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

32 80 

245 2 726 

421 1 998 

12 314 10 782 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

1 2 

(D) 24 

- 15 

- 390 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

29 14 

93 29 

89 53 

4 149 538 

(NA~ (NA 

(NA) 

(NA) 

37 35 

140 227 

387 360 

39 050 13 540 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

10 6 

(D) 17 

8 31 

30 140 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

27 21 

123 146 

254 302 

4 330 9 730 

(NA~ (NA (NA~ (NA 

7 4 

118 6 

85 613 

96 604 

I:) 1:$ 7 3 

(D) 4 

(D) 900 

(D) 26 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

3 (NA) 

- (NA) 

2 (NA) 

(NA) (NA) 

AGRICULTURE- GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES VIRGIN ISLANDS 11 
Table 17. Livestock and Poultry by Islands: 1982 and Earlier Census Years 

(For enumeration periods~ see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Virgin Islands Item 

1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 

LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS 

Horses, colts, and ponies ......................................... • farms • .. 29 44 47 39 28 

number •• 151 208 216 183 (D) 

Sales ...................................................................................... farms .... 3 6 7 3 3 

number •• 13 11 14 7 13 

dollars •• 5 750 2 150 (NA) (NA) 5 750 

Mules, asses, and burros .................................................... farms .... 3 6 9 10 - number •• 3 8 29 16 - Sales ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• - - 1 - - number •• - - 2 - - dollars •• - - (NA) (NA) - Sheep and lambs ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 65 76 64 31 47 

number •• 2 889 2 631 3 122 2 185 2 233 

Sales ............................................ farms •• 46 32 38 19 30 

number •• 629 710 825 939 484 

dollars •• 36 010 20 334 (NA) (NA) 25 495 

Goats and kids ........................................................................ farms .... 133 176 149 88 96 

number •• 4 035 5 849 4 162 2 721 3 (II. ,~ 

Sales ............................................................................... farms •• 77 • 88 92 27 57 number •• 920 1 352 1 008 730 679 

dollars •• 45 483 35 625 (NA) (NA) 28 238 

Hogs and pigs ......................................... farms •• 98 127 114 61 63 

number •• 2404 1 866 1 454 898 1 008 

Sales .............................................................. farms ... 62 55 67 34 34 number •• 1513 892 957 430 532 

dollars •• 129 973 31 497 (NA) (NA) 35 603 

Under 8 months old ....................................... farms •• 81 94 84 52 49 

number •. 1413 1 155 853 469 597 

Sales ................................................................... number .... 822 550 (NA) (NA) 398 

dollars •. 62 085 17 257 (NA) (NA) 25 095 8 months old or older ..................................... farrrtS ... 84 103 95 48 51 

number •• 991 711 601 429 411 Sales .............................................................. number .... 691 342 (NA) (NA) 134 

dollars •• 67 888 14 240 (NA) (NA) 10 508 

Cattle and calves .......................................... • farms • • 100 119 88 53 73 number •• 5672 6 126 6 106 5 645 5 244 Sales ........................................................... farms ... 51 63 55 34 36 

number •• 1 287 1 295 1 861 1 687 1 142 

dollars •• 488 633 395 342 (NA) (NA) 427 913 

Cows ..................................................................... farms ... 88 90 72 51 65 

number ... 3 067 2 824 2 882 2947 2821 

Sales ............................................................... number ... 235 418 (NA) (NA) 186 

dollars •• 114 150 110777 (NA) (NA) 90 950 

Heifers and heifer calves I year old or older .•• farms •• 57 53 48 38 42 

number •. 1 269 1 153 1443 1 103 1 210 Sales .•......•.•..•......................•.. . number •• 282 301 (NA) (NA) 265 

dollars •• 100 755 120 128 (NA) (NA) 95 185 Bulls, bull calves) steers) and steer calves 

1 year old or older .........•...•............ .• farms •• 75 89 61 41 58 number •• 866 625 715 700 822 Sales ...................................................... nUIIlber ... 498 452 (NA) (NA) 459 dollars •• 244 228 150 709 (NA) (NA) 220 678 

Calves under 1 year old •..•.•••................ • farms •• 58 67 57 32 46 number •• 470 1 524 1 066 895 391 Sales ....................................................... number ... 272 124 (NA) (NA) 232 

dollars •• 29 500 13 728 (NA) (NA) 21 100 

Lives tack sales ............................................... farms •• 168 170 182 78 113 dollars •• 705 849 484 948 634 771 288 573 522 999 Mi 'lk sales •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 10 12 7 8 7 quarts ... 1 858 145 2 887 740 3 126 063 3 082 015 1 680 825 

dollars •• 922 830 1 074 145 1 264 437 808 758 789 825 

POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS 

Chickens •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 65 154 142 79 59 

number •• 18 345 31 478 56434 15 859 17 820 

Sales ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 12 25 22 5 11 

number •• 20 071 16 673 8 669 2335 (D) 

dollars •• 15 216 14 703 (NA) (NA) (D) 

5 months old or older ........... oo ................. farms •. 60 124 124 66 54 

number •• 9 719 22 344 40 079 13 034 9 264 

Turkeys, ducks, geese, and other poultry ........... farms •• 20 37 31 13 18 

number •• 390 1 027 696 161 (D) 

Sales ........................................................ farms ... 3 4 1 (NA) 2 

number •• 655 273 20 (NA) (D) 

dollars •• 995 666 (NA) (NA) (D) 

C hicken egg sales ......................................... farms ... 15 41 52 10 12 

dozens •• 284 107 202 214 315 023 165 191 283 407 

dollars •• 299 375 196 362 (NA) (NA) 298 450 

P ou1try and egg sales ....................................... farms •• 21 54 57 12 18 

dollars ..• 315 586 211 731 296 262 120 702 314 316 

Saint Croix 

1978 1975 

41 41 

195 200 

(NA) 7 

10 14 

2 000 (NA) 

1 2 

(D) (D) 

(NA) - - - - (NA) 

51 41 

2 212 2 728 

(NA) 24 

606 699 

16 219 (NA) 

128 102 

4 297 3 122 

(NA) 62 

985 768 

26 895 (NA) 

89 83 

1 078 1 026 

(NA) 50 

453 579 

14 897 (NA) 

59 60 

632 590 

310 (NA) 

8 187 (NA) 

71 71 

446 436 

143 (NA) 

6 710 (NA) 

90 68 

5 507 5 228 

(NA) 43 1 008 1 490 

342 669 (NA) 

66 55 

2 407 2 467 

224 (NA) 

85 077 (NA) 

44 41 

1 075 1 231 

281 (NA) 

113 358 (NA) 

67 46 

572 615 

418 (NA) 

137 789 (NA) 

50 42 

1453 915 

85 (NA) 

6 445 (NA) 

(NA) 130 

402 680 542 091 

8 6 

2 086 944 (D) 

693 585 (D) 

119 107 

23 741 49 002 

(NA) 15 

16 635 6 046 

14 483 (NA) 92 91 

17 151 38 306 

32 21 

925 628 

(NA) 1 

273 20 

666 (NA) 

20 41 

185 501 274 671 

164 527 (NA) 

(NA) 44 

179 676 256 387 

1970 

29 

157 

2 

5 

(NA) 

4 

4 

-

- (NA) 

22 

2 080 

17 

932 

(NA) 

54 

2 167 

20 

646 

(NA) 

46 

711 

27 

366 

(NA) 

39 

347 

(NA) 

(NA) 

34 

364 

(NA) 

(NA) 

39 

4 890 

28 

1363 

(NA) 

37 

2427 

(NA) 

(NA) 

30 

946 

(NA) 

(NA) 

30 

656 

(NA) 

(NA) 

25 

861 

(NA) 

(NA) 

61 

250 262 

7 

(D) 

(D) 

56 

14 804 

5 

2335 

(NA) 

49 

12 733 

8 

12 o (NA) 

(NA) 

(NA) 

9 

165 185 

(NA) 

1 

120 69 

1 

6 

12 VIRGII\IISLANDS AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
Table 17. Livestock and Poultry by Islands: 1982 and Earlier Census Years-Con. 

(For enumeration periods., see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Saint John Sa in t Thomas Item 

1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 

LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS 

Horses" colts, and ponies ................................................. farms .... 1 - 1 1 - 3 5 9 

nwnber •• (D) - (D) 1 - 13 (D) 25 

Sales .................................................................. • farms • .. - (NA) - - - (NA) - 1 

number •• - - - - - 1 - 2 

dollars •• - - (NA) (NA) - 150 (NA) (NA) 

Mules, asses, and burros .................................................. farms ... 1 4 2 1 2 1 5 5 

number •• (D) 4 (D) 1 (D) (D) 19 11 

Sales ...................................................................................... farms .... - (NA) - - - (NA) 1 - number •• - - - - - - 2 - dollars •• - - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

Sheep and lambs ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 4 11 12 7 14 14 11 2 

number •• 234 175 167 80 422 244 227 25 

Sales ...................................................................................... farms .... 4 (NA) 7 2 12 (NA) 7 - number ... 57 53 43 7 88 51 83 - dollars •• 3 800 2 105 (NA) (NA) 6 715 2 010 (NA) (NA) 

Goats and kids ....................................................................... f arms .... 11 19 27 13 26 29 20 21 

number •• 362 888 642 190 629 664 398 364 

Sales ............................................ farms •• 6 (NA) 21 5 14 (NA) 9 2 

number •• 106 254 135 2l 135 113 105 63 

dollars •• 6 000 5 690 (NA) (NA) 11 245 3 040 (NA) (NA) 

Hogs and pigs ......................................... • farms • • 8 11 16 6 27 27 15 9 

number •• 393 210 225 46 1 003 578 203 141 

Sales ............................................. farms ... 6 (NA) 8 3 22 (NA) 9 4 

number •• 529 164 85 31 452 275 293 33 

dollars •• 52 690 5 785 (NA) (NA) 41 680 10 815 (NA) (NA) 

Under 8 months old ......................................... • farms ... 7 10 14 4 25 25 10 9 

number ... 254 162 128 25 562 361 135 97 

Sales .............................................................. number ... 20 40 (NA) (NA) 404 200 (NA) (NA) 

dollars •• 790 1 040 (NA) (NA) 36 200 8 030 (NA) (NA) 

8 months old or older ........................................ farms •• 8 8 10 5 25 24 14 9 

number .. 139 48 97 2l 441 217 68 44 

Sa les .................................................. number .• 509 124 (NA) (NA) 48 75 (NA) (NA) 

dollars •• 51 900 4 745 (NA) (NA) 5 480 2 785 (NA) (NA) 

Cattle and calves ......................................... farnIS •. 4 5 5 4 23 24 15 10 

number •• 57 137 90 49 371 482 788 706 

Sales ........................................................ farms ... 3 (NA) 3 1 12 (NA) 9 5 

number •• 17 33 14 2 128 254 357 322 

dollars •• 13 620 6 700 (NA) (NA) 47 100 45 973 (NA) (NA) Cows ......................................................... fartnS ... 4 4 3 4 19 20 14 10 

number •• 38 75 27 23 208 342 388 497 Sales .......................................................... number •• 1 7 (NA) (NA) 48 187 (NA) (NA) dollars •• 600 3 650 (NA) (NA) 22 600 22 050 (NA) (NA) 

Heifers and heifer calves 1 year old or older ••• farms •• 1 3 4 2 14 6 3 6 

number •• (D) 34 42 8 (D) 44 170 149 

Sales ..................................................... number ... (D) - (NA) (NA) (D) 20 (NA) (NAl dollars •• (D) - (NA) (NA) (D) 6 770 (NA) (NA 

Bulls, bull calves, steers, and steer calves 

1 year old or older •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 2 5 5 3 15 17 10 8 number •• (D) 17 9 11 (D) 36 91 33 

Sales •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• number •• (D) 12 (NA) (NA) (D) 22 (NA) (NA) 

dollars •• (D) 2 550 (NA) (NA) (D) 10 370 (NA) (NA) Calves under 1 year old ...........•.•......... .. farms •• 2 2 2 2 10 15 13 5 number •• (D) (D) (D) 7 (D) (D) (D) 27 Sales ................................................... number •• - (D) (NA) (NA) 40 (D) (NA) (NA) dollars •• - (D) (NA) (NA) 8 400 (D) (NA) (NA) 

Livestock sales ••••••.•••••.•••••.•••••.•••.•••••• farms •• 9 (NA) 30 8 46 (NA) 22 9 

dollars •• 76 110 20 280 12413 2 347 106 740 61 988 80 267 35 964 Milk sales •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 2 1 - - 1 3 1 1 quarts •• (D) (D) - - (D) (D) (D) (D) dollars •• (D) (D) - - (D) (D) (D) (D) 

POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS 

Chickens •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 5 16 19 6 1 19 16 17 

number •• (D) 1 029 771 III (D) 6 708 6 661 944 

Sales ................................................. farms •• 1 (NA) 2 - - (NA) 5 - number •• (D) - 220 - - 38 2 403 - dollars •• (D) - (NA) (NA) - 220 (NA) (NA) 

5 months old or older ............................... farms •• 5 13 19 4 1 19 14 13 

number ... (D) 315 691 39 (D) 4 878 1 082 262 

Turkeys, ducks, geese, and other poultry ••••.••••• farms •• 2 3 4 - - 2 6 5 

number •• (D) (D) 21 - - (D) 47 41 

Sales •.....•••.•..•....••.•.••.•....•••......••. farms •• 1 (NA) - (NA) - (NA) - (NA) 

number •• (D) - - (NA) - - - (NA) 

dollars •• (D) - (NA) (NA) - - (NA) (NA) 

Chicken egg sales ................................... .;o ••• farms •• 3 8 6 - - 13 5 1 

dozens •• 700 1 031 4 852 - - 15 682 35 500 6 

dollars •• 925 1 205 (NA) (NA) - 30 630 (NA) (NA) 

Poultry and egg sales .............................. • farms • • 3 (NA) 6 - - (NA) 7 1 

dollars •• 1 270 1 205 5 320 - - 30 850 34 555 6 

AGRICULTURE - GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES VIRGIN ISLANDS 13 
Table 18. Equipment and Specified Facilities by Tenure of Operator and Islands: 1982 and Earlier Census Years 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Virgin Is lands Saint Croix Saint John Saint Thomas 

Item 

1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 

EQUIPMENT 

Tractors .. ................... . farms . . 55 46 43 34 54 45 41 33 - - 1 - 1 1 1 1 

number .. 121 108 102 62 (D) (D) 100 61 - - (D) - (D) (D) (D) 1 

Full owners ......... ....... . farnlS .. 36 28 29 22 36 28 28 22 - - 1 - - - - -

number .. 86 71 43 30 86 71 (D) 30 - - (D) - - - - - Part owners ................. farms .. 15 10 5 6 14 9 5 5 - - - - 1 1 - 1 

number .. (D) 26 13 11 30 (D) 13 10 - - - - (D) (D) - 1 

Managers ...•..........•..... farms .. 1 3 6 4 1 3 6 4 - - - - - - - - number .. (D) 4 42 17 (D) 4 42 17 - - - - - - - -

Tenants ..•..• .•....•..•...•• farms •. 3 5 3 2 3 5 2 2 - - - - - - 1 -

number .. 3 7 4 4 3 7 (D) 4 - - - - - - (D) -

Motortrucks ................... farms .. 174 180 155 83 127 142 122 54 8 8 2 3 39 30 31 26 

number .. 234 261 226 109 169 209 184 70 10 11 (D) 3 55 41 (D) 36 

Full owners ................. farms . . 136 131 125 68 101 106 98 43 4 7 2 3 31 18 25 22 

number .. 170 185 154 76 132 156 126 46 6 (D) (D) 3 32 (D) (D) 27 

Part owners .......... ...... . farms .. 24 23 13 8 19 19 8 5 2 - - - 3 4 5 3 

number .. 47 44 18 13 (D) 30 12 5 (D) - 18 14 6 8 

Managers .....•..•.•.....•..• farms •. 2 12 7 4 1 7 7 4 1 1 - - - 4 - -

number .. (D) 14 35 16 (D) 9 35 16 (D) (D; - - (D) - - Tenants . ................... . farms .. 12 14 10 3 6 10 9 2 1 - - - 5 4 1 1 

number .. (D) 18 19 4 7 14 11 3 (D) - - - 5 4 8 1 

Automobiles ................... farms .. 153 225 211 105 121 180 162 73 8 21 16 5 24 24 33 27 

number .. 196 300 317 153 158 244 246 110 13 29 18 5 25 27 53 38 

Full owners ................. farms .. 126 179 183 94 99 144 140 63 6 20 15 5 21 15 28 26 

number .. 164 236 254 134 133 192 199 92 10 (D) (D) 5 21 16 (D) 37 

Part owners ................. farms .. 17 23 11 3 15 19 7 2 1 - 1 - 1 4 3 1 

number .. 21 37 20 4 (D) 31 9 3 (D) - (D) - (D) (D) 10 1 

Managers .................... farms .. 2 13 8 4 1 9 7 4 1 1 - - - 3 1 - number .. (D) 16 25 10 (D) (D) (D) 10 (D) (D) - - - (D) (D) -

Tenants ..................... farms .. 8 10 9 4 6 8 8 4 - - - - 2 2 1 - number •. (D) 11 18 5 (D) (D) (D) 5 - - - - (D) (D) (D) -

SPECIFIED FACILITIES 

Electricity ••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 267 344 306 180 201 266 222 118 17 30 33 12 49 48 51 50 

Full owners ........................ 226 272 264 159 166 210 190 101 14 29 31 12 46 33 43 46 

Part owners ........................ 29 28 18 8 26 23 10 5 1 - 2 - 2 5 6 3 

Managers ............................. 2 21 10 4 1 15 9 4 1 1 - - - 5 1 - Tenants ............................. 10 23 14 9 8 18 13 8 1 - - - 1 5 1 1 

No electricity ................. . farms • . 36 31 21 32 18 10 14 18 1 4 6 5 17 17 1 9 

Full owners.· ........................... . 17 20 17 24 9 9 12 12 - 4 5 3 8 7 - 9 

Part owners ............................ 4 2 - (NA) 2 1 - (NA) 1 - - (NA) 1 1 - (NA) 

Managers ............................. 1 4 - (NA) 1 - - (NA) - - - (NA) - 4 - (NA) 

Tenants ............................. 14 5 4 8 6 - 2 6 - - 1 2 8 5 1 -

Piped running water ........... farms .. 264 326 249 165 190 252 202 109 16 26 14 9 58 48 33 47 

Full owners •••••••••••••••••••••••• 220 254 214 146 158 201 173 94 13 25 14 9 49 28 27 43 

Part owners ........................... 29 29 14 7 25 23 9 4 1 - - - 3 6 5 3 

Managers ............................. .. 2 22 9 4 1 14 9 4 1 1 - - - 7 - - Tenants .............................. . 13 21 12 8 6 14 11 7 1 - - - 6 7 1 1 

No piped running water ........ farms .. 39 49 78 47 29 24 34 27 2 8 25 8 8 17 19 12 

Full owners •••••••••••••••••••••••• 23 38 67 37 17 18 29 19 1 8 22 6 5 12 16 12 

Part owners ............................ 4 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 - 2 - - - 1 - Managers ............................... 1 3 1 (NA) 1 1 - (NA) - - - (NA) - 2 1 (NA) 

Tenants ................................. . 11 7 6 9 8 4 4 7 - - 1 2 3 3 1 -

We lls ••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •. 158 135 115 49 100 110 93 42 3 9 10 2 55 16 12 5 

number .. 246 243 184 82 168 192 152 69 4 17 12 2 74 34 20 11 

Full owners ••••••••••••••••• farms •• 124 99 94 41 77 82 73 34 3 8 10 2 44 9 11 5 

number .. 182 173 130 60 117 135 104 47 4 15 12 2 61 23 14 11 

Part OWIlers ................... farms .. 18 16 7 4 15 14 7 4 - - - - 3 2 - - number .. 40 35 19 16 35 (D) 19 16 - - - - 5 (D) - - Managers ....................... farms .. 1 12 6 1 1 7 6 1 - 1 - - - 4 - -

number .. (D) 20 15 2 (D) 14 15 2 - 2 - - - 4 - -

Tenants ...................... farms .. 15 8 8 3 7 7 7 3 - - - - 8 1 1 - number ... (D) 15 20 4 (D) (D) (D) 4 - - - - 8 (D) (D) -

Reporting no wells ............ farms .. 145 243 212 137 119 169 143 75 15 25 29 9 11 49 40 53 

Full owners ................... · .... 119 196 187 125 98 140 129 67 11 25 26 8 10 31 32 50 

Part OWIlers ............................ 15 14 11 2 13 10 3 - 2 - 2 - - 4 6 2 

Managers ........................... . 2 13 4 (NA) 1 8 3 (NA) 1 - - (NA) - 5 1 (NA) 

Tenants ................................ 9 20 10 10 7 11 8 8 1 - 1 1 1 9 1 1 

14 VIRGIN ISLANDS AGRICULTURE -GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
Table 19. Selected Farm Production Expenses by Tenure of Operator and Islands: 1982 and Earlier Census Years 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Virgin Islands Saint Croix 

Item Farms Expenses (dollars) Farms Expenses (dollars) 

1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 

Machine hire and customwork .. 120 103 76 35 135 943 109 942 43 426 21 351 109 85 66 35 101 793 86 392 36 406 21 351 

Full owners ................. 90 78 61 28 82 599 61 909 25 096 17 140 84 61 53 28 60 099 (0) (D) 17 140 

Part O'WIlers ••••••••••••••• 22 13 7 2 43 064 35 000 9 500 1 401 19 13 5 2 .0) 35 000 (D) 1 401 

Managers •••••••••••.•••••• - 7 4 4 - 4 213 1 330 810 - 7 4 4 - 4 213 1 330 810 

Tenants ....•...•.......... 8 5 4 1 10 280 8 820 7 500 2 000 6 4 4 1 I,D) (D) 7 500 2 000 

Hired farm labor ................. 84 114 111 76 905 657 915 978 960 500 441 243 71 88 77 57 845 407 830 313 572 949 293 792 

Full O'WIlers ..................... 62 81 89 63 576 387 430 028 306 975 160 119 52 62 61 46 537 937 375 691 282 784 130 068 

Part owners ........................ 16 16 10 7 301 820 266 891 194 715 186 424 15 14 5 5 (OJ (D) 143 355 69 024 

Managers ........................ - 9 6 4 - 102 599 83 000 D) - 7 6 4 - (0) (0) (D) 

Tenants .............. o ........... 6 8 6 2 27 450 116 460 I 375 810 ,D) 4 5 5 2 (0) 99 160 (D) (D) 

Feed for livestock and 

poultry ••.•••••.•••.••••••• 203 251 220 112 999 645 868 732 1 020 423 420 013 145 186 155 87 805 385 697 287 616 766 269 286 

Full owners .................. 157 189 188 96 371 202 404 957 336 528 128 106 112 142 132 74 275 152 (D) 269 763 121 675 

Part owners .................. 27 23 14 6 526 007 389 860 292 075 216 609 24 19 9 4 447 007 354 370 285 808 72 513 

~nagers ••.••.• ••••.•.•.•• 2 19 5 3 (D) 31 802 4 103 53 250 1 9 4 3 (D) 18 765 (D) 53 250 

Tenants ..................... 17 20 13 7 (D) 42 113 387 717 22 048 8 16 10 6 (D) :D) (0 21 848 

Insecticides; fungicides, 

and herbicides .............. 64 89 84 44 74 977 49 948 26 930 7 668 46 59 48 29 70 557 47 036 19 795 5 756 

Full own.ers .................... 54 64 67 33 73 048 26 821 16 693 2 880 37 44 38 20 (D) 24 950 12483 1 318 

Part owners .................. 7 12 11 6 1 798 21 067 7 137 3 068 6 9 5 4 (D) 20 877 5 412 2 718 

l1anagers ..... , .............. - 4 4 3 - 317 (D) 70 - 2 4 3 - (D) (D) 70 

Tenants .. ................. 3 9 2 2 131 1 70 (D) 1 650 3 4 1 2 131 (D) (D) 1 650 

Fertilizers and manure 

purchased ....................... 66 79 65 31 66 540 41 413 32 322 22 204 40 56 40 20 60 050 35 793 25 743 19 511 

Full owners ....................... 55 60 53 21 51 827 21 887 16 154 3 710 32 43 32 12 45 957 20 369 12 460 1 885 

Par t owners .................... 8 11 9 5 14 396 8 613 13 668 4 694 6 8 5 3 (D) 8 161 10 783 3 826 

Managers .......................... - 3 3 4 - 1 083 2 500 8 800 - 2 3 4 - (D) 2 500 8 800 

Tenants .......................... 3 5 - 1 317 9 830 (NA) 5 000 2 3 - 1 (D) (D) (NA) 5 000 

Livestock and poultry 

purchased ......................... 59 92 76 30 75 170 87 249 60 482 132 934 36 52 47 25 57 510 76 175 49 900 91 479 

Fu 11 owners ....................... 41 73 65 25 31 816 57 310 31 262 45 176 23 42 39 21 (D) 48 250 22 680 (D) 

Part owners ...................... 10 6 4 2 8 829 8 084 6 750 (D) 9 3 2 1 (D) 7 650 (D) (D) 

Managers ........................ - 6 2 2 - 4 640 (D) 1 610 - 1 2 2 - (D) (D) 1 610 

Tenants ......................... 8 7 5 1 34 525 17 215 (D) (D) 4 6 4 1 30 775 (D) 16 685 (D) 

Saint John Saint Thomas 

Item Farms Expenses (dollars) Farms Expenses (dollars) 

1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 

Machine hire and customwork .. 4 7 1 - 13 000 3 600 (D) - 7 11 9 - 21 150 19 950 (D) - Full owners ......................... 3 7 1 - (D) 3 600 (D) - 3 10 7 - (D) (D) (D) - Part owners ...................... 1 - - - (D) - - - 2 - 2 - (D) - (D) - Managers ....................... oo - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tenants ......................... - - - - - - - - 2 1 - - (D) (D) (NA) -

Hired farm labor ................... 5 8 8 2 10 150 12 320 2 734 1 700 8 18 26 17 50 100 73 345 384 817 1£.5 751 

Full owners ....................... 5 8 8 2 10 150 12 320 2 734 1 700 5 11 20 15 28 300 42 017 21 457 28 351 

Part oWPers ....................... - - - - - - - - 1 2 5 2 (D) (D) (D) 117 400 

Managers .............................. - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - (D) (NA) - Tenants ............................. - - - - - - - - 2 3 1 - (D) 17 300 (D) -

Feed for livestock and 

poultry ••...•••.••••••••• •• 16 24 35 12 25 510 43 339 15 697 2 575 42 41 30 13 168 750 128 106 387 960 148 152 

Full owners ..................... 13 23 32 11 22 750 (D) 13 330 2 375 32 24 24 11 73 300 66 065 53 435 4 056 

Part owners ........................... 1 - 2 - (D) - (D) - 2 4 3 2 (D) 35 490 6 000 144 096 

Managers ......................... 1 1 - - (D) (D) - - - 9 1 - - (D) (D) - Tenants ........................... 1 - 1 1 (D) - (D) 200 8 4 2 - (D) (D) (D) -

Insecticides) fungicides) 

and herbicides .................... 4 6 6 - 250 450 500 - 14 24 30 15 4 170 2 462 6 635 1 912 

Full owners ....................... 3 6 5 - (D) 450 (D) - 14 14 24 13 4 170 1 421 (D) 1 562 

Part owners ...................... 1 - 1 - (D) - (D) - - 3 5 2 - 190 (D) 350 

Managers ........................ - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - (D) - - Tenants ........................... - - - - - - - - - 5 1 - - (D) (D) -

Fertilizers and manure 

purchased ............................ 3 5 5 1 520 130 334 100 23 18 20 10 5 970 5 490 6 245 2 593 

Full owners ........................... 2 5 5 1 (D) 130 334 100 21 12 16 8 (D) 1 388 3 360 1 725 

Part owners ....................... 1 - - - (D) - - - 1 3 4 2 (D) 452 2 885 868 

Managers .......................... - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - (D) (NA) - Tenants .............................. - - - - - - - - 1 2 - - (D) (D) (NA) -

Livestock and poultry 

purchased ........................... 5 14 15 1 1 370 4 421 1 877 150 18 26 14 4 16 290 6 653 8 705 41 305 

Full owners .......................... 4 14 15 1 (D) 4 421 1 877 150 14 17 11 3 12 540 4 639 6 705 (D) Part owners ...................... 1 - - - (D) - - - - 3 2 1 - 434 (D) (D) 

Managers ............................ - - - - - - - - - 5 - - - ,D) (NA) - Tenants ........................ - - - - - - - - 4 1 1 - 3 750 (D) (D) -

AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREASERIES VIRGIN ISLANDS 15 
Table 20. Off-Farm Work by Islands: 1982 and Earlier Census Years 

(For enwrieration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Virgin Islands Saint Croix Saint John Saint Thomas 

Item 1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 1982 1978 1975 1970 

Operators by days of work off farm: 

None .................................... III 146 132 66 95 107 84 42 1 10 22 3 15 29 26 21 

Any •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 192 232 195 146 124 172 152 94 17 24 17 14 51 36 26 38 

1 to 49 days ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 14 

Ii j 36 12 i 12 3 

~ 26 8 { 2 - } 7 1 ~ - -

} 3 3 50 to 99 days •••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 1 5 2 3 - 3 

100 to 149 days •••••••••••••••••••••• 4 17 47 22 3 12 32 11 { 1 - } 8 - 5 } - 7 11 150 to 199 days •••••••••••••••••••••• 33 10 27 8 2 - 4 2 

200 days or more .......................... 138 191 112 112 81 144 94 75 10 21 2 13 47 26 16 24 

Full owners by days of work off farm: 

None .................................. 94 113 111 56 80 85 70 36 1 10 21 2 13 18 20 18 

Any •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 149 182 170 127 { 95 137 132 77 13 23 15 13 41 22 23 37 

1 to 49 days ••••••••••••••••••••••• 7 

~} 32 9 5 2 } 22 5 

~ 2 -

j 7 1 

~ - -

} 3 3 50 to 99 days •••••••••••••••••••••• 3 1 2 2 3 - 3 

100 to 149 days •••••••••••••••••••• 3 15 } 39 20 { 2 11 } 9 1 - 6 - 4 5 11 150 to 199 days •••.•••••••••••••••• 28 7 23 6 28 2 - - 3 1 

200 days or more .......................... 108 150 99 98 64 116 82 63 6 20 2 12 38 14 15 23 

Part owners by days of work off farm: 

None ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 14 12 9 3 13 8 4 - - - 1 - 1 4 4 3 

Any •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 19 18 9 5 15 16 6 5 2 - 1 - 2 2 2 - 1 to 49 days ••••••••••••••••••••••• 2 

~~ 2 2 t 

2 1 } 2 2 

~ - -

~ 1 - -

} 50 - - - - to 99 days •••••••••••••••••••••• - - - - - - - 150 to 149 ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1 3 1 1 1 - - 1 - - - - - 1 - 150 to 199 days •••.•••••••••••••••• 3 3 2 - - - 1 

200 days or more ..................................... 13 13 4 3 9 12 3 3 2 - - - 2 1 1 -

Managers by days of work off farm: 

None ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• - 8 2 3 - 7 1 3 - - - - - 1 1 - A.,y •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3 V 8 1 2 8 8 1 1 1 - - - 8 - - 1 to 49 days ••••••••••••••••••••••• - -

} 2 -

f 

- ~ } 2 -

i - -

~ ~ - - } 50 - - to 99 days •••••••••••••••••••••• - 1 - - - - - - - 100 to 149 days •••••••••••••••••••• - 1 - - - } - - - 1 } 150 to 199 - - days •••••••••••••••••••• - - - - - - - - - - - - - 200 days or more .................... 3 15 6 1 2 7 6 1 1 1 - - - 7 - -

Tenants by days of work off farm.: 

None ..............•...•.............. 3 13 10 4 2 7 9 3 - - - 1 1 6 1 - Any •••••.•••••..•.••.•.•.•••••••••••• 21 15 8 13 12 11 6 11 1 - 1 1 8 4 1 1 

1 to 49 days ••••••••••••••••••• •••• 5 -

j - 1 

f 

5 -

~ 1 ~ - -

~ - -

~ - - } - - 50 to 99 days •••••••••••••••••••••• - 2 - 2 - - - - - 100 to 149 days •••••••••••••••••••• - - 5 2 - - 3 2 - - 1 - - } 150 to 199 days ••••••• ••••••••••••• 2 1 - - 1 - - - - 1 - 200 days or more .......................... 14 13 3 10 6 9 3 8 1 - - 1 7 4 - 1 

16 VIRGIN ISLANDS AGRICULTURE - GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
Table 21. Summary by Size of Farm: 1982 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols;! see introductory text) 

Less 100 175 260 500 1,000 

Item than 3 3 to 9 10 to 19 20 to 49 50 to 99 to 174 to 259 to 499 to 999 acres 

Total acres acres acres acres acres acres acres acres acres or more 

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 

Farms .................................... number .. 303 75 114 32 34 18 12 5 6 4 3 

Percent of farms .... , ........................ 100.0 24.8 37.6 10.6 11.2 5.9 4.0 1.7 2.0 1.3 l.0 

Land in farms 1 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• acres .. 20 824 117 594 418 1 031 196 440 118 2 318 3 060 9 532 

Percent distribution ......................... 100.0 0.6 2.9 2.0 5.0 5.7 6.9 5.4 11.1 14.7 45.8 

Average size of farm .................. acres .. 68.7 1.6 5.2 13.1 30.3 66.4 120.0 223.6 386.3 765.0 3 177.3 

LAND USE 

Cropland .................................. farms .. 233 59 95 24 28 12 7 4 1 1 

acres .. 823 59 244 117 339 232 193 82 146 (D) (D) 

Harvested ............................... farms .. 227 59 93 24 27 11 1 3 1 1 

acres .. 819 53 200 82 174 123 25 (0) (0) (D) (D) 

Other ................................... farms .. 60 12 20 8 9 4 4 1 1 1 

acres .. 004 6 44 35 166 109 168 \0) (D) (D) 

Pasture or grazing land ................... farms .. 171 25 61 19 24 14 11 4 6 4 3 

acres .. 15 985 22 217 182 506 808 114 755 850 2 430 8 100 

Wood land ................................... farms .. 51 8 12 11 9 3 2 3 1 2 

acres .. 713 7 38 83 94 15 (0) 156 (D) (D) 

Other land ................................ farms .. 237 53 96 24 29 16 7 4 5 2 1 

acres .. 304 29 95 35 91 142 (0) 125 322 (D) (D) 

TENURE OF OPERATOR 

All operators ..................................... 303 75 114 32 34 18 12 5 6 4 3 

Full owners .................................... 243 65 92 23 29 16 9 3 3 3 

Part owners ..................................... 33 4 11 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 2 

Managers ....................................... 3 1 1 1 

Tenants .................................. ··.·· . 24 10 5 1 

FARMS BY SIZE 

Farms .............................................. 303 75 114 32 34 18 12 4 3 

Less than 3 acres ............................... 75 75 

3 to 9 acres ................................ " .. 114 114 

10 to 19 acres .................................. 32 32 

20 to 49 acres ........................... · ... · .. 34 34 

50 to 99 acres ............ '" .. , ................. 18 18 

100 to 174 acres .. 0 ••• , ........................... 12 12 

175 to 259 acres ............................... 5 

260 to 499 acres .................................... 6 6 

500 to 999 acres ........................ 0" o ••••• 4 4 

1,000 acres or more ...................... 0" 0" o. 3 3 

FARMS BY TYPE OF HOLDING 

Home consumption holdings ........................... 86 26 36 9 8 3 3 1 

Sale holdings ••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••• 217 49 78 23 26 15 9 4 6 4 3 

Vegetable ••.••••••••••••••.••••••.••••••••••••• 14 5 3 3 2 1 

Field and forage crop ........................... o. 7 4 3 

Fruit and nut ......... 0 ............................. 59 15 30 5 4 3 

Dairy ...................... 0 ........................ 5 2 1 1 

Livestock ....... , ., .... , ..... " ..................... 112 20 32 13 17 9 4 3 2 

Poultry •••••••••••••.•••.•••••••••••••••••••••• 5 1 4 

Nursery ............................................ 3 1 1 1 

Mixed .......................... 0 0 0 .................... 10 2 4 2 2 

Other ••••••••••••••.••••.•••.•••••.•••••••••.•• 2 1 1 

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

Operators by years on present farm: 

Less than 2 years ....................... o ••••••• 27 4 11 4 2 3 1 2 

2 to 4 years ................ o ................... 47 18 13 4 7 3 1 1 

5 to 9 years ............................ 0 ........ 46 15 14 4 6 1 2 3 1 

10 years or more .................................. 183 38 76 20 19 14 6 1 4 2 3 

Operators by age group: 

Under 25 years ................................... 6 2 1 

25 to 34 years ............... o .................. 12 3 1 4 2 1 

35 to 44 years ................................... 55 20 16 9 5 1 1 

45 to 54 years .................................. 69 10 32 7 7 4 3 2 

55 to 64 years .................................... 87 25 35 8 12 3 2 

65 years and over ............................... 74 18 26 7 5 9 2 2 3 1 

Average age ...................................... 55 55 55 54 51 61 48 59 63 53 55 

Operators by place of residence: 

On farm operated .................................. 248 63 96 28 26 15 1 5 3 2 

Not on farm operated ..........•.. 0 .............. 55 12 18 4 8 3 4 1 1 1 

Operators by place of birth: 

Virgin Islands ••••.••••..•••••••••••••.•••••••• 201 43 74 23 23 13 10 6 3 1 

Puerto Rico ...................................... 25 9 10 2 1 1 1 1 

Elsewhere ........................................ 77 23 30 7 10 4 1 - ; 2 

See footnotes at end of table. 

AGRICULTURE - GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES VIRGIN ISLANDS 17 
Table 21. Summary by Size of Farm: 1982-Con. 

:, For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Less 100 175 260 500 1,000 

Item than 3 3 to 9 10 to 19 20 to 49 50 to 99 to 174 to 259 to 499 to 999 acres 

Total acres acres acres acres acres acres acres acres acres or more 

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS--Con. 

Operators by days of work off farm: 

None ........................................... 0 ••••••• 111 24 38 9 11 14 3 3 3 4 

Any •.•....•.••••......•.•••.•....•........••.•• 192 51 76 23 23 4 9 2 3 

1 to 49 days •••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••••• 14 1 5 4 2 1 1 

50 to 99 days •••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••. 3 1 1 

100 to 149 days •••••••••.••••.•••.••••••••••• 4 1 3 

150 to 199 days •••.•••..••••••••••••••••••••• 33 10 9 6 5 

200 days or more ......................................................... 138 40 61 12 12 

Operators by main occupation: 

Agricul tural. .•.••.••.•••••••••••••••••••••..•. 132 24 43 15 16 15 4 4 4 2 

Nonagricul tural ............................................................... 171 51 71 17 18 3 1 2 1 

LOCATION 

Farms ................................................................................... 303 75 114 32 34 18 12 5 6 4 3 

On hard surface road ............ o ........... o .................... 258 66 96 28 27 14 12 4 5 3 3 

Off hard surface road ............................ o.o .......... 45 9 18 4 7 4 1 1 1 

Less than 1 mile ................................................ 19 4 7 1 4 1 1 1 

1 to 2 miles .......•...................•.•... 25 5 10 3 3 3 

3 to 4 miles .................................. 1 1 

5 miles or more ............................... 

LABOR STATUS 

Unpaid labor ................................ farms .. 280 73 110 31 30 14 11 3 5 2 1 

workers .. 485 134 169 64 56 24 24 4 7 (D) (D) 

Less than 25 days ••••.•..••••.•.••••...• farms •• 7 1 4 1 1 

workers •. 8 (D) 5 (D) (D) 

25 to 149 days ..................•....... farms •. 39 8 18 7 2 1 2 1 

workers .. 63 (D) 28 14 (D) (D) (D) (D) 

150 days or more ......................... farms .. 255 70 97 26 30 14 8 3 4 2 1 

workers .. 414 121 136 50 (D) 22 18 4 (D) (D) (0) 

Hired farm labor ............................. farms .. 84 9 22 8 18 11 2 4 4 4 2 

workers .. 228 18 33 16 51 39 (0) 5 8 35 (0) 

Less than 25 days ••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •. 4 1 1 1 1 

workers •. 5 (0) (0) (0) (0) 

25 to 149 days •••••••••.••.••••••••••••• farms •. 35 5 9 3 10 4 1 2 1 

workers •. 72 11 (0) (0) (0) 9 (0) (0) (D) 

150 days or more .........•.............. farms •. 52 4 12 5 9 8 1 4 3 4 2 

workers .. 151 (0) 22 10 29 30 (0) 5 (0) (0) (0) 

FARMS BY VALUE OF SALES 

$1 to $99 ••••.•••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••• 6 1 5 

$100 to $499 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••. 68 31 26 6 5 

$500 to $1,199 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 69 27 26 7 4 4 1 

$1,200 to $2,499 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••. 54 13 21 6 8 3 3 

$2,500 to $4,999 ••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••••• 27 2 11 1 7 1 2 2 

$5,000 to $7,499 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 8 1 1 1 3 

$7,500 to $9,999 ••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••• 4 2 1 1 

$10,000 or more ••••••••••••••.•••••••.••••••••••. 29 6 3 4 1 1 1 4 2 

EQUIPMENT 

Tractors ................................... farms ... 55 4 9 7 10 7 6 3 4 3 2 

number •• 121 4 10 8 15 49 8 5 (D) 11 (D) 

Motortrucks .. '" ............................. farms .. 174 40 60 17 21 14 8 4 5 3 2 

numher .. 234 42 67 19 35 38 9 (D) 8 6 (D) 

Automobiles ............................... farms .. 153 37 52 19 16 11 7 2 4 3 2 

number .. 196 43 63 23 20 26 7 (0) 5 3 (D) 

SPECIFIED FACILITIES 

Electricity ..................•..•.....••.. farms •. 267 69 96 27 31 16 11 4 6 4 3 

Piped running water .. .................... . farms .. 264 71 92 28 29 16 11 5 6 4 2 

Wells •••••.•••••........•••••.•.•••...•.•• farms .. 158 27 53 17 25 11 10 4 6 3 2 

number .. 246 27 60 20 33 23 17 8 22 (D) (D) 

SELECTED PRODUCTION EXPENSES 

Machine hire and customwork •.............. farms .. 120 17 43 14 19 9 8 4 2 3 1 

dollars •• 135 943 6 784 22 685 14 833 17 720 12 964 12 830 16 900 (D) 14 390 (0) 

Hired farm labor •••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 84 9 24 8 15 11 3 4 4 4 2 

dollars •• 905 657 21 125 54 992 42 950 225 620 196 278 16 984 (0) 32 270 131 038 (D) 

Feed for livestock and poultry •••••••••••• farms •. 203 48 76 19 20 14 9 5 6 4 2 

dollars •• 999 645 47 513 252 147 (0) 34 261 158 010 18 266 23 100 66 800 182 376 (0) 

Insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides •• farms •• 64 22 24 4 7 4 2 1 

dollars •• 74 977 2 128 6 662 527 2 975 60 625 (D) (0) 

Fertilizers and manure purchased ....•..... farms .. 66 19 26 6 7 6 1 1 

dollars •• 66 540 3 197 5450 (D) 11 830 33 526 (D) (D) 

Livestock and poultry purchased ...•......• farms •. 59 12 24 3 9 3 4 1 1 2 

dollars •• 75 170 I 5 871 37 700 3 020 6 225 13 884 5 995 (0) (0) (0) 

See footnotes at end of table. 

18 VIRGIN ISLANDS AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
Table 21. Summary by Size of Farm: 1982-Con. 

(For enumeration periods) see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols ~ see introductory text) 

Item 

SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP OR PRODUCT 

Field~ forage, and vegetable crops~ ....... farms .. 

dollars .. 

Fruits and nuts ........................... farms .. 

dollars .. 

Ornamental plants and other nursery 

produc ts .................................... farms .. 

dollars .. 

Lives tock .......•........•.•.•............ farms •. 

dollars .. 

Milk; ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

dollars .. 

Poultry and eggs .......................... farms •• 

dollars .. 

SELECTED FRUITS AND NUTS 

Land in bearing and nonbearing fruit f_rees 

and plants ............................... farms .. 

acres .. 

Avocados .. , ..................... , ......... farms .. 

trees not of bearing age .. 

trees of bearing age .. 

number harvested .. 

Sales .................................. number .. 

dollars •. 

Bananas ...............................•.•. farms •. 

hills not of bearing age .. 

hills of bearing age .. 

bunches harves ted .. 

Sales ..................•..........•... bunches .. 

dollars .. 

Coconuts .................................... farlllS .. 

trees not of bearing age .. 

trees of bearing age .. 

number harvested .. 

Sales .................................... number .. 

dollars .. 

Grapefrui ts ................•.•......•..... farms .. 

ttees not of bearing age .. 

trees of bearing age .. 

pounds harves ted .. 

Sales ......................•........... pounds .. 

dollars •• 

L imes and lemons •.....................•... farms .. 

trees not of bearing age .. 

trees of bearing age .. 

pounds harves ted .. 

Sales .............................•.•.. pounds .. 

dollars .. 

M angoes ...............................•... farms .. 

trees not of bearing age .. 

trees of bearing age .. 

number harves ted .. 

Sales .........•............•........... number .. 

dollars •• 

o ranges ....... , ................ _ ........•... farms •. 

trees not of bearing age .. 

trees of bearing age .. 

pounds harves ted .. 

Sales .................................... pounds .. 

dollars .. 

p apayas ................. , ....................... farms .. 

trees not of bearing age .. 

trees of bearing age .. 

pounds harves ted .. 

Sales .......................... , ......... pounds .. 

dollars •• 

L lVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS 

H orses, colts, and ponies ..•.............. farms •. 

number .. 

Sa les ............ _.' .... , ...................... farms .. 

number .. 

dollars •• 

M ules, asses, and burros ............. , .•... farms .. 

number .. 

Sales ................................... farms •• 

number •. 

dollars •• 

See footnotes at end of table. 

Total 

69 

212 155 

130 

145 796 

9 

89 700 

168 

705 849 

10 

922 830 

21 

315 586 

218 

603 

169 

1 093 

1 208 

31 874 

25 203 

14 793 

173 

a 235 

29 516 

11 532 

8 764 

62 584 

151 

2 744 

2 335 

18 066 

12 173 

6 820 

63 

267 

282 

4 615 

2 502 

1 257 

149 

418 

1 135 

12 472 

3 945 

2 188 

190 

2 088 

3 082 

209 845 

161 870 

48 454 

95 

399 

446 

6 246 

2 340 

1 115 

90 

1 426 

1 158 

4 866 

2 066 

1 127 

29 

151 

3 

13 

5 750 

3 

3 

-

-

-

AGR1CULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 

Less 

than 3 

acres 

24 

34 326 

37 

17 874 

1 

(D) 

37 

26 180 

1 

(D) 

6 

2 571 

54 

38 

42 

158 

239 

6 932 

5 654 

3 648 

48 

1 063 

3 564 

1 967 

1 265 

7 492 

42 

126 

206 

1 934 

844 

570 

15 

8 

36 

799 

530 

260 

39 

37 

242 

2 910 

1 165 

515 

48 

124 

228 

18 707 

12 280 

4 399 

22 

50 

59 

725 

200 

175 

22 

25 

187 

1 610 

840 

442 

3 

9 

-

-

-

1 

(D) 

-

-

-

100 

3 to 9 10 to 19 20 to 49 50 to 99 to 174, 

acres acres acres acres acres l 

22 8 8 4 2 

30 217 42 076 60 300 36 341 (D) 

51 15 16 6 3 

41 857 24 004 CD) 21 033 20 735 

1 2 2 2 1 

(D) CD) CD) (D) (D) 

54 18 21 13 10 

69 576 CD) 43 510 46 511 37 211 

1 - - 2 1 

CD) - - (D) ID) 

9 2 1 1 1 

303 400 (D) (D) (D) (D) 

91 24 27 11 6 

170 65 148 103 21 

74 18 21 8 3 

229 271 332 77 (D) 

504 170 156 88 21 

11 253 2 965 6994 2 930 400 

8 531 2 160 6233 2 300 325 

5 485 1 030 3 260 1 170 200 

76 16 18 7 4 

2 729 461 700 262 (D) 

7 703 12 537 1 256 1 176 3 075 

3 407 1 962 703 447 2 892 

2 658 1 271 CD) 390 2 833 

18 512 13 915 (D) 2 825 17 660 

62 16 18 8 4 

163 1 053 300 (D) 1 002 

422 601 771 128 207 

4 335 2 236 4 130 881 4 550 

2 164 1 690 2 825 400 4 250 

1 810 1 365 925 100 2 050 

25 10 8 3 1 

38 61 122 (D) - 72 94 48 CD) CD) 

740 462 1 504 CD) (D) 

600 22 854 496 - 420 19 308 250 - 65 16 17 7 3 

119 34 172 CD) - 438 111 212 94 25 

3 191 990 4 750 533 (D) 

1 434 510 CD) 475 - 1 080 (D) 240 208 - 80 21 23 10 3 

270 729 291 195 - 1 135 300 381 371 72 

54 166 10380 35980 71 212 CD) 

40 590 6 065 25235 59 400 5 300 

12 735 2180 8 290 16 050 800 

41 13 11 3 3 

63 145 136 3 CD) 

158 25 118 CD) 51 

2 366 220 1 775 150 1 010 

875 50 1 115 100 - 305 95 465 75 -

46 9 9 2 1 

188 11 82 (D) - 547 264 116 (D) (D) 

1 466 576 904 (D) CD) 

786 120 35 CD) CD) 

425 60 40 CD) CD) 

7 2 4 1 6 

18 (D) 15 CD) 74 

1 - - - 2 

(D) - - - CD) 

(D) - - - (D) 

2 - - - - (D) - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - -

175 260 500 1,000 

to 259 to 499 to 999 acres 

acres acres acres or more 

- - 1 - - - (D) - - 2 - - - (D) - -

- - - -

- - - - 4 6 3 2 

79 250 29 716 67 200 (D) 

1 1 2 1 

(D) (D) (D) CD) 

- 1 - - - (D) - -

1 3 1 - (D) 46 (D) - 1 1 1 - - (D) - - (D) - (D) - (D) - (D) - - - - - - - - - 1 2 1 - - (D) - - (D) (D) (D) - (D) (D) (D) - - (D) - - - (D) - -

- 1 - - - (D) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - (D) - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - (D) - - - (D) (D) - - CD) - - - (D) - - - (D) - - 1 3 1 - - 479 - - CD) 475 (D) - CD) 13 000 - - - 13 000 - - - 4 000 - - - 1 1 - - CD) - - - - (D) - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- 1 - - - (D) - - - CD) - - - CD) - - - CD) - - - CD) - -

2 1 1 2 

CD) (D) (D) (D) 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

- - - - - - - -

VIRGIN ISLANDS 19 
Table 21. Summary by Size of Farm: 1982 - Con. 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Less 100 175 260 500 1,000 

Item than 3 3 to 9 10 to 19 20 to 49 50 to 99 to 174 to 259 to 499 to 999 acres 

Total acres acres acres acres acres acres acres acres acres or more 

LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS--Con. 

Sheep and lambs ............................ farms .. 65 16 24 5 5 4 4 4 3 - - number .. 2 889 389 440 152 719 355 76 128 630 - - Sales ................................... farms .. 46 13 15 2 3 4 3 4 2 - - number .. 629 118 126 I.D} 65 74 24 32 (D) - - dollars .• 36 010 7 595 7 075 :D) 3 200 4 900 1 950 2 350 (D) - -

Goats and kids ............................ farms .. 133 28 57 16 14 4 6 4 4 - - number .. 4 035 546 1 222 569 719 404 94 246 235 - -

Sales ........................................... farms .. 77 18 27 12 11 2 2 2 3 - - number ... 920 129 283 103 162 CD) (D) (D) 72 - - dollars .. 45 483 4 015 14 823 4 870 10 075 (D) (D) (D) 3 100 - -

Hogs and pigs ............................... farms .... 98 21 41 10 13 4 4 4 1 - - number .. 2 404 545 923 140 237 ID) 57 425 (D) - - Sales ..................................... faI1l1S •. 62 13 24 7 9 2 2 4 1 - - number .. 1 513 157 505 98 133 CD) CD) 540 (D) - - dollars .. 129 973 13 470 41 828 6 025 12 985 rD) "D) 51 900 (D) - -

Under 8 months old ....•.••••.••••••••••• farms •• 81 16 35 8 10 3 4 4 1 - - number •. 1 413 260 593 88 130 rD) 37 258 (D) - - Sales ................................ number .. 822 124 428 30 (D) ID) 20 50 - - - dollars .. 62 085 9400 32 635 2 625 (D) (D) (D) 3 900 - - -

8 months old or older ................... farms .. 84 19 35 9 9 4 4 3 1 - - number .. 991 285 330 52 107 24 (D) 167 (D) - - Sales ................................ number .. 691 33 77 68 ~D ) - - 490 (D) - - dollars .. 67 888 4 070 9 193 3 400 (D) - - 48 000 (D) - -

Cattle and calves ......................... farms .. 100 14 28 10 13 11 7 5 5 4 3 

number .. 5672 84 150 91 320 432 184 195 511 1 619 2 086 

Sales ...........................•.•..... farms .. 51 2 9 6 8 8 6 3 4 3 2 

number •. 1 287 (D) 14 18 38 96 52 30 41 176 (D) 

dollars •• 488 633 (D) 5450 6 450 17 250 36 246 26 911 21 300 18 226 67 200 (D) 

Cows ..•.•••••.•••••••••••••••••••••.•.•. farms ... 88 11 21 8 13 11 7 5 5 4 3 

number .• 3 067 32 56 39 146 237 89 108 233 976 1 151 

Sales ...........•.................... number .. 235 (D) 7 10 4 20 14 - 13 55 (D) 

dollars .. 114 150 (D) 3 050 4 950 3 000 11 400 6 500 - 5 650 23 500 (D) 

Heifers and heifer calves 1 year old or 

older ...................•.....•........ farms .. 57 3 10 5 10 9 5 4 5 4 2 

number •• 1 269 18 19 (D) 72 105 (D) 46 146 (D) (D) 

Sales ..........................•..... number ... 282 - 2 (D) 11 9 - - (D) (D) (D) 

dollars •• 100 755 - 300 (D) 4420 2 835 - - 5 600 (D) (D) 

Bulls, bull calves, steers, and steer 

calves 1 year old or older ...... .o • .o • .o • • farms • • 75 7 17 7 13 10 6 5 5 3 2 

number .. 866 13 30 (D) 52 54 21 (D) 38 233 (D) 

Sales ........................................ number .. 498 - 5 (D) 22 27 38 (D) 10 83 (D) 

dollars •. 244 228 - 2 100 (D) 9 530 13 411 20 411 (D) 5 376 30 000 (D) 

Calves under 1 year old ••••••••••••••••• farms •• 58 9 11 7 8 7 6 2 4 2 2 

number ... 470 21 45 17 50 36 (D) (D) 94 (D) (D) 

Sales .......................................... number .. 272 - - - 1 40 - (D) 5 (D) (D) 

dollars •• 29 500 - - - 300 8 600 - (D) 1 600 (D) (D) 

Livestock sales ................................ farms .. 168 37 54 18 21 13 10 4 6 3 2 

dollars •• 705 849 26180 69 576 (D) 43 510 46 511 37 211 79 250 29 716 67 200 (D) 

Milk sales ..................................... farms •. 10 1 1 - - 2 1 ~ 1 2 1 

quarts .. 1 858 145 (D) (D) - - (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) 

dollars •• 922 830 (D) (D) - - (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) 

POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS 

Chickens •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 65 21 28 5 6 2 2 - 1 - - number .. 18 345 960 16 427 214 384 (D) (D) - (D) - - Sales ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 12 2 8 - - 1 1 - - - - number .. 20 071 (D) 7 963 - - (D) (D) - - - - dollars •• 15 216 (D) (D) - - (D) (D) - - - - 5 months old or older ••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 60 19 25 5 6 2 2 - 1 - - number •. 9 719 564 8 573 142 285 (D) (D) - (D) - -

Turkeys, ducks, geese, and other poultrY.o.farms .. 20 5 9 - 3 - 2 - 1 - - number .. 390 166 154 - 28 - (D) - (D) - - Sales ••.••••••.••••.•••••••••.•••••••••• farms •• 3 1 1 - - 1 - - - - - number •. 655 (D) (D) - - (D) - - - - - dollars •• 995 (D) (D) - - (D) - - - - -

Chicken egg sales ••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 15 3 7 2 1 - 1 - 1 - - dozens .. 284 107 1 970 281 322 (D) (D) - (D) - (D) - - dollars •• 299 375 2 105 296 355 (D) (D) - (D) - (D) - - Poultry and egg sales .......................... farms ... 21 6 9 2 1 1 1 - 1 - - dollars •• 315 586 2 571 303 400 (D) (D) (D) (D) - (D) - -

IDetail may not add to total due to rounding. 

20 VIRGIN ISLANDS AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
Table 22. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1982 

(For enumeration periods, see appenciix A; and for meaning of' abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Item 

FARMS AND lAND IN FARMS 

Farms • ..............•....•.............. . number .. 

Percent of farms ............................ . 

Land in farmsl ............................ acres .. 

Percent distribution ........................ . 

Average 5 ize of farm .................. acres .. 

lAND USE 

Cropland .................................. farms .. 

acres .. 

Harvested ........ , ...................... farms .. 

acres .. 

Other ..... ............................. . farms .. 

Pasture or grazing land ............. _ ... farms .. 

acres .. 

Woodland ....... .......• , •.. , .•.••........ . farms .. 

acres .. 

Other land ................................ farms .. 

acres .. 

TENURE OF OPERATOR 

All operators .... ............................... . 

Full owners ................................... . 

Part owners ............................. · ..... . 

Managers ... ........ , .......................... . 

Tenants .............................. ......... . 

FARMS BY SIZE 

Farms ... ........................................ . 

Less than 3 acres ......................... ····· 

3 to 9 acres ........................... ·· ... · .. 

10 to 19 acres ................................ . 

20 to 49 acres ................................ . 

50 to 99 acres ........................... · .... · 

100 to 174 acres .............................. . 

175 to 259 acres ......•............•..... ·.· .. . 

260 to 499 acres •...................... ····· •.. 

500 to 999 acres •.....•......•............. · ... 

1, 000 acres or more .................... ··.··.· . 

FARMS BY TYPE OF HOLDING 

Home consumption holdings ....................... . 

Sale holdings ................................... . 

Vegetable .................................. ... . 

Field and forage crop ......................... . 

Frui t and nut ............................. · ... . 

Dairy ......................................... . 

Livestock ..................................... . 

Poul try ....................................... . 

Nursery ....................................... . 

Mixed ......................................... . 

Other ......................................... . 

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

Operators by years on present farm: 

!..ess than 2 years ............................. . 

2 to 4 years ........................... · ...... . 

5 to 9 years .................................. . 

10 years or more ......................... ·.··.· 

Operators by age group: 

Under 25 years ............................... . 

25 to 34 years ..........•.................. · .. . 

35 to 44 years .•........................... · .. . 

45 to 54 years ................................ . 

55 to 64 years ......•.......................•.• 

65 years and over ............................. . 

Average age .......................... ········ 

Operators by place of residence: 

On farm operated .............................. . 

Not on farm operated .......................... . 

Operators by place of birth: 

Virgin Islands ................................ . 

Puerto Rico ................................... . 

Elsewhere ....................... .............. . 

See footnotes at end of table. 

AGRICULTURE - GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 

Total 

303 

100.0 

20824 

100.0 

68.7 

233 

823 

227 

819 

60 

004 

171 

15 985 

51 

713 

237 

304 

303 

243 

33 

3 

24 

303 

75 

114 

32 

34 

18 

12 

5 

6 

4 

3 

86 

217 

14 

7 

59 

5 

112 

5 

3 

10 

2 

27 

47 

46 

183 

6 

12 

55 

69 

87 

74 

55 

248 

55 

201 

25 

77 

Full owners 

243 

80.2 

7 775 

37.3 

32.0 

196 

494 

191 

632 

47 

862 

128 

961 

42 

540 

199 

780 

243 

243 

243 

65 

92 

23 

29 

16 

9 

3 

3 

3 

73 

170 

11 

4 

51 

88 

4 

3 

8 

1 

15 

33 

34 

161 

5 

6 

39 

50 

75 

68 

56 

209 

34 

173 

18 

52 

Part owners 

33 

10.9 

10 268 

49.3 

311.1 

24 

279 

23 

148 

9 

131 

25 

352 

6 

144 

27 

492 

33 

33 

33 

4 

11 

3 

4 

8 

25 

3 

4 

5 

10 

5 

9 

4 

15 

3 

8 

10 

7 

5 

51 

26 

17 

2 

14 

Managers 

3 

1.0 

021 

9.7 

673.7 

1 

(D) 

1 

(D) 

2 

(D) 

1 

(D) 

1 

(D) 

1 

53 

Tenan ts 

24 

7.9 

760 

3.6 

31.7 

12 

(D) 

12 

(D) 

4 

10 

16 

(D) 

2 

(D) 

10 

(D) 

24 

24 

24 

6 

10 

5 

1 

4 

20 

3 

13 

1 

7 

5 

8 

4 

1 

3 

7 

8 

5 

46 

11 

13 

10 

4 

10 

VIRGIN ISLANDS 21 
Table 22. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1982-Con. 

(For enumeration periods: see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols) see introductory text) 

Item 

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS--Con. 

Operators by days of work off farm: 

None •• o •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 0.0 ••••••••• 

Any ••.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•.• 

1 to 49 days •••.••••••.••••••••.• ; ••••..•..•• 

50 to 99 days •.••••.••.•••••••••••••••.....•• 

100 to 149 days •.••••••••••••••••••••••.••••. 

150 to 199 days •••..•.•••.••.••••••••••.•••.• 

200 days or more ••••••••••••••••••.••••.••••. 

Operators by main occupation: 

Agricultural .................................. . 

Nonagricultural ............................... . 

LOCATION 

Farms •.•.••••••••••••••••••.•••••..••...••...•.•. 

On hard surface road ........................... . 

Off hard surface road ......................... . 

!.eSB than 1 mile ............................. . 

1 to 2 miles ................................ . 

3 to 4 miles ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

5 miles or more ............................. . 

IABOR STATUS 

Unpaid labor ...........•.................. faIlns .• 

workers .. 

Less than 25 days ....................... fanns .. 

workers .. 

25 to 149 days ••••••••••••••••••.•••.••• farms •• 

workers .. 

150 days or more ........................ fatlIls .. 

workers .. 

Hired farm labor .....•...•......•.•....... farms .. 

workers .. 

Less than 25 days ••••••••••••••••.•••••• farms •• 

workers .. 

25 to 149 days •••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

workers .. 

150 days or more ......•..............•.• farms .. 

workers •. 

FARMS BY VALUE OF SALES 

$1 to $99 ••••••••••••.••••••••.•••••••••••••••••• 

$100 to $499 •••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

$500 to $1,199 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

$1,200 to $2,499 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

$2,500 to $4,999 •••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••• 

$5,000 to $7.499 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

$7,500 to $9,999 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

$10,000 or more ••••••.••••••••••••••••••• • •••••• • 

EQUIPMENT 

Tractors ...•...........•........•......... farms .. 

number .. 

Motortrucks ................................. farms .. 

ntnIlber •. 

Aut01nobiles .......••...•........•.•....•.. farms .. 

ntnIlber •• 

SPECIFIED FACILITIES 

Electricity ........ ' ....•................. farms .. 

Piped running water ...........•........... farms .. 

Wells •••••••••.••.•••••••.••••••••••••.••• farms •• 

number .. 

SELECTED PRODUCTION EXPENSES 

Machine hire and customwork ............... . farms • • 

dollars •• 

Hired farm labor ........................... farms .. 

dollars •• 

Feed for lives tock and pou1 try •••••••••••• farms •• 

dollars •• 

Insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides .. farms •. 

dollars .. 

Fertilizers and manure purchased .........• farms .. 

dollars •. 

Livestock and poultry purchased ............ farms .. . 

dollars .. 

See footnotes at end of table. 

22 VIRGIN ISLANDS 

Total Full owners 

111 94 

192 149 

14 7 

3 3 

4 3 

33 28 

138 108 

132 104 

171 139 

303 243 

258 211 

45 32 

19 13 

25 19 

1 

280 226 

485 395 

7 5 

8 (D) 

39 33 

63 (D) 

255 205 

414 337 

84 63 

228 168 

4 3 

5 (D) 

35 31 

72 61 

52 36 

151 (D) 

6 4 

68 55 

69 56 

54 48 

27 22 

8 5 

4 4 

29 17 

55 36 

121 86 

174 136 

234 170 

153 126 

196 164 

267 226 

264 220 

158 124 

246 182 

120 90 

135 943 82 599 

84 62 

905 657 576 387 

203 157 

999 645 371 202 

64 54 

74 977 73 048 

66 55 

66 540 51 827 

59 41 

75 170 31 816 

Part owners 

14 

19 

1 

3 

13 

20 

13 

33 

28 

5 

2 

27 

48 

1 

(D) 

4 

(D) 

24 

38 

15 

52 

1 

(D) 

3 

(D) 

11 

40 

2 

6 

5 

3 

3 

1 

15 

(D) 

24 

47 

17 

21 

29 

29 

18 

40 

22 

43 064 

16 

301 820 

27 

526 007 

7 

1 798 

8 

14 396 

10 

8 829 

Managers 

3 

3 

3 

3 

2 

1 

3 

3 

3 

3 

1 

(D) 

2 

(D) 

2 

(D) 

2 

2 

1 

(D) 

2 

(D) 

Tenants 

10 

3 

21 

5 

2 

14 

8 

16 

24 

17 

7 

4 

3 

24 

39 

1 

(D) 

2 

(D) 

23 

36 

6 

8 

1 

(D) 

5 

(D) 

7 

8 

3 

1 

2 

3 

3 

3 

12 

(D) 

8 

(D) 

10 

13 

15 

(D) 

8 

280 

6 

27 450 

17 

(D) 

3 

131 

3 

317 

8 

34 525 

AGRICULTURE -GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
Table 22. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1982-Con. 

(For enumeration periods~ see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols 7 see introductory text) 

Item Total Full owners Part owners Managers Tenants 

SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP OR PROOUCT 

Field, forage~ and vegetable crops ..•.••.. farms .. 69 52 10 1 6 

dollars •• 212 155 189 725 20 124 (D) (0) Fruits and nuts .......................................... farms .. 130 III 12 1 6 

dol1ars •• 145 796 112 150 24 891 (D) (0) Ornamental plants and other nursery 

products .............................................. farms .. 9 8 1 - . 

dol1ars •• 89 700 (D) (D) - . Livestock, ........................................... farIIls .. 168 129 21 1 17 

dollars .. 705 849 310 838 347 360 (D) (0) Milk •.••••••••••••••.•••••••••••.•••.••••• farms •. 10 3 6 - 1 

dollars .. 922 830 105 535 (D) - (D) 

Poultry and eggs ............................. farm.s .. 21 15 4 - 2 

dollars .. 315 586 183 740 (D) - (D) 

SELECTEO FRU ITS ANO NUTS 

Land in bearing and nonbearing fruit trees 

and plants ..................................... fanns .. 218 186 21 1 10 

acres .. 603 539 37 3 24 

Avocados ................................. . farms • . 169 145 15 1 8 

trees not of bearing age .. 1 093 935 111 - 47 

trees of bearing age .. 1 208 1 102 67 (D) (D) 

number harvested .. 31 874 30 259 595 (D) (D) 

Sales ................................... nlJIllber .. 25 203 24 107 156 (D) (D) 

dollars .. 14 793 14 008 75 (D) (0) 

Bananas ................................... farms .. 173 145 19 1 8 

hills not of bearing age .. 8 235 6 706 574 - 955 

hills of bearing age .. 29 516 20 683 4 593 (D) (D) 

bunches harvested .. 11 532 7 216 3 250 (D) (D) Sales •................................ bunches •. 8 764 4 876 3 022 (D) (D) dollars •• 62 584 37 712 19 862 (D) (D) 

Coconuts ..........•............ 0 •• 0 ••••••• farms •. 151 137 10 1 3 

trees not of bearing age •. 2 744 1 714 1 030 - - trees of bearing age .. 2 335 2 201 109 (D) (D) 

number harvested .. 18 066 12 989 4 792 (D) (0) 

Sales ................................... number .. 12 173 7 196 4 712 (D) (D) 

dollars .. 6 820 4 141 2 504 (D) (0) 

Grapefruits ................................. farms~. 63 59 3 - 1 

trees not of bearing age .. 267 265 2 - - trees of bearing age .. 282 263 (0) - (0) 

pounds harves ted .. 4 615 3 565 (0) - (D) 

Sales ................................... pounds .. 2 502 1 992 510 - - dollars •• 1 257 1 007 250 - -

Lilnes and lemons ....•.•......•......•.•... farms .. 149 129 14 1 5 

trees not of bearing age •. 418 368 39 - 11 

trees of bearing age .. 1 135 982 129 (0) (D) 

pounds harvested .. 12 472 11 327 (0) (0) - Sales •••.•.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• pounds •• 3 945 3 245 (0) (D) - dollars •• 2 188 1 838 (0) (D) -

M angoes .........•...•........•........•... farms .. 190 166 15 1 8 

trees not of bearing age .. 2 088 1 916 147 - 25 

tree 5 of bearing age •. 3 082 2 647 191 (0) CD) 

number harvested .. 209 845 195 135 4 860 (0) (D) 

Sales ........ 0 ••••••••••••••••••••• 0 ••• number .. 161 870 149 055 3 390 (D) CD) 

dollars •. 48 454 44 324 1 610 (0) CD) 

o ranges .•....•..•............•.... 0 ••••••• fanns .. 95 85 8 1 1 

trees not of bearing age .. 399 383 16 - - trees of bearing age .. 446 369 (0) (D) (D) 

pounds harvested .. 6 246 5 076 (D) (D) (D) 

Sales ........... 0 .......... 0 •••••••• 0 •••• pounds .. 2 340 (0) - (0) - dollars •• 1 115 (D) - (D) - P apayas ..•.................•.•......•.•... farms .. 90 79 7 1 3 

trees not of bearing age .. 1 426 1 335 - - 91 

trees of bearing age •. 1 158 1 041 102 (0) (D) 

pounds harvested .. 4 866 4 490 (D) (0) - Sales ••••.•••••••••.••••••••••••••••••• pounds •• 2 066 1 880 (D) (D) - dollars •• 1 127 1 037 (0) (D) -

L IVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS 

orses, colts, and ponies ................. farms .. 29 19 8 1 1 

number .. 151 69 (D) (D) (0) H 

Sales ••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••••.• farms •• 3 1 - 1 1 

number .. 13 (D) - (D) (0) 

dollars •• 5 750 (D) - (D) (0) 

See footnotes at end of table. 

AGRICULTURE -GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES VIRGIN ISLANDS 23 
Table 22. Summary by Tenure of Operator: 1982-Con. 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Item Total Full owners Part owners Managers Tenants 

LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS--Con. 

Mules, asses, and burros ................................. . farms • .. 3 3 - - - number ... 3 3 - - - Sales .................................................................... farms ... - - - - - number ... - - - - - dollars .• - - - - - Sheep and lambs ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 65 55 7 - 3 

number .• 2 889 2 055 487 - 347 

Sales ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••• farms •• 46 41 3 - 2 

number ... 629 444 (D) - (D) 

dollars •• 36 010 26 970 (D) - (D) 

Goats and kids .................................................... farIns •• 133 106 17 2 8 

number ... 4 035 3 on 739 CD) CD) 

Sales ............................................................ farms .. n 60 12 - 5 

number ... 920 649 218 - 53 

dollars .• 45 483 31 318 9 305 - 4 860 

Hogs and pigs ................................................... . farms • .. 98 72 13 1 12 

number .• 2 404 1 728 CD) CD) 383 

Sales ................................................................... . farms • .. 62 44 7 1 10 

number .• 1 513 1 005 CD) CD) 333 

dollars •• 129 973 83 593 CD) CD) 28 825 

Under 8 months old ••••.••••••••••••••••• farms •• 81 57 11 1 12 

number ... 1 413 1 009 205 CD) CD) 

Sales .............................................. , ...... 0 .nUIIlber. 0 822 378 147 CD) CD) 

dollars •• 62 085 23 680 13 705 CD) CD) 

8 months old or older ••••••.•••••.•••••• fanns •• 84 63 9 1 11 

nwnber .. 991 719 CD) CD) CD) 

Sales .... 0 0 ................................... nUlIlber. 0 691 627 CD) CD) CD) 

dollars •• 67 888 59 913 CD) CD) CD) 

Cattle and calves. 0 ••••••••••••• 0 •• 0 ••••• • farms • .. 100 73 17 2 8 

number •• 5 672 2 688 2 876 CD) CD) 

Sales •.•• 0 ..... 0 0 ............. 0 •••••• 0 •••• farms •. 51 35 11 1 4 

ntmlber ... 1 287 375 902 CD) CD) 

dollars •• 488 633 168 607 315 450 CD) CD) 

Cows ............................ 0 .......... 0 •••• farms .. 88 64 15 2 7 

number •• 3 067 1 346 1 662 CD) CD) 

Sales ...................................... number .... 235 101 132 - 2 

dollars •• 114 150 45 550 67 450 - 1 150 

Heifers and heifer calves 1 year old 

or older ......... 0 .... 0 ..................... farms •• 57 43 11 - 3 

nt.wher .. 1 269 643 604 - 22 

Sales ............................................... number ... 282 60 221 - 1 

dollars •• 100 755 21 455 79 150 - 150 

Bulls, bull calves., steers, and 

steer calves 1 year old or older ••••••• farms •• 75 59 12 1 3 

number ... 866 456 401 CD) CDl Sales ..................... 0 .................. number ... 498 194 297 CD) CD 

dollars •. 244 228 93 302 147 650 (D) (D) 

Calves under 1 year old ••••••••••••••••• farms •• 58 39 15 - 4 

number •• 470 243 209 - 18 

Sales .......................................... n\lIIlber ... 272 20 252 - - dollars •• 29 500 8 300 21 200 - -

Livestock sales ............................. 0 ....... • farms • • 168 129 21 1 17 

dollars •• 705 849 310 838 347 360 CD) CD) 

Milk sales ....................................... 0 farms •. 10 3 6 - 1 

quarts .. 1 858 145 CD) 1 633 844 - CD) 

dollars •• 922 830 (D) 817 195 - CD) 

POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS 

Chickens ................................................ farms .. 65 57 5 1 2 

number ... 18345 12465 655 CD) CD) 

Sales ............................................ o ..... farms .. 12 8 3 - 1 

number ... 20071 16 888 CD) - (D) 

dollars •• 15 216 13 100 CD) - CD) 

5 months old or older ........................ . farms • • 60 53 5 1 1 

number ... 9 719 9 096 (D) CD) (D) 

Turkeys, ducks, geese, and other poultry ... farms .... 20 15 3 1 1 

number •. 390 307 (D) CD) CD) 

Sale s ........... 0 ......................... 0 ............... farms ... 3 3 - - - number •• 655 655 - - - dollars •• 995 995 - - - Chicken egg sales ................................ farms ... 15 10 3 - 2 

dozens ... 284 107 154 485 CD) - (D) 

dollars •• 299 375 169 645 (D) - CD) 

Poultry and egg sales ................. 0 ............ farms ... 21 15 4 - 2 

dollars •• 315 586 183 740 CD) - CD) 

IDe tail may not add to total due to rounding. 

24 VIRGIN ISLANDS AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
Table 23. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1982 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Item Less than $100 to $500 to $1,200 to $2,500 to $5,000 to $7,500 to $10,000 

Total $100 $499 $1,199 $2,499 $4,999 $7,499 $9,999 or more 

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 

Farms ..•..•.•.•...••.•.•...•.•.••.•....•. number .. 303 44 68 69 54 27 8 4 29 

Percent of farms .•.•...•..•.....••.•...•.•... 100.0 14.5 22.4 22.8 17.8 8.9 2.6 1.3 9.6 

Land in farms 1 ••.•.•.•••••.••••.•••••••••• acres .. 20 824 3 046 396 732 985 421 312 902 12 029 

Percent distribution ......................... 100.0 14.6 1.9 3.5 4.7 6.8 6.3 4.3 57.8 

Average size of farm .................. acres" . 68.7 69.2 5.8 10.6 18.2 52.6 164.0 225.5 414.8 

LAND USE 

Cropland .................................. farms .. 233 32 56 58 41 18 6 1 21 

acres .. 823 254 124 189 244 176 (D) (D) 773 

Harvested •...........•........•........• farms •• 227 31 56 57 40 16 6 1 20 

acres .. 819 129 (D) 114 127 53 (D) (D) 237 

Other •....•......•................••.... farms .. 60 12 15 10 9 4 2 8 

acres .. 004 125 (D) 76 117 123 (D) 536 

Pasture or grazing land e , , •••••••••••••••• farms .. 171 23 36 33 31 20 6 4 18 

acres .. 15 985 2 616 174 436 516 751 260 858 9 375 

Woodland .................................. farms .. 51 13 12 3 10 4 9 

acres .. 1 713 110 35 4 155 74 336 

Other land ................................ farms .. 237 38 54 51 43 20 7 2 22 

acres .. 1 304 67 (D) 103 70 421 (D) (D) 546 

TENURE OF OPERATOR 

All operators .................................. 0. 303 44 68 69 54 27 8 4 29 

Full owners ............................... , .... 243 36 55 56 48 22 5 4 17 

Part owners .................................... 33 6 6 5 3 3 1 9 

Managers ....................................... 3 2 1 

Tenants ............................... 0 •••••••• 24 8 1 3 

FARMS BY SIZE 

Farms .............................................. 303 44 68 69 54 27 8 4 29 

Less than 3 acres ................ , ............. 75 31 27 13 2 1 1 

3 to 9 acres ................ 0 •••••••••••••••••• 114 24 26 26 21 11 6 

10 to 19 acres ................................. 32 8 6 7 6 1 3 

20 to 49 acres ................................. 34 6 5 4 8 7 4 

50 to 99 acres ...................... o •••••••••• 18 2 4 3 1 2 6 

100 to 174 acres ............................... 12 2 1 3 1 2 1 

175 to 259 acres ....... , .... 0 •••••••••••••••••• 5 1 1 1 

260 to 499 acres ............................... 6 3 1 1 

500 to 999 acres ...... '" ........ , ...........•. 4 4 

1,000 acres or more .......... 0 ••• ' ••••••••••••• 3 2 

FARMS BY TYPE OF HOLDING 

Home consumption holdings •••••••••••••.•••••••••• 86 38 33 14 1 

Sale holdings •••••••••••••••••••••.•••.•••••••.•• 217 6 35 55 54 27 8 4 28 

Vegetable •••...•..•• '" •••••.•.•••..••••.•..••• 14 2 4 1 1 6 

Field and forage crop ........................•. 7 5 1 1 

Fruit and nut. ••.• o •••••••••.•••••••••••••••••••• 59 3 11 21 13 5 5 

Dairy ••••...•••••••••••.••••.••.•.••.•••••••••• 5 5 

Livestock .......... , ................... 0 ••••••• 112 3 14 25 35 18 6 4 7 

Poultry ••••••••••••••.•.••••••..•.•.•.••..•.••• 5 2 1 2 

Nursery ..•................................ 0 •••• 3 2 

Mixed •••••.••..•.•..•.•....•.•.••.•••...•.•..•• 10 2 2 1 

Other •••..•.•••.•••••••.•••••.•...•••.••.•.•••• 2 1 

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

Operators by years on present farm: 

Less than 2 years .•............................ 27 2 7 7 3 3 1 4 

2 to 4 years ................................ , .. 47 3 12 15 5 2 3 7 

5 to 9 years ..................... 0 ••••••••••••• 46 4 9 11 8 6 2 5 

10 years or more ............................... 183 35 40 36 38 16 2 13 

Operators by age group: 

Under 25 years .............................•.•. 6 2 4 

25 to 34 years •••••••.•••••••••••••••••••••.••• 12 1 4 2 1 2 

35 to 44 years ................................. 55 6 17 11 8 6 6 

45 to 54 years •••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••• ' •• 69 13 11 9 12 9 3 1 11 

55 to 64 years •••••••••••.•••••••...••...•.•.•• 87 11 24 23 15 6 1 1 6 

65 years and over ........................ o ••••• 74 14 15 20 13 5 2 1 4 

Average age .................................. 55 58 55 56 53 53 54 54 51 

Operators by place of residence: 

On farm operated ............................... 248 39 60 57 44 18 8 22 

Not on farm operated ........................... 55 5 8 12 10 9 4 7 

Operators by place of birth: 

Virgin Islands •.•••••.••••••••..•••••.•••.••••• 201 33 45 44 37 16 6 4 16 

Puerto Rico .................................... 25 3 5 7 5 2 1 2 

Else'Wh.ere ................................... , .. 77 8 18 18 12 9 11 

See footnotes at end of table. 

AGRICULTURE - GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES VIRGIN ISLANDS 25 
Table 23. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1982-Con. 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Item 

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - -Con. 

Operators by days of work off farm: 

None ••••.• 0 •••••••••• 0 ••••••••••••••••••• 0 ••••• 

Any •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

1 to 49 days ••....•.•.••......•••.••....•.••• 

50 to 99 days •••.••.•.••••.••••.•.•...•••..•• 

100 to 149 days •••.•••.•.•••••.•..•.•....•.•• 

150 to 199 days •••••••.•••..•••.•.•.•.••••••• 

200 days or more ............................ . 

Operators by main occupation: 

Agricultural .................................. . 

Nonagricultural ................................ . 

LOCATION 

Farm.s ............................................................ . 

On hard surface road ................................ . 

Off hard surface road .............................. . 

Less than 1 mile .................................. . 

1 to 2 miles .................................. . 

3 to 4 miles ........................................ . 

5 miles or more ....................................... .. 

LABOR STATUS 

Unpaid labor ......................................... farms .. 

workers .. 

Less than 25 days ................................ farms .. .. 

workers .. 

25 to 149 days •.••.....•••.•••.•..•.•.•. farms •. 

workers ... 

150 days or more ............ ' .... 0 •• 0 ....... farms ... 

workers .. 

Hired farm labor ....................... 0 ..... 0 ••••• farms .. 

workers .. 

Less than 25 days ................................ farms .. 

workers .. 

25 to 149 days •••.•.•••••.•.••.•••.•..•• farms •• 

workers •. 

150 days or more .. 0 • 0 ............ 0 ............ farms .. 

workers .. 

FARMS BY VALUE OF SALES 

Less than .$100 ••••.•.••.•.•..•.•••••••..•.•.•.••• 

$100 to .$499 •••••........••..•.•••.•..••.•....••• 

.$500 to .$1,199 ••....•.••.•••.•.•.•..•••••..•••••. 

.$1,200 to .$2,499 •••.•••.••••...••••••.••..••.•••• 

.$2,500 to .$4,999 •••.•.•••••••.•.••.••••.•••.••••• 

.$5,000 to .$7,499 •••.•••••.••••••.••••••••.•.•.••• 

.$7,500 to .$9,999 ••••••••••.••.••.•••.•.••••..•••• 

$10,000 or more ••.•••••••.•.••••.•.•.•.••••..•.•• 

EQUIPMENT 

Tractors ............................ o ................ • farms . • 

number .. 

Motortrucks ........................................... farms .. . 

number ... 

Automobiles ..................... , .................... farms .. 

number •. 

SPECIFIED FACILITIES 

Electricity ................. 0 ......................... farms .. 

Piped running water ..... 0 ...................... farms ... 

Wells ............................... '.' .................. farms .. . 

number .. 

SELECTED PRODUCTION EXPENSES 

Machine hire and customwork .................. farms .. . 

dollars .. 

Hired farm. labor ................................. farms .. 

dollars •• 

Feed for livestock and poultry .•.......••. farms .. 

dollars .. 

Insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides .• farms .. 

dollars .. 

Fertilizers and manure purchased .....•.... farms .. 

dollars .. 

Livestock and poultry purchased ............ farms .. 

dollars •• 

See footnotes at end of table. 

Less than 

Total .$100 

III 17 

192 27 

14 1 

3 

4 

33 6 

138 20 

132 17 

171 27 

303 44 

258 37 

45 7 

19 2 

25 5 

1 

280 41 

485 56 

7 2 

8 (D) 

39 10 

63 (D) 

255 30 

414 41 

84 8 

228 14 

4 2 

5 (D) 

35 3 

72 7 

52 3 

151 (D) 

44 44 

68 

69 

54 

27 

8 

4 

29 

55 8 

121 10 

174 14 

234 15 

153 27 

196 35 

267 43 

264 41 

158 17 

246 25 

120 22 

135 943 12 928 

84 9 

905 657 18 628 

203 30 

999 645 (D) 

64 5 

74 977 510 

66 3 

66 540 (D) 

59 5 

75 170 (D) 

$100 to 

.$499 

19 

49 

2 

8 

39 

19 

49 

68 

59 

9 

5 

3 

1 

67 

115 

2 

(D) 

11 

(D) 

60 

96 

15 

16 

1 

(D) 

10 

11 

4 

(D) 

68 

7 

8 

37 

41 

34 

43 

61 

59 

27 

28 

31 

10 814 

15 

20 152 

38 

34 996 

16 

901 

11 

589 

11 

785 

.$500 to .$1,200 to .$2,500 to .$5,000 to .$7,500 to 

$1,199 $2,499 .$4,999 $7,499 .$9,999 

29 15 8 5 

40 39 19 3 

4 2 1 

1 

2 

8 6 3 

28 28 13 2 

32 21 11 6 1 

37 33 16 2 3 

69 54 27 8 4 

62 49 18 7 4 

7 5 9 1 

1 3 4 

6 2 5 

65 53 27 7 2 

110 102 (D) 10 (D) 1 1 

(D) (D) 

5 7 3 2 

(D) 17 3 (D) 

65 50 25 7 

102 85 50 10 

11 10 8 4 3 

18 27 15 6 5 

1 

(D) 

3 5 4 2 1 

(D) 7 6 (D) (D) 

7 5 4 2 3 

13 20 9 (D) (D) 

69 

54 

27 

8 

4 

3 5 7 5 4 

5 8 7 5 5 

37 34 16 8 4 

43 42 21 9 4 

30 29 9 6 1 

33 33 11 (D) (D) 

56 48 20 7 4 

56 47 22 7 4 

31 33 17 6 3 

32 39 23 20 7 

17 19 9 4 3 

328 18 099 12 860 8 737 5 752 

11 8 9 4 3 

77 525 134 770 11 828 8 770 19 968 

43 41 22 6 2 

41 894 62 617 51 760 21 316 (D) 

15 10 6 3 

283 3 280 632 375 

16 15 5 2 

2 280 3 600 840 (D) 

14 10 9 2 

976 2 755 6 130 (D) 

.$10,000 

or more 

17 

12 

2 

2 

1 

2 

5 

25 

4 

29 

22 

7 

4 

3 

18 

32 

1 

(D) 

1 

(D) 

18 

30 

25 

127 

7 

32 

24 

95 

29 

16 

73 

24 

59 

17 

34 

28 

28 

24 

72 

15 

57 425 

25 

614 016 

21 761 112 

9 

66 996 

14 

58 526 

8 

43 794 

26 VIRGIN ISLANDS AGRICULTURE - GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
Table 23. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1982-Con. 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols" see introductory text) 

Item Less than $100 to $500 to $1,200 to $2,500 to $5,000 to $7,500 to $10,000 

Total $100 $499 $1,199 $2,499 $4,999 $7,499 $9,999 or more 

S ALES BY COMMODITY GROUP OR PRODUCT 

ield, forage, and vegetable crops ......... farms .. 69 1 21 16 11 9 1 - 10 

dollars •• 212 155 (D) (D) 6 280 9 074 9 395 (D) - 182 441 F 

F ruits and nuts .......................... . farms • • 130 3 28 39 31 11 3 1 14 

dollars ... 145 796 (D) 5 635 20 825 25 148 17 415 8 270 (D) 65 778 

rnamental plants and other nursery 

products ................................... farms .. 9 - 1 - 1 1 1 - 5 

dollars •. 89 700 - (D) - (D) (D) (D) - 83 500 

o 

L ivestock .................................... farms .. 168 3 36 39 41 22 6 4 17 

dollars .. 705 849 220 6 700 25 051 53 781 63 241 32 566 31 400 492 890 

M ilk •••..•.................•.•......•...... farms .• 10 - - 1 - 1 - 1 7 

dollars .. 922 830 - - (D) - (D) - (D) 921 255 

oultry and eggs .............................. farms .. 21 - 3 5 4 3 1 - 5 

dollars .. 315 586 - (D) 2 850 2 980 1 745 (D) - 307 580 P 

S ELECTED FRU ITS AND NUTS 

and in bearing and nonbearing fruit trees 

and plants ~ ............................. . farms .. 218 31 54 54 39 16 5 1 18 

acres .. 603 124 80 97 107 40 (D) (D) 99 

L 

A vocados .................................. farms .. 169 26 39 45 31 11 3 - 14 

trees not of bearing age .. 1 093 85 225 187 93 71 52 - 380 

trees of bearing age .• 1 208 104 175 333 211 140 30 - 215 

number harves ted .. 31 874 590 3 477 7 360 6 533 3 689 900 - 9 325 

Sales .................................. number .. 25 203 - 1 594 6 230 5 599 2 810 800 - 8 170 

dollars .. 14 793 - 645 3 908 4 170 1 390 350 - 4 330 

B ananas ................................... farms .. 173 24 42 47 28 12 3 1 16 

hills not of bearing age .• 8 235 918 1 371 497 638 (D) 415 (D) 1 010 

hills of bearing age .. 29 516 (0) 787 3 011 ·2 898 5 041 1 300 (D) 15 701 

bunches harvested .. 11 532 (D) 474 1 527 2 005 2 059 550 (D) 4571 

Sales ................................. bunches .. 8764 (D) 157 1 085 1 390 1 461 550 (D) 4 001 

dollars .. 62 584 (D) 797 7 740 9 827 8 150 4 750 (D) 31 260 

C oconuts .........•.•.•..•................. farms .. 151 23 38 35 33 9 2 1 10 

trees not of bearing age .. 2 744 59 128 67 103 48 (D) (D) 2 317 

trees of bearing age .. 2 335 244 333 244 353 (D) (D) - 1 062 

number harves ted .. 18 066 (D) 1 893 1 953 2 678 3 125 (D) - 6 032 

Sales .•......•...••.•..•......•........ number .. 12 173 (D) 754 1 059 1 365 2 165 (D) - 5 730 

dollars .• 6 820 (D) 392 822 1 026 655. (D) - 2 910 

rape fruits ••••••.••••...•....•.•....•..•. farms .• 63 10 17 12 11 5 2 1 5 

trees not of bearing age .. 267 24 18 14 12 60 (D) (D) 107 

trees of bearing age .. 282 32 46 18 50 (D) (D) - 97 

pounds harvested .• 4 615 337 999 (D) 1 044 1 000 (D) - 750 

G 

Sales •.................•.. , ...........• pounds .. 2 502 12 561 20 354 900 - - 655 

dollars .. 1 257 10 259 10 118 595 - - 265 

L imes and lemons ........................... farms .. 149 26 40 35 26 7 2 1 12 

trees not of bearing age .. 418 36 46 51 108 (0) - (D) 114 

trees of bearing age .. 1 135 148 259 236 125 90 (D) (D) 262 

pounds harves ted .. 12 472 4 806 2 765 1 600 1 480 945 (D) (D) 750 

Sales ...........•...................... pounds .. 3 945 10 859 1 035 718 560 (D) (D) 645 

dollars •• 2 188 5 392 626 692 190 (D) (D) 258 

ngoes .................................... farms .. 190 27 45 49 37 11 4 1 16 

trees not of bearing age .. 2 088 128 191 137 78 88 (D) (D) 937 

trees of bearing age .. 3 082 292 300 595 419 379 (D) (D) 567 

number harvested .. 209 845 4 804 13 064 27 485 38 592 27 300 (D) (D) 85 300 

Ma 

Sales ...••...•......................... number .. 161 870 (D) 6 475 21 800 27 645 20 700 4 200 (D) 71 700 

dollars •• 48 454 (D) 2 289 7 215 8 080 5 800 2 100 (D) 20 870 

anges •.••.......................•....... farms .. 95 20 27 16 14 7 1 1 9 

trees not of bearing age .. 399 45 97 (D) 42 59 - (D) 120 

trees of bearing age .. 446 68 82 (D) 59 40 (D) - 116 

pounds harves ted .. 6 246 827 1 885 (D) 1 840 454 (D) - 180 

Sales ..................................... pounds .. 2 340 - 995 - 1 000 225 - - 120 

dollars •• 1 ll5 - 495 - 400 140 - - 80 

Or 

payas •••••••••••••••••••••.•.•.••••.•••• farms •. 90 13 19 23 21 5 1 1 7 

trees not of bearing age •• 1 426 1 038 (D) 44 137 - - (D) 145 

trees of bearing age •. 1 158 123 121 309 205 103 (D) (D) 265 

pounds harvested •. 4 866 691 654 1 145 726 740 (0) (D) 750 

Sales .................................... pounds .. 2 066 - 130 320 216 515 (D) (D) 725 

dollars •• 1 127 - 61 246 240 170 (D) (D) 330 

Pa 

LI VESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS 

rses, colts, and ponies .................. farms .. 29 5 5 5 2 6 1 2 3 

number .. 151 26 11 19 (D) 25 (D) (D) 21 Ho 

Sales .................................•. farms .. 3 - - 1 - 1 1 - - number .. 13 - - (D) - (0) (D) - -

dollars •• 5 750 - - (D) - (D) (D) - -

les~ asses, and burros ................... farms •. 3 1 - 2 - - - - - number .. 3 (D) - (D) - - - - - Mu 

Sales ......................... " .......•. farms .. - - - - - - - - -

number .. - - - - - - - - - dollars •• - - - - - - - - -

See footnotes at end of table. 

AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES VIRGIN ISLANDS 27 
Table 23. Summary by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1982-Con. 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Item Less than $100 to $500 to $1,200 to $2,500 to $5,000 to $7,500 to $10,000 

Total $100 $499 $1,199 $2,499 $4,999 $7,499 $9,999 or more 

LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PROOUCTS--Con. 

Sheep and lambs ••••.••••••..••••••.•.•••.•• farms •• 65 5 13 17 12 10 2 3 3 

number •. 2 889 75 218 388 780 629 (0) (0) 109 

Sales ....................................................................... farms .... 46 - 10 12 10 7 2 2 3 

number ... 629 - 30 101 145 135 (0) (0) 32 

dollars •• 36 010 - 1 305 4 840 9 875 7 800 (0) (0) 2 300 

Goats and kids .......................................................... farms .... 133 21 30 29 27 14 2 4 6 

number ... 4 035 402 472 782 912 931 (0) (0) 355 

Sales ........................................................................ farms .... 77 3 19 22 17 9 2 1 4 

number •• 920 6 73 207 232 224 (0) (0) 108 

dollars .... 45 483 220 3 220 8 845 12 103 10 120 (0) (0) 8 475 

Hogs and pigs ............................................................ farms .... 98 11 15 22 26 13 - 2 9 

number ... 2 404 (0) 129 289 636 526 - (0) 688 

Sales ........................................................................ farms .... 62 - 8 13 22 10 - 2 7 

number ... 1 513 - (0) 77 268 222 - (0) 924 

dollars .... 129 973 - (0) 6 670 17 783 19 330 - (0) 83 815 

Under 8 months old ••••.•••••...•.•...•••• fanns •• 81 10 11 15 23 13 - 2 7 

number •• 1 413 (0) 65 163 389 322 - (0) 397 

Sales .................................................................. number .... 822 - (0) 45 145 182 - (D) 434 

dollars ... 62 085 - (D) 2 880 9 130 13 055 .. (D) 35 815 

8 months old or older ........................ farms .. 84 7 14 20 22 10 - 2 9 

number .. 99l (D) 64 126 247 204 - (D) 291 

Sales ...................................... number .. 691 - (D) 32 123 40 - (D) 490 

dollars •• 67 888 - (D) 3 790 8 653 6 275 - (D) 48 000 

Cattle and calves ............................. farms ... 100 10 14 16 23 16 4 4 13 

number •. 5 672 94 123 141 283 323 292 257 4 159 

Sales ........... ' ..................................... farms ... 51 - 2 7 12 11 4 4 11 

number •. 1 287 - (D) (D) 36 57 39 50 1 089 

dollars •• 488 633 - (D) (D) 14 020 25 591 17 376 28 400 398 300 

Cows .............................................. farms •. 88 9 12 11 20 15 4 4 13 

number .. 3 067 36 52 54 127 149 136 134 2 379 

Sales ............................................. number ... 235 - (0) (D) 6 25 8 6 184 

dollars •• 114 150 - (D) (D) 3 250 11 850 3 600 3 100 89 300 

Heifers and heifer calves I year old or 

older .................................................. farms ... 57 4 4 7 15 10 4 3 10 

number ... 1 269 20 21 33 68 70 82 55 920 

Sales ..................................................... number .. 282 - 1 5 8 5 6 7 250 

dollars •• 100 755 - 150 985 1 720 3 000 1 800 3 800 89 300 

Bulls, bull calves, steers, and steer 

calves I year old or older ...................... farms .. 75 7 7 11 19 12 4 4 11 

number ... 866 21 18 27 48 59 15 29 649 

Sales ................................................... number ... 498 - - 4 21 19 16 35 403 

dollars •• 244 228 - - 761 8 750 9 141 7 776 21 100 196 700 

Calves under 1 year old •••••••••••.•.•••• farms •• 58 4 7 10 12 9 3 4 9 

number .• 470 17 32 27 40 45 59 39 211 

Sales ............................................. number .... 272 - - - 1 8 9 2 252 

dollars •• 29 500 - - - 300 1 600 4 200 400 23 000 

Livestock sales ............................................ farms •. 168 3 36 39 41 22 6 4 17 

dollars •• 705 849 220 6 700 25 051 53 781 63 241 32 566 31 400 492 890 

Mi 1k sales •••••••••••••••••.•••••••.•.••••• farms •• 10 - - 1 - 1 - 1 7 

quarts ... 1 858 145 - - (D) - (0) - (0) 1 855 145 

dollars •• 922 830 - - (D) - (D) - (D) 921 255 

POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS 

Chickens •••••••.•••••••••.••••.•.•.•••.•••• fanns •• 65 10 19 13 II 6 2 - 4 

number ... 18 345 (D) 546 807 897 534 (D) - 15 ll9 

Sales •••••..•••••••••.•.••••.•••••••••••• farms •• 12 - 2 3 2 1 - - 4 

number •• 20 071 - (0) 795 (D) (D) - - 19 075 

dollars •• 15 216 - (0) 1 850 (D) (0) - - (D) 

5 months old or older •••••••••••••••.•••• farms •• 60 9 17 12 11 6 2 - 3 

number .• 9 719 (D) 387 487 638 437 (D) - 7 531 

Turkeys, ducks, geese, and other poultry ... farms .. 20 3 3 4 5 3 1 - 1 

number •. 390 24 59 146 108 (D) (D) - (D) 

Sales •••••••••••••••••••••••.•••••.•••••• farms •• 3 - - 1 1 - - - 1 

number •. 655 - - (D) (D) - - - (D) 

dollars •• 995 - - (D) (D) - - - (D) 

Chicken egg sales ................................... farms ... 15 - 1 2 4 3 1 - 4 

dozens .. 284 107 - (D) (D) 2 080 1 642 (D) - 279 270 

dollars •• 299 375 - (D) (D) 2 335 1 695 (D) - 294 380 

Poultry and egg sales .......................... farms ... 21 - 3 5 4 3 1 - 5 

dollars •• 315 586 - (D) 2 850 2 980 1 745 (D) - 307 580 

lDetail may not add to total due to rounding. 

28 VIRGIN ISLANDS AGRICULTURE - GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
Table 24. Summary by Age of Operator: 1982 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Item 

FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 

Farms ...................................... number •• 

Percent of fanns ............................ . 

Land in farms 1 ••••••••.••••••••••••.•••••• acres .. 

Percent distribution .................... , ... . 

Average size of farm .................. acres .. 

LAND USE 

Cropland ................................... farms .. 

acres .. 

Rarvested ...................•........... farms .. 

acres .. 

Other ..................................... farms .• 

acres .. 

Pasture or grazing land ................... farms .. 

acres .. 

Woodland ............................................ . farms • .. 

acres .. 

Other land •.••••.•.•..•.•••••.•.•.•..•.•.• farms .• 

acres .. 

TENURE OF OPERATOR 

All operators. o •••• 0 • 0 •• 0 •••••••• 0 .0 ........... , ..... , 

Full owners ................ 0 •• 0 .................. . 

Part owners ............. 0 ..... 0 .... , ................. .. 

Managers .... 0 ................... 0 •••• 0 •••••••••• 

Tenants ....................... 0 ................... .. 

FARMS BY SIZE 

Farms ...................... 0 ••••• 0 •••••••••••• 0 ..... .. 

Less than 3 acres .... 0 ••••• 0 ••••• 0 .......... 0 ... .. 

3 to 9 acres ............ o ....... 00 ....... 000 •••••• 

10 to 19 acres .............. 0 ••• 00 • 0 .............. .. 

20 to 49 acres ••••.•.•••••••.•.•...•.•.•.••.••• 

50 to 99 acres ••.•••..•.•••.•••••••..•.•..•.•.• 

100 to 174 acres ••.•..••..••...•••.•...•.•..•.• 

175 to 259 acres .•..•.•.•...•••.••.•.•.•..•.•.• 

260 to 499 acres ••.••••.•.•.••..••••.•.••••.••• 

500 to 999 acres •••••...•.•••.••••••••.••.•..•• 

l~OOO acres or more ...... =. ~ ....... ~ •• ~ •••.• 0 .... .. 

FARMS BY TYPE OF HOLDING 

Home consumption holdings ........... 0 .......... 00 •••• 

Sale holdings ••.••.••••.•••..•••••••.•.••••.•.••• 

Vegetable ••• " •••••••••••••.•..•••••.•••••••••• 

Field and forage crop ............. 0 .............. 0" 

Fruit. and nut ............. 0 ........... 0.0 ••••• 0 •••• 

Dairy ........................... o ..... 0 ••••• 0. 0 •••• 

Livestock ...... 0 ......................... 000 .......... 0 ...... .. 

Poultry ••.•••••••••••.••••••••••••.•••.•••••••• 

Nursery .•... 0 ..... 0 ................ 0 ................. 0.0 ... .. 

Milted ••••.••••.•••••••.••••.•.••••.•••.•••••••• 

Other ••••••.••••••••.•••••••••••••••.•.••••••.• 

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

Operators by years on present farm: 

Les s than 2 years ...... 0 ...... 0 ••••• 0 ...... 0 ...... 0 ....... 

2 to 4 years ••.•.•••.•••••••••.•.••••••••.••••• 

5 to 9 years ••••.•.••••••.•.••.••••••••••.•••.• 

10 years or more ....... '" ....................... 0 ...... . 

Operators by age group: 

Under 25 years ••••••.•••••••••••••••.•.••.••••• 

25 to 34 years ••••.••••.•••••.••••••.•.••••.••• 

35 to 44 years .•••.••.•••••••.•.••.•.•.•••••••• 

45 to 54 years ••••.••••••••.••••••••.•.•.•.•••• 

55 to 64 years ••••.•.•••••••••••••••.•.••••.•.• 

65 years and over ..... 0 ................ 0 ........... 0 ... 

Average age ... 0 ...... ' ............... 0 ..... 0 ......... . 

Operators by place of residence: 

On farm operated ..... " . 0 ................. o .......... .. 

Not on farm operated. ' .......... 0 '" • 0 ....... 0 ....... .. 

Operators by place of birth: 

Virgin Is lands ......... 0 ......................... 0 0 ... .. 

Puerto Rico ............................................... 0 • 

Elsewhere .... 0 .................. 0 ........ 0 •••• 0 ......... 0" 

See footnotes at end of table. 

To::al 

303 

100.0 

20 824 

100.0 

68.7 

233 

1 823 

227 

819 

60 

1 004 

171 

15 985 

51 

1 713 

237 

1 304 

303 

243 

33 

3 

24 

303 

75 

114 

32 

34 

18 

12 

5 

6 

4 

3 

86 

217 

14 

7 

59 

5 

112 

5 

3 

10 

2 

27 

47 

46 

183 

6 

12 

55 

69 

87 

74 

55 

248 

55 

201 

25 

77 

AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 

Under 25 

years 

6 

2.0 

146 

0.7 

24.3 

4 

14 

3 

5 

3 

9 

3 

113 

1 

(D) 

3 

(D) 

6 

5 

6 

2 

2 

1 

5 

1 

2 

1 

4 

22 

4 

2 

5 

25 to 34 

years 

12 

4.0 

1 473 

7.1 

122.8 

9 

103 

9 

32 

6 

71 

7 

150 

1 

(D) 

8 

(D) 

12 

6 

3 

3 

12 

3 

1 

4 

1 

2 

1 

12 

3 

2 

1 

5 

1 

6 

3 

2 

1 

12 

30 

9 

3 

10 

35 to 44 

years 

55 

18.2 

1 481 

7.1 

26.9 

35 

161 

35 

99 

8 

62 

30 

1 053 

14 

172 

39 

95 

55 

39 

8 

1 

55 

20 

16 

9 

5 

2 

1 

20 

35 

4 

24 

3 

5 

13 

15 

22 

55 

41 

47 

8 

36 

1 

18 

45 to 54 

years 

69 

22.8 

10 252 

49.2 

148.6 

53 

514 

52 

285 

12 

230 

45 

993 

11 

1 142 

52 

604 

69 

50 

10 

1 

8 

69 

10 

32 

7 

7 

3 

4 

2 

19 

50 

3 

2 

11 

2 

26 

1 

1 

4 

8 

17 

11 

33 

69 

50 

51 

18 

41 

7 

21 

55 to 64 

years 

87 

28.7 

2 347 

11.3 

27.0 

72 

306 

71 

208 

14 

97 

49 

565 

12 

272 

68 

203 

87 

75 

7 

5 

87 

25 

35 

8 

12 

3 

2 

1 

1 

25 

62 

5 

2 

22 

1 

29 

2 

1 

4 

11 

11 

61 

87 

60 

70 

17 

56 

7 

24 

65 years 

and over 

74 

24.4 

5 125 

24.6 

69.3 

60 

724 

57 

189 

17 

534 

37 

4110 

12 

106 

67 

186 

74 

68 

5 

1 

74 

18 

26 

7 

5 

9 

2 

2 

3 

1 

1 

21 

53 

2 

3 

19 

1 

26 

2 

2 

3 

7 

62 

74 

72 

67 

7 

53 

9 

12 

VIRGIN ISLANDS 29 
Table 24. Summary by Age of Operator: 1982-Con. 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix A; and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols) see introductory text) 

Item 

OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS--Con. 

Operators by days of work off farm: 

None .............................................. . 

Any •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

1 to 49 days ••••••••••.••••••••••••••.••••••• 

50 to 99 days •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

100 to 149 days ••••••••••••••••••••••.••••••• 

150 to 199 days ••.••.•.•••••••••••••••••••••• 

200 days or more •••••••••••.•.•.•••••.••••••• 

OperatGrs by main occupation: 

AgriculturaL •••••••••••.•••.•••••••••••••••••• 

Nonagricul tural ............................................................. .. 

LOCATION 

Farms .................................................................................. .. 

On hard surface road ................................................... .. 

Off hard surface road •.•..••.••.••..•.•..•••••• 

Less than 1 mile ••••••.••••••••••••.•.••••••• 

1 to 2 miles ••••••••••••••••.•••.••••.••.•••• 

3 to 4 miles ••••••••••••••••.•••••••••••••••• 

5 miles or more ......................................................... .. 

LABOR STATUS 

Unpaid labor •••••••••••••••.•••••.•.•••••• farms •• 

workers ... 

Less than 25 days •••••..••••.••••••••.•• farms •• 

workers .. 

25 to 149 days •.••••••••••••.••.•..•••.. farms •• 

workers .. 

150 days or more ............................................. . farms • .. 

workers .. 

Hired farm labor .................................................... farms .. .. 

workers .. 

Less than 25 days ............................ farms .. 

workers •• 

25 to 149 days ••••••••.••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

workers •. 

150 days or more ......................... farms ... 

workers •. 

FARMS BY VALUE OF SALES 

$1 to $99 ••••••••••••••••••.••••••••.•••••••••••• 

$100 to $499 ••••••••••••••••••••.••••••••••••.••• 

$500 to $1,199 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

$1,200 to $2,499 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

$2,500 to $4,999 ••.•.••••••••••••••••••••••.••••• 

$5,000 to $7,499 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 

$7,500 to $9,999 •••••••••••••••.••••.•••••••••••• 

$10,000 or more ••••••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••• 

EQUIPMENT 

Tractors .................................... farms .. . 

number •• 

Motortrucks ...................................... farms .. 

number •• 

Automobiles .•.•.••••••••••••••••.••••••••• farms •• 

number ... 

SPECIFIED FACILITIES 

Electricity ••••••••••••••••••••.•••..•.••• farms •• 

Piped running water ••••••••••••••••••••••• farms •• 

Wells. " •••••••••••.•••••••••.••••••.•.••• farms •• 

number ... 

SELECTED PRODUCTION EXPENSES 

Machine hire and customwork ................... farms .• 

dollars •• 

Hired farm labor •••••.•••.••.•••••.••••••• farms •• 

dollars •• 

Feed for livestock and poultry ••..•.•.•••. farms .. 

dollars •• 

Insecticides~ fungicides~ and herbicides .• farms .• 

dollars •• 

Fertilizers and manure purchased •••..••••• farms .• 

dollars •• 

Livestock and poultry purchased .•.....•.•• farms •• 

dollars •• 

See footnotes at end of table. 

30 VIRGIN ISLANDS 

Total 

111 

192 

14 

3 

4 

33 

138 

132 

171 

303 

258 

45 

19 

25 

1 

280 

485 

7 

8 

39 

63 

255 

414 

84 

228 

4 

5 

35 

72 

52 

151 

6 

68 

69 

54 

27 

8 

4 

29 

55 

121 

174 

234 

153 

196 

267 

264 

158 

246 

120 

135 943 

84 

905 657 

203 

999 645 

64 

74 977 

66 

66540 

59 

75 170 

Under 25 

years 

6 

5 

1 

3 

2 

4 

6 

6 

6 

11 

6 

11 

2 

4 

4 

5 

3 

5 

5 

5 

3 

3 

2 

(D) 1 

(n) 

4 

775 

1 

(n) 

1 

(D) 1 

(D) 

25 to 34 

years 

15 

6 

6 

1 

1 

1 

9 

3 

12 

9 

3 

3 

12 

34 

1 

(0) 

3 

(D) 

11 

24 

2 

(n) 

1 

(D) 

1 

(0) 

1 

4 

2 

1 

1 

1 

2 

7 

12 

8 

10 

4 

4 

9 

10 

6 

10 

9 

060 

2 

(n) 

6 

120 762 

4 

(0) 

6 

3 187 

5 

5 900 

35 to 44 

years 

9 

46 

13 

32 

11 

44 

55 

49 

6 

3 

2 

1 

49 

85 

1 

(0) 

7 

(n) 

45 

76 

15 

56 

1 

(D) 

4 

(D) 

10 

47 

1 

17 

11 

8 

6 

1 

6 

7 

49 

38 

56 

34 

49 

50 

50 

23 

42 

15 

(0) 

16 

316 000 

41 

211 798 

16 

62 144 

9 

31 370 

15 

52 005 

45 to 54 

years 

14 

55 

4 

5 

46 

20 

49 

69 

56 

13 

7 

6 

61 

119 

3 

3 

9 

15 

53 

101 

25 

65 

13 

23 

15 

42 

11 

9 

12 

9 

3 

1 

11 

19 

27 

41 

66 

32 

42 

57 

57 

46 

80 

32 

54 723 

26 

270 100 

51 

349 707 

13 

6 157 

19 

15 505 

16 

8 435 

55 to 64 

years 

26 

61 

6 

2 

12 

41 

34 

53 

87 

73 

14 

3 

11 

82 

143 

2 

(D) 

12 

(D) 

76 

124 

23 

51 

2 

(D) 9 

(D) 

14 

33 

3 

24 

23 

15 

6 

1 

1 

6 

13 

20 

40 

47 

49 

57 

74 

75 

47 

57 

38 

19 499 

19 

168 971 

58 

199 776 

20 

3 965 

19 

14 188 

13 

6 709 

65 years 

and over 

55 

19 

2 

1 

3 

13 

56 

18 

74 

65 

9 

3 

6 

70 

93 

8 

15 

64 

78 

19 

(D) 1 

(D) 8 

24 

12 

(D) 

2 

15 

20 

13 

5 

2 

1 

4 

9 

13 

43 

50 

31 

39 

72 

67 

33 

54 

24 

29 274 

20 

94 086 

43 

110 827 

10 

2 255 

12 

(D) 9 

(D) 

AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
Table 24. Summary byAge of Operator: 1982-Con. 

(For enumeration periods, see appendix Aj and for meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

Item Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 years 

Total years years years years years and over 

SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP OR PRODUCT 

F ield, forage, and vegetable crops ......... farms .. 69 2 5 13 14 18 17 

dollars •• 212 155 (D) (D) 12 573 76 517 87 850 22 121 

F ruits and nuts ............................ farms ... 130 1 5 19 29 43 33 

dollars .. 145 796 (D) CD) 11 264 58 135 35 837 29 765 

o rnamental plants and other nursery 

products .............................................. . farms . • 9 - 1 1 3 3 1 

dollars •• 89 700 - (D) (D) 2l 400 65 100 (D) 

L i ves tock ......................................... farms ... 168 4 5 35 40 48 36 

dollars .. 705 849 5 360 15 136 129 430 393 066 83 396 79 461 

M ilk ................................................... farms .. 10 - 2 2 2 3 1 

dollars .. 922 830 - (D) (D) (D) 229 425 (D) 

oultry and eggs ............................. f anns •. 21 1 1 5 8 4 2 

dollars .. 315 586 (D) (D) 307 610 5 175 831 (D) 

p 

S ELECTED FRUITS AND NUTS 

L and in bearing and nonbearing fruit trees 

and plants ............................... farms .. 218 1 9 34 50 67 57 

acres ... 603 (D) (D) 79 159 179 167 

A vocados ................................... farms .. 169 1 7 24 39 55 43 

trees not of bearing age .. 1 093 - 85 87 257 521 143 

trees of bearing age .. 1 208 (D) (D) 123 333 303 375 

number harves ted .. 31 874 (D) 4 500 (n) 5 572 7 429 12 400 

Sales .................................. number .. 25 203 (D) 3 900 (D) 3 995 5 820 10 070 

dollars .. 14 793 (D) 1 700 (D) 2 485 4 395 5 465 

B ananas ................................... farms .. 173 1 8 27 44 55 38 

hills not of bearing age .. 8 235 - 256 719 4 914 833 1 513 

hills of bearing age .. 29 516 (D) 511 2 477 20 471 3 641 (D) 

bunches harves ted .. 11 532 (D) 410 1 069 6431 2 386 (D) 

Sales ................................. bunches .. 8 764 (D) (D) 820 5 073 1 798 743 

dollars .. 62 584 (D) (D) 6 170 34 060 13 474 7 330 

C oconuts .................................. farms .. 151 1 4 21 34 51 40 

trees not of bearing age .. 2 744 - 50 52 2 146 399 97 

trees of bearing age .. 2 335 (D) (D) 170 903 881 298 

number harvested .. 18 066 (D) 2 400 2 206 6 878 4 620 (D) 

Sales .................................... number .. 12 173 (D) 2 000 1 240 5 990 1 909 (D) 

dollars .. 6 820 (D) 500 1 115 3 500 1 172 (D) 

G rapefruits ....................................... farms .. 63 - 4 9 11 25 14 

trees not of bearing age .. 267 - 11 1 88 130 37 

trees of bearing age .. 282 - 19 40 100 74 49 

pounds harves ted .. 4 615 - 900 839 450 2 214 212 

Sales .................................... pounds .. 2 502 - 200 614 440 1 236 12 

dollars .. 1 257 - 75 288 400 484 10 

L imes and lemons .................................. farms .. 149 - 6 23 35 48 37 

trees not of bearing age .. 418 - 47 12 150 145 64 

trees of bearing age ... 1 135 - 26 190 238 420 261 

pounds harves ted ... 12 472 - 560 1 898 1 302 6 477 2 235 

Sales ..................................... pounds ... 3 945 - 300 1 198 733 885 829 

dollars ... 2 188 - 360 414 420 644 350 

Ma ngoes .................... " .•............. farms ... 190 1 7 28 42 60 52 

trees not of bearing age .. 2 088 - 38 82 1 045 647 276 

trees of bearing age .. 3 082 (D) (D) 272 1 152 659 862 

number harvested .. 209 845 (D) 21 500 (D) 50 319 59 505 57 421 

Sales .................................... number .. 161 870 (D) (D) 6 805 38 375 48 575 49 615 

dollars .. 48 454 (D) 6 100 (D) 10 765 13 980 15 631 

o ranges ..... " .. " ....... " ....................... farms .. 95 - 6 14 22 29 24 

trees not of bearing age ... 399 - 24 11 111 203 50 

trees of bearing age .. 446 - 61 65 82 146 92 

pounds harves ted" .. 6 246 - 1 200 859 815 2 002 1 370 

Sales ........................................... pounds .. 2 340 - 75 300 50 1 215 700 

dollars •• 1 115 - 50 200 65 600 200 

P apayas .......... " .... " ........................... farms ... 90 1 6 10 23 28 22 

trees not of bearing age .. 1 426 - 41 82 139 111 1 053 

trees of bearing age ... 1 158 (D) 67 (D) 427 414 162 

pounds harvested .. 4 866 - 60 645 1 126 2 165 870 

Sales" ............................................ pounds ... 2 066 - 15 390 840 621 200 

dollars .. 1 127 - 10 171 340 570 36 

L IVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS 

Ho rses., colts., and ponies ....................... farms .. 29 1 4 2 11 7 4 

number ... 151 (D) 48 (D) 60 15 11 

Sales ....................................... farms .. 3 1 1 - 1 - - number ... 13 (D) (D) - (D) - - dollars ... 5 750 (D) (D) - (D) - -

les., asses) and burros ....................... farms." 3 - - - 1 - 2 

number ... 3 - - - (D) - (D) 

Mu 

Sales .. " .................................... farms ... - - - - - - - number .. - - - - - - - dollars .. - - - - - - -

See footnotes at end of table. 

AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES VIRGIN ISLANDS 31 
Table 24. Summary by Age of Operator: 1982-Con. 

(For enumeration perLou~, see appendix A; and for menaing of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 

!ten Under 25 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 years 

Total years years years years years and over 

LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS--Con. 

Sheep and lambs •••••...••••••••••••••.•••• farms •• 65 3 2 10 15 17 18 

number •. 2 889 157 ,D) (D) 647 621 1 012 

Sales •.................•...............• farms .. 46 3 1 7 10 10 15 

number .. 629 44 (D) 92 129 (D) 254 

dollars .. 36 010 3 350 (D) 6 920 6 965 (D) 13 220 

Goats and kids ............................ farms .. 133 1 5 28 28 43 28 

number .• 4 035 :D) (D) 1 003 569 1 096 1 172 

Sales ................................... farms .. 77 1 2 20 10 25 19 

number •. 920 (D) (D) 261 97 232 290 

dollars .. 45 483 (D) [D) 13 725 7 545 8 418 13 695 

Hogs and pigs .............................. farms .. 98 2 3 20 25 30 18 

number .• 2 404 (D) (D) 813 741 561 268 

Sales .................................... farms .. 62 1 1 14 17 20 9 

number .• 1 513 (D) (D) 712 535 205 (D) 

dollars .. 129 973 I,D) (D) 63 235 44 950 16 373 (D) 

Under 8 months old ...................... farI!ls .. 81 1 2 18 23 23 14 

number .. 1 413 (D) (D) 567 394 298 145 

Sales .•.............................. number .. 822 (D) (D) 192 459 129 (D) 

dollars .. 62 085 (D) (D) 9 765 40 500 9 005 (D) 

8 months old or older ................... farms .. 84 2 2 15 23 27 15 

number .. 991 (D) (D) 246 347 263 123 

Sales ................................ number .. 691 - - 520 76 76 19 

dollars •• 67 888 - - 53 470 4 450 7 368 2 600 

Cattle and calves ......................... " farms .. 100 2 3 20 32 23 20 

number .. 5 672 (D) 398 (D) 2 656 1 088 1 236 

Sales ................................•.. farms .. 51 1 2 9 16 11 12 

number .. 1 287 (D) (D) 96 931 114 120 

dollars .. 488 633 (D) (D) 45 550 333 206 53 300 47 546 

Cows •................................... farms .. 88 2 3 20 28 18 17 

number .• 3 067 (D) (D) 149 1 421 556 639 

Sales .........•...................... number .• 235 - - 48 131 34 22 

dollars .• 114 150 - - 19 850 67 450 16 250 10 600 

Heifers and heifer calves 1 year old or 

older ...........•...................... farms .. 57 1 3 6 20 13 14 

number .. 1 269 (D) 60 (D) 572 230 365 

Sales ........................... " ..... number .. 282 (D) - 12 225 (D) 31 

dollars .. 100 755 (D) - (D) 81 550 5 000 8 785 

Bulls, bull calves, steers) and steer 

calves 1 year old or older ............• farms .. 75 1 2 13 23 18 18 

number .• 866 (D) (D) 36 455 233 131 

Sales ...... " ....•.•.........•.......• number .. 498 - (D) (D) 324 68 56 

dollars •. 244 228 - (D) (D) 161 506 31 450 25 361 

Calves under 1 year old •............ " ... farms .. 58 - 3 10 21 15 9 

number .. 470 - 47 45 208 69 101 

Sales ..••............ " .... " .......... number .. 272 - - 8 251 2 11 

dollars .. 29 500 - - 3 400 22 700 600 2 800 

Livestock sales ..... " .................... " farms .. 168 4 5 35 40 48 36 

dollars .. 705 849 5 360 15 136 129 430 393 066 83 396 79 461 

Milk sales .............. " . " ............... farms .. 10 - 2 2 2 3 1 

quarts .. 1 858 145 - (D) (D) (D) 488 025 (D) 

dollars .. 922 830 - (D) (D) (D) 229 425 (D) 

POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS 

Chickens ........... " ...................... farms .. 65 2 1 11 19 17 15 

number •. 18 345 (D) (D) 15 502 1 212 772 489 

Sales ...............•...... " ............ farms •. 12 1 - 4 4 2 1 

number .. 20 071 (D) - 19 100 138 (D) (D) 

dollars •• 15 216 (D) - 12 600 1 450 (D) (D) 

5 months old or older .................... farms .. 60 2 1 8 19 17 13 

number .. 9 719 (D) (D) 7 895 651 510 318 

Turkeys) ducks) geese) and other poultry .. farms .. 20 1 - 3 9 5 2 

number .. 390 (D) - 122 104 103 (D) 

Sales .•............•.... " ............... farms .. 3 1 - 2 - - - number .. 655 (D) - (D) - - - dollars •. 995 (D) - (D) - - -

Chicken egg sales ...... " .................. farms .. 15 1 1 3 6 3 1 

dozens .. 284 107 (D) (D) 279 030 3 562 815 (D) 

dollars •. 299 375 (D) (D) 294 060 3 725 665 (D) 

Poultry and egg sales ..... " .................. farms •. 21 1 1 5 8 4 2 

dollars •. 315 586 (D) (D) 307 610 5 175 831 (D) 

lnetail may not add to total due to rounding. 

VIRGIN ISLANDS 32 AGRICULTURE - GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
APPENDIXA. 

General Explanation 

Page 

TAKING THE CENSUS. . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. A·1 

OFFICE PROCESSING ..••.•.•......•...•.... " A·1 

DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS. . . . . . • . . . . . . A·1 

FARM CLASSIFICATIONS. • . . . . . . . • . . • . . . . . . . . .. A·4 

TAKING THE CENSUS 

Report Form 

The report form for the 1982 Census of Agriculture was 

prepared by the Outlying Areas Branch of the Agriculture 

Division, Bureau of the Census, in cooperation with the 

Department of Agriculture of the Virgin Islands. It contained 82 

inquiries, many with several parts. The inquiries were based on 

current requirements for agricultural information and, to some 

extent, on the desire for comparability with earlier censuses. 

The only modification made to the 1982 census report form 

was the omission of the source of financing section which was 

included in the last census (see appendix B). 

Training Program 

The project manager, crew leader, and enumerators em· 

ployed for the census in the Virgin Islands received special 

training for the job in accordance with instructions prepared by 

the Bureau of the Census. The training included practice in 

interviewing, filling out the report form, and detailed discussion 

of the enumerator's instructions. 

Method of Enumeration 

As in the previous censuses of the Virgin Islands, the direct 

enumeration procedure was used in the 1982 Census of 

Agriculture. The statistics in this report represent totals of data 

collected from farm operators during the period from July to 

the end of August 1983. For the enumeration, the Virgin Islands 

were divided into six Enumeration Districts (ED's) and each 

district was clearly delineated on special ED maps prepared for 

the census. 

Each enumerator was assigned an ED and given a map of the 

area to be enumerated. The enumerators were also given a list of 

the persons from whom a report form had been obtained in the 

1978 Census of Agriculture as well as other persons known to 

be conducting farm operations. The enumerators were required 

to check all persons on their list. 

Enumerators were also instructed to ask enough questions 

about tracts of land on which no one lived to determine 

whether agricultural data should be collected from the person in 

charge of the land. This procedure was designed to assure the 

complete coverage of all land used for agriculture, whether by 

an individual, a corporation, or an institution. 

To avoid enumeration of the same place more than once, 

rules were established whereby enumerators could determine 

who was responsible for completing a report form for a given 

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place. If the person in charge of an agricultural operation lived 

outside of the ED in which the land under his/her control was 

located, the enumerator assigned to the ED in which the 

operator resided was responsible for completing his/her report 

form. If a place was partly in one ED and partly in another, the 

enumerator for the ED in which the operator lived was 

responsible for completing the report form to include all the 

land the person operated in the Virgin I slands, regardless of the 

ED. 

OFFICE PROCESSING 

The office processing was done in the Agriculture Division at 

the Bureau of the Census. Each report form was edited and 

coded pr ior to being data keyed. Report forms obtai ned for 

places not meeting the census farm definition criteria were 

voided. The remaining report forms were examined for 

accuracy, consistency, and completeness. Enumerators' errors in 

computations and in units of measures, inconsistencies, and 

misplaced entries were corrected. Missing information was 

derived and entered on incomplete reports on the basis of 

related information on the same report form or from report 

forms for nearby farms of similar type and size. 

After all the forms had been edited and coded, the data were 

encoded onto magnetic tape and subjected to a thorough 

computer edit analysis. Any inconsistencies were reviewed, 

corrected, and encoded to magnetic tape. The corrected data 

were then tabulated by the computer and printed out for 

review. 

Subject matter specialists reviewed the computer tabulations 

for reasonableness and consistency. Corrections were made on 

the basis of a reexamination of the original report forms. The 

data were then retabulated and a printout was provided so that 

the data tables could be prepared for final publication. 

DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS 

The following definitions and explanations relate to those 

items that are considered to be inadequately described in the 

tables. Most of the definitions are from the instructions given to 

enumerators. For an exact wording of the questions and 

instructions on the report form, see the report form in appendix 

B. 

Farm operator-The term "operator" designates a person who 

operates a farm, either by doing the work himself/herself or by 

directly supervising the work. The operator may be the owner, a 

member of the owner's household, a hired manager, or a tenant, 

renter, or sharecropper. If the operator rents land to others or 

has land worked on shares by others, he/she is considered the 

operator only of the land retained for his/her own operation. In 

the case of partnership, only one partner is counted as an 

operator. By definition, the number of operators is the same as 

the number of farms. 

APPENDIX A A-l 
Farms or operators reporting-Figures for "farms reporting" or 

"operators reporting" represent the number of farms. or 

operators reporting the specified item. The difference between 

the total number of farms and the number of farms reporting a 

particular item represents the number of farms not having that 

item. provided a correct report was received for all farms. 

Land in farms-All data relating to land tenure and land in farms 

refer only to land located in the Virgin Islands and the situation 

existing at the time of enumeration. The land included in each 

farm was determined from the answers to questions 1 through 5 

in section 2 of the report form which relate to land tenure (see 

appendix B). The acres reported as owned. rented from others. 

worked on shares for others. or managed for others were added 

together and then the acres rented to others or worked on 

shares by others were subtracted from that sum. The results 

represent "Land in farms." 

Although the area designated. land in farms, consists pri· 

marily of agricultural land-i.e., land used for crops, pasture, or 

grazing-it also includes land not actually under cultivation nor 

used for pasture or grazing. For example. woodland and 

wasteland owned or rented from others was included as land in 

farms unless reports indicated it was being held for nonagri· 

cultural purposes, as recreational. for timber, etc. 

Land owned-This item includes all land that the operator or 

his/her spouse held under title, purchase contract, homestead 

law. or as heir or trustee of an undivided estate at the time of 

enumeration. 

Land rented from others-This item includes not only land 

the operator rented or leased from others. but also land 

worked on shares for others or land occupied rent free. 

Land managed-This item includes all tracts of land managed 

for an employer by a person paid a salary or wages. A hired 

manager is the operator of the managed land, since he/she is 

responsible for the agricultural operations and frequently 

supervises others in performing those operations. If a hired 

manager also had agricultural operations of his/her own. 

he/she was asked to report it on a separate report form from 

the managed operations. 

Land rented to others-This item includes all land that the 

operator rented to others and all land assigned to others on 

shares or rent free. For the most part, land rented to others 

represents agricultural land. but it also includes land rented 

for residential or other purposes. The tenant is considered to 

be the operator of land leased. rented. or worked on shares. 

even though his/her landlord may supervise the operations. 

The landlord is considered to be the operator of only that 

portion of the land not assigned to tenants. 

Land use-Land in farms at the time of enumeration is 

categorized according to the way it was used during the 

12·month period between July 1. 1982, and June 30,1983. The 

land uses described are mutually exclusive in that each acre of 

land is counted only once even though it may have had more 

than one use during the year. 

Harvested cropland-This item refers to all land from which 

any crop was harvested during the 12-month period. whether 

for home use or sale. It also includes land in field crops that 

A-2 APPENDIX A 

were grazed when mature or almost mature. and land in 

non bearing fruit or nut trees and plants. Land from which 

two or more crops were harvested was to be counted only 

once. Land from which crops were harvested and which was 

also used for other purposes, either before or after the crops 

were harvested. was to be reported as cropland harvested 

without regard to the other uses. 

Other cropland-This item includes cropland from which no 

crop was harvested between July 1. 1982. and June 30. 

1983. but which was occupied by growing crops. except fruit 

or nut trees. intended for harvest in 1983 or later. Also, it 

includes cropland intended for harvest. but not actually 

harvested because of complete crop failure. low prices. labor 

shortage. or other reasons; land that had been plowed and 

could be plowed again without first being cleared of brush. 

but that lay idle throughout July 1. 1982. to June 30.1983; 

and land used for soil-improvement crops. Other cropland 

also includes land which was used only for pasture or grazing 

which the operator could have used for crops without 

additional clearing or irrigating. Enumerators were instructed 

to exclude any land pastured after a crop was harvested. 

Pasture or grazing land-This item refers to all land used for 

pasture or grazing between July 1. 1982. to June 30. 1983. 

except cropland. It includes all woodland where livestock 

pastured or grazed. 

Woodland not pastured-This item includes all woodland that 

was not used for pasture or grazing between July 1. 1982, to 

June 30, 1983. In the enumerator's reference book. "woodland" was defined as "all farm wood lots or timber tracts. 

natural or planted; and ... cutover land with young growth 

which has or will have value as wood or timber." 

Other land-This item refers to all land not included in the 

other land use classifications, such as house and other 

building lots, lanes. roads. ditches, and land area of ponds 

and wasteland. 

Type of holding-Holdings are classified according to whether 

they were producing mainly for home consumption or mainly 

for sale. Those from which 50 percent or more of the 

agricultural output is consumed by the holder's household are 

classified as producing mainly for home consumption. Those 

from which 50 percent or more of the agricultural output is sold 

are classified as mainly for sale. Holdings producing mainly for 

sale are further classified according to their most important 

activity. 

Vegetable holding-This is one on which 50 percent or more 

of the value of sales was from the sale of vegetables. 

Field and forage crop holding-This is one on which 50 

percent or more of the value of sales was from the sale of 

field and forage crops. 

Fruit and nut holding-This is one on which 50 percent or 

more of the value of sales was from the sale of fruits and 

nuts. 

Dairy holding-This is one on which 50 percent or more of 

the value of sales was from the sale of dairy products. 

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Livestock holding-This is one on which 50 percent or more 

of the value of sales was from the sale of livestock and 

livestock products, except dairy products. 

Poultry holding-This is one on which 50 percent or more of 

the value of sales was from the sale of poultry and poultry 

products. 

Nursery holding-This is one on which 50 percent or more of 

the value of sales was from the sale of nursery products. 

Mixed holding-This is one on which none of the above items 

accounts for 50 percent or more of the value of sales. 

Other holding-This is one that does not belong to any of the 

previous groups. 

Crops harvested-The 1982 report form was similar to the 

report forms used in previous censuses. It provided for the 

collection of data for specified field crops, vegetables, fruits, 

and nuts harvested on each farm. Inquiries were included for the 

most commonly grown crops in the Virgin Islands and space was 

provided to write in those less frequently produced. 

The units of measure for reporting quantities of some crops 

have varied from one census to another. The aim has been to 

permit reporting in the units of measure currently in use. In this 

report, the quantities harvested for each crop are expressed in 

the units of measure given on the 1982 report form. To provide 

readily comparable information, data published in earlier 

reports in different units of measure have been converted to the 

units used for the 1982 census. 

Forage, field, and vegetable crops-The area for individual 

crops harvested was obtained for forage, field, and vegetable 

crops in acres and lOths of acres. When two or more crops, 

or two or more plantings of the same crop, were harvested 

from the same land, the area was to be reported for each 

separate crop or planting. Total quantities of each forage and 

field crop harvested were to be reported, whether the crops 

were for home use or for sale. Also, total quantities of each 

crop sold were to be reported. The acreage reported for 

vegetables relates only to the acreage harvested. 

Fruits and nuts-The figures for acres and for number of 

trees and plants relate to the time of enumeration. 

Value of products sold-Data for value of products sold were 

obtained for each type of crop, fruit, livestock, etc., sold from 

the farm. The gross value of quantities sold was to be reported 

regardless of who did the selling or shared in the receipts. Crops 

given to a landlord and crops produced on institutional farms 

for use by inmates of the institution were to be considered as 

sold. 

Livestock and poultry-Inventory data for livestock and poultry 

relate to the number on hand at the time of enumeration. All 

livestock and poultry were to be enumerated on the place where 

they were at the time of enumeration regardless of who owned 

them. Livestock on unfenced land were to be reported as being 

on the place identified as the headquarters of the person who 

had control over them. 

Sales data for livestock, milk, and poultry products relate to 

the 12-month period between July 1, 1982, and June 30,1983. 

AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 

Enumerators were instructed to report total quantities and gross 

value of sales regardless of who did the selling or shared in the 

receipts. Products given by a tenant to a landlord and products 

taken from an institutional farm for use by inmates of the 

institutional farm were to be considered as sold. 

Selected farm expenses-The 1982 report form conta ined 

questions on six types of farm expenses incurred between July 

1, 1982, and June 30, 1983, whether made by the farm 

operator, his/her landlord, or both. A farm operator who rented 

part of his/her land to others reported only the expenses on the 

land he/she operated. 

Machine hire and customwork-Expenses for machine hire 

and customwork relate to tractor hire, plowing, and spraying. 

Any amount spent for the labor involved is considered to be 

part of the expense. The costs of hauling, trucking, or of exchange work without pay are omitted. 

Hired farm labor-Expenses for hired farm labor include total 

cash payments made between July 1, 1982, and June 3D, 

1983, to family members and others for farm labor. 

Payments to persons supplied by a contractor or a cooperative organization and paid directly by them or by the crew 

leader are also inclUded. Payments are excluded for housework, contract construction work, customwork, and repair 

and installation work performed by persons specifically 

employed for the work. 

Purchases of feed-Expenses for feed for livestock and 

poultry include total cash payments made between July 1, 

1982, to June 30, 1983, for pasture used, salt, concentrates, 

mineral supplements, grain, hay, millfeeds, and any other 

items purchased for feeding livestock and poultry on the 

place. Expenses made for the grinding and mixing of feed 

and the estimated cost of items furnished to the operator by 

a landlord or others are also included. Payments made by a 

tenant to a landlord for feed grown on the tenant's farm are 

excluded. 

Purchases of insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides-Th is 

item relates to total cash expenses between July 1, 1982, and 

June 3D, 1983, for all chemicals, sprays, dusts, etc., used to 

control weeds, pests, insects, or disease on crops and 

livestock. Any of these materials paid for by landlords and 

custom operators is included in the expense data. 

Purchases of fertilizers and manure-These expenses include 

the total amount spent between July 1, 1982, and June 3D, 

1983, for manure and commercial fertilizers of all kinds for 

use on the farm. 

Purchases of livestock and poultry-This item includes all 

cash expenses for livestock and poultry purchased between 

July 1, 1982, to June 30, 1983, for the place. The cost of 

livestock and poultry bought and then resold within 30 days 

is not included. 

Equipment and facilities-Operators were asked to report the 

number of tractors, motortrucks, and automobiles on their farms 

at the time of enumeration, regardless of ownership. Items that 

were temporarily out of order were to be included, but not 

those that were worn out. Tractors include all wheel and 

APPENDIX A A-3 
tracklaying (crawlers), garden, and homemade. Motortrucks 

include pickup trucks, truck-trailer combinations, jeeps, and 

station wagons if they were used primarily as trucks. Automobiles include jeeps and station wagons if they were used 

primarily as passenger cars. Data obtained in the 1982 census 

for the number of tractors, motortrucks, and automobiles on 

farms are comparable with those presented for earlier census 

years. 

Since the 1960 census, data were obtained on presence or 

absence of electricity and piped running water on the farm. 

These facilities were considered to be on the farm if they were 

available anywhere on the place, whether or not in the operator's 

dwelling. "Piped running water" was defined as "water carried 

in pipelines by a pressure system or by gravity flow from a 

natural or an artificial source." 

Farm wells included all holes or pits made by excavation to 

reach a supply of water for irrigation, watering livestock, and 

other purposes. Farm ponds are not included. 

Operator characteristics-Data were obtained to classify the 

operators according to six characteristics. 

Residence of operator-Operators were classified by residence according to whether or not they lived on the farms 

operated. Some of those who did not live on the farms they 

operated lived on farms operated by others. Where all the 

land was rented from others or worked on shares for others, 

the operator was considered to live on the farm operated 

provided the dwelling he/she occupied was included in the 

rental agreement. In such cases, the dwelling was not 

necessarily on the land being operated. Similarly, an operator 

who did not live on the land being cultivated or grazed, but 

who had some agricultural operations (other than a home 

garden) at his/her dwelling, was considered to be living on 

the farm operated. 

Years on present farm-Operators were classified by years on 

present farm into four groups. This data was based on the 

request for the first year the operator took continuous 

charge of the present farm or any part of it. 

Place of birth-Operators were classified by place of birth 

according to whether they were born in the Virgin Islands, 

Puerto Rico, or elsewhere. The purpose of this question was 

to obtain a measure of the native language abilities of 

operators as a guide to agricultural agents in preparing news 

releases for distribution to farmers. The need for information 

about language abilities has arisen since the 1950 census as a 

result of the influx of Puerto Ricans into the Virgin Islands. 

Age of operator-Operators were classified by age into six 

groups. The average age was obtained by dividing the sum of 

the ages of all operators reporting by the number reporting. 

Main occupation-This question was asked to determine 

whether the principal occupation of the operator was 

agricultural or nonagricultural. If the operator devoted 50 

percent or more of his/her work time to agricultural 

activities, his/her main occupation was considered to be 

agriculture. 

Work off farm- The extent to which operators rely on 

nonfarm sources for part of their income is indicated by the 

A-4 APPENDIX A 

number of days worked off the farm during the year. Work 

off the farm was defined to include work on someone else's 

farm for pay as well as all types of nonfarm jobs, businesses, 

and professions whether the work was done on the farm 

premises or elsewhere. Exchange work was not included. 

Data for the 1982 census are comparable with those for the 

censuses since 1960. 

FARM CLASSIFICATIONS 

Farms by size-Farms were classified by size on the basis of the 

total land area established in each one. According to the census 

definition, a farm is essentially an operating unit, not an 

ownership tract. All land operated or managed by one person or 

partnership represents one farm. In the case of tenants, the land 

assigned to each tenant is considered a separate farm, even 

though the landlord may consider the entire landholding to be 

one unit rather than several separate units. 

Farms by tenure of operator-I n the 1982 census, farms were 

classified by tenure of operator on the basis of data reported for 

land owned, rented from others, worked on shares for others, 

and managed for others. The same classification was used since 

1964. During the processing operations, each report form was 

coded to indicate whether the operator was a full owner, part 

owner, manager, or tenant. 

Full owners-These operate only land they own. 

Part owners-These operate land they own and also land they 

rent from others. 

Managers- These operate land for others and are paid a wage 

or salary for their services. Caretakers or hired laborers are 

not classified as managers. If an operator managed land for 

others and also operated his/her own farm, each operation 

was considered a farm. If a manager managed farms for two 

or more employers, each operation was considered a separate 

farm. 

Tenants- These rent from others or work the land they 

operate on shares for others. 

Farms by value of agricultural products sold-The farms were 

classified on the basis of the total value of agricultural products 

sold. The total was obtained by adding the reported values of all 

products sold from the farm. The value of livestock, milk, 

poultry and eggs, vegetables, fruits and nuts, all field crops, 

ornamental plants, and all other crops was obtained from the 

operator at the time of enumeration. The computer edit 

classified the value of agricultural products sold into one of the 

following groups: 

Less than $100 

$100 to $499 

$500 to $1,199 

$1,200 to $2,499 

$2,500 to $4,999 

$5,000 to $7,499 

$7,500 to $9,999 

$10,000 or more 

Farms by age of operator-Enumerators entered the operator's 

age, as of his/her last birthday, on the report form. The 

computer edit classified the operator's age into one of the 

following age groups: 

Under 25 years 

25 to 34 years 

35 to 44 years 

45 to 54 years 

55 to 64 years 

65 years and over 

AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
APPENDIX I. 

Report Form OM 8 APPROVAL NO 0607.()423- EXPIRES 12/83 

FORM 82-A 1 (VI) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE NOTICE - Response to this inquiry is required by law (title 13, U.S. (1-18-83) BUREAU OF THE CENSUS Code). By the same law your report to the Census Bureau is confidential. It IA11 may be seen only by sworn Census employees and may be used only for 

statistical purposes. Your report cannot be used for purposes of taxation. 

investigation, or regulation. 

1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE FARM SERIAL NUMBER • I 

VIRGIN ISLANDS From A2 column (9) I 

Section 1 > OPERATOR Full name (First name, middle initials, last name) 

1 • What is your (the operator's) neme? ........................ Complete mailing address 

2. What is your (the operator's) mailing address? ......... 

(G;ve eddress where correspondence ;s received.) 

Section 2 > LAND IN AGRICULTURE Acres None 

1. How many acres do you own? (If you own more than 041 

0 I one tract of land, include all land in the Virgin Islands.) ..................................................................... I 110 

2. How many acres do you rent from others? 042 

0 I (Include acres worked on shares., .................................................................................................. I 110 

043 

3. How many acres do you operate for others as a hired or salaried manager? .................. , ...................... 0 I 

I 110 044 

I 

4. How many acres do you rent to others? ............................................................................................ 0 I 110 

045 I 

5. TOTAL ACRES IN THIS PLACE (Add items 1 and 2, subtract item 4; if managed, enter data from item 3 here.) • I 110 

046 

6. Is the farm located on a hard surface (all weather' road? ......... 10 Yes 

2 0 No - About how many miles I Miles Tenths 

047 I is it to the neare.t hard I 110 surface (all weather) road? ••••• 

7. How many unpaid and paid farm hands (including the 053 

operator and his family) worked On this place the last 12 months? ........... Total farm hands 

150 days 25 to 149 Les. than 

or more? days? 25 days? 

054 055 056 

a. Of the unpaid farm hands (including the operator and unpaid 

family worker.), how many worked - .................................................................... 057 056 059 

b. Of the paid farm hands (hired workers and paid 

members of operator's family), how many worked - ................. '" ........................... 

060 

8. What type of operating organization does this place have? ............. 1 0 Individual 

(If you are a manager, specify if working for an individual, 2 0 Partnership partnership, corporation, cooperative, estate, trust, etc.' 3 0 Corporation (Do not include cooperatives) 

4 0 Other (Cooperative, estate, trust, etc.) 

9. Is this holding producing mainly for 061 

home consumption or sale? ......................................................... 1 0 Home consumption - Go to section 3 

2 0 Sale - Ask item 10 

062 

10. If producing mainly for .ale, which ofthe following is it? ............... 1 0 Vegetable holding 6 0 Poultry holding 

2 0 Field and forage crop holding 70 Nursery holding 

3 0 Fruit and nut holding 80 Mixed holding 

4 0 Dairy holding 9 0 Other - Specify ~ 

5 0 Livestock holding 

Section 3 > CROPS HARVESTED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS 

Include all crops harvested from July 1, 1982 to June 30, 1983 from the land reported in section 2, item 5, whether harvested 

by you or by someone else. Be sure to include the landlord's share. Do not include crops which were a complete failure or 

which were not harvested because of drought, labor shortage, low prices, or destruction from any cause. Report tenths of an 

acre, such as 1/10, 3110, 1-5/10, etc. 

How many How many How many How many What was the 

acres were acres were for acres were for acres value of sales 

0 Were any of these FORAGE crops cultivated on planted? cutting? grazing? were used for in the last 12 

both purposes? months? this place in the last 12 months? None (a) (h) (e) (d) (e) 

063 064 065 066 067 I I I I 

1 • Sugarcane ....................................... 0 I /10 I 110 I 110 I 110 

06. I 069 I 070 I 071 I 072 

2. Sorghum ......................................... 0 I 110 I 110 I 110 I 110 

073 I 074 I 075 I 076 I 077 

3. TOTAL .. I 110 I 110 I 110 I 110 

AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES APPENDIX 8 8-1 
B-2 

Section 3) CROPS HARVESTED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS - Continued 

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• Were any of these FIELD CROPS 

harvested in the last 12 months? 

wara harvested in the were harvested In the were sold in the last VALUE of sale. in the 

last 12 monthe? last 12 month.? 12 month.? last 12 month.? 

None la) Ib) lei Idl 078 07. 080 081 

4. Cassava .................................... 0 /10 0.2 0.3 084 0., 

5. Dry beans .................................. 0 110 08. 0.7 0.8 089 

6. Dry corn .................................... 0 110 090 091 092 093 

7. Sorghums for grain..................... 0 /10 094 09. 096 0'7 

8. Sweetpotatoes .......................... 0 /10 09. 099 100 101 

9. Taniers ..................................... 0 110 102 103 104 105 

10. Vams ........................................ 0 110 106 107 108 109 

11. Other field crops - Specify ~ 

o /10 

How many ACRES What was the 

were harvested in VALUE of sales in 

the last 12 months? the last 12 months? • Were any of these VEGETABLE CROPS 

harvested in the last 12 months? None rno 

~n----I.-'-.---t...----I-b-'---~ 111 

12. Cabbage ....................................................................... . 

13. Carrots ......................................................................... . 

14. Celery ........................................................................... . 

15. Cucumbers ................................................................... . 

16. Eggplant ....................................................................... . 

1 7. Green beans .................................................................. . 

18. Lettuce ......................................................................... . 

19. Okra ............................................................................. . 

20. Onions .......................................................................... . 

21. Peppers 

22. Spinach 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

23. Squash .......................................................................... 0 

24. Tomatoes .... ..... ... ........... ...... ..... ... ... ...... ......... ....... .... .... 0 

25. Other vegetable crops - Specify _________ _ o 

• FRUITS AND NUTS 

112 

114 

116 

11. 

120 

122 

124 

126 

128 

130 

132 

134 

136 

26. Are there any fruit and nut trees or plants on 138 

110 113 

110 

"' 110 117 

110 119 

110 121 

110 123 

110 125 

110 127 

110 129 

110 131 

110 133 

110 135 

110 137 

110 

this place today or were any harvested in thalast 12 month.? . ... lOVes 2 0 No - Skip to item 39,--____ ....,,::----l I Acres [ Tenths 

27. How much land is In bearing and nonbearlng fruit trees and plants today? ............................................... . 1

140 

110 

• Are any of the following kinds of 

FRUIT TREES, NUT TREES, OR 

PLANTS on this place? 

None 

28. Avocados ............................................... 0 

29. Banana •................................................ 0 

30. Coconuts .................. ............................. 0 

31. Grapefruits ..................... ......... ..... ......... 0 

32. Limes and lamons ................................... 0 

33. Mangoe. ...... ... ......... ... ...... ... ..... ......... ... 0 

34. Orange. 

35. Papaya. 

36. Pineapples ..........................................•.. 

37. Plantsln. . ............................................. . 

38. Other fruits, nuts, and tree crops - SpeciflJ 

o 

o 

o 

o 

o 

How many tree. How many trees How much was How many ware What wa. the 

or plants are not or plants are of harvasted in the sold in the last value of sale. in 

of bearing age? bearing age? last 12 month.? 12 month.? the last 12 

months? 

101 Ib) lei Id) Ie) 

141 142 143 144 145 

Number Number Fruits Fruits 

140 147 148 149 150 

Hills Hills Bunches Bunches 

151 152 153 ... 155 

Number Number Nuts Nuts 

156 157 158 .. 9 160 

Number Number Lbs. Lbs. 

161 162 163 164 "5 

Number Number Lbs. Lbs. 

166 167 168 169 170 

Number Number Fruits Fruits 171 172 173 174 175 

Number Number Lbs. Lbs. 

176 177 17. 179 180 

Number Number Lbo. Lbs. ,., 182 183 184 185 

Number Number Boxes Boxes 

186 ,.7 188 189 190 

Hills Hills Bunches Bunches 

191 192 193 194 195 

39. How many square feet under cover and/or acres 

did you have planted In ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 196 

Square feet 

under cover 

197 

Acres I T thk. Whet was the velue of sales I en .•• in the last 12 months? 

19. 

or in any other NURSERV CROPS? ....................•..•..... andlor 110 

FORM 82-AliVII !1-1B-83J Page 2 

APPENDIX B AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
Section 4 > LAND USE IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS 

land is to be reported In ONLY ONE CATEGORY. If two or more uses were made of the same land, report in the FIRST category that applies. 

None ~res 

1 • How many acres were in cropa harvested In the last 12 monthsl (Can be obtained by 199 

adding the acres of the various crops reported in section 3, items 1 through 39. However, 

110 if more than one crop was harvested from the same land, count this land only once for this item.) ................. 0 1

200 I 

2. How many acres were In other cropland? (Include cropland pasture, crop failure, 110 Idle and fallow cropland, and cropland used for _"'mprovement crops., ........................................ 0 

3. How many acres were in other pasture or grazing landl (Include woodland 1

201 I 

I 

pastura; do not 110 Include cropland pasture., .................................................................................... 0 I 

202 

4. How many acres were in woodlandl (Do not Include woodland pastura.' ........................................ 0 I 110 

5. How many acres were in other usesl (Include house lots, bam lots, lanes, roads, 1

203 

ditches, ponds, and wasteland.' ............................ : ..................................................................... 0 110 

120• I 

6. TOTAL LAND (Add entries in items 1 through 5. This total should equal the entry in section 2, item 5.) _ 0 I 1101 

Number 

None 205 

7. How many wells are on this placel ............................................................................................... 0 

Section 5 > LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY ON THIS PLACE NOW AND NUMBER SOLD IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS 

How many are on How many were I What was the 

· Do you or anyone else have any of the following livestock, this place now? sold in tha last 12 I value of salas in tha 

regardless of ownership, on this place or were any sold months? last 12 months? 

from this place in the last 12 monthsl None la) Ibl lei 

206 I 20C 1'06 

1 . Horses and colts, including ponies ......................................... , ..... 0 

"W I "W I" 

2. Mules, asses, and burros of all ages .............................................. 0 

Z1" 213 I'" 

3. Sheep and lembs of all ages ......................................................... 0 "5 ". 

4. Goats and kids of all ages .... '" ...................................................... 0 218 219 1'20 

5. Hogs and pigs of all ages, including sows and boars 

(Must equal sum of a and b below.) ................................................... 0 221 222 1223 

a. Pigs less than 8 months old ...................................................... 0 22. 225 1226 

b. Hogs and pigs 8 months old or older .......................................... 0 1227 228 229 

6. Cattle and calves of all ages (Must equal sum of a, b, c, and d below.) ....... 0 1

230 231 232 

a. Cows, including heifers that have calved ................................... 0 233 234 235 

b. Heifers and heifer calves 1 year old and over 

(Do not include heifers that have calved.' .................................. 0 136 237 236 

c. Bulls, bull calves, steers, and steer calves 1 year old and older ..... 0 23' 1 240 2" 

d. Calves less than 1 year old ........................................................ 0 

How many are on How many were I What was the 

· Do you or anyone else have any of the following poultry, this place now? sold in the last 12 I value. of sales in. the 

regardless of ownership, on this place or were any sold months? last 12 months? 

from this place in the last 12 months? None la) Ibl Ie) 

2<2 I "" ,.. 

7. Chickens (hens, pullets, roosters, broilers, etc.) ............................ 0 

0 245 :::::::::::::::::::~::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::}:::::::::::::: a. How many are 5 months old or older? ....................................... 

0 246 24. 1'5u 

8. Turkeys, ducks, geese, and other poultry ...................................... 

What was the 

Number sold value of sales in the 

last 1 2 months? 

None lal Ibl 

9. How many dozens of chicken eggs were sold from this place in the last 12 months? ..... 0 251 

Dozens 

' 252 

10. How many quarts of milk were sold from this place in the last 12 months? ................... 0 <0, 

Quarts 

", 

Section 6 > SELECTED EXPENDITURES IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS 

· How much did you spend for each of the following in the last 12 months? None Dollars only 

1255 

1 • Machine hire and custom work ................................................................................................... 0 156 

2. Wages and aalaries paid to employees or hired farm workers 

(Do not include houaework or contract construction work. Include caah paymenta only.' ................ 0 1257 

3. Feed purchaaed for Jivastock and poultry (Include coat of grain, feed, concentrates, 

and roughages; also amount paid for grinding and mixing feed.' .................................................... 0 

4. Insecticides, fungicidas, and herbicides ...................................................................................... 0 1256 

5. Fertilizers and manure purchased ................................................................................................ 0 1259 

6. Livestock and ~oult'l 0 260 

................................................................................................. FORM 82 AHVU {1 18 83l Page 3 

AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES APPENDIX B B-3 
8-4 

Section 7 > EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES USED ON THIS PLACE IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS 

1. How many of the following are on this placel (Include all specified equipment on thi. 

place today, regardle •• of ownership, provided it I. In operating condition.} 

a. Tractors of all kinds .................................................................................................................... .. 

b. Motortrucks ................................................................................................................................ . 

c. Automobiles ............................................................................................................................. " .. 

2. Do you have the following on this placel 

a. Electricity ................................................................................. , ......... 26' I 0 Yes 

b. Piped running water ............................................................................ 265 I 0 Yes 

Section 8 > OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 

The following quastions are about the FARM OPERATOR. 

1. Do you live on this place (the acres entered in section 2, item 5Jl ............... .. 

2. In what year did you begin to operate this placel ................................. .. 

3. Where were you bornl ....................................................................... .. 

266 

267 

266 

26. 

10 Yes 

Year 

I 0 Virgin Islands 

2 0 Puerto Rico 

None 

0 

0 

0 

4. How old were you on your last birthdayl ............................................. .. Years old 

5. Is your main occupation agricultural or nonagriculturall ....................... . 

6. OFF FARM WORK - How many days did tha operator work 4 hours or 

more off this place in the last 12 monthsl 'nclude worle at a nonfarm 

job, busine •• , or on someone e'.e'. farm. (Exc'ude exchange farm 

work.1 ............................................................................................... . 

Section 9 > ENUMERATOR'S RECORD 

1. Who furnished the information in this report? ...................................... .. 

270 

271 

272 

I 0 Agricultural 

10 None 

201-49 days 

3050-99 days 

10 Operator 

20 Landlord 

3 0 Wife or a member of 

the operator's family 

Number 

261 

262 

263 

20No 

20No 

20No 

3 0 Elsewhere - Speci~ 

2 0 Nonagricultural 

.0 100-149 days 

sO 150-199 days 

6 0 200 days or more 

• 0 Hired laborer 

50 Neighbor 

6 0 Other - Specif~ 

2. Remark. (Make any remarks needed in regard to this place, the owner or operator, the crops cultivated, or the livestock on this place.) 

3. Location 

of land 

4. Certified by 

5. Checked by 

FOAM B2-Allvn (1-18-83) 

APPENDIX 8 

a. Island 

Enumerator's signature 

Supervisor's signature 

Page 4 

I b. Quarter or city I c. ED number 

I 

I 

I Date 

I 

I 

I 

I Date 

I 

I 

AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
INDEX 

Item Area Island Summary Item 

A 

Age of farm operator ...... 

Agricultural products sold .. 

Automobiles ............ 

Average size of farm ....... 

Avocados .............. 

B 

Bananas ............... 

Beans: 

Dry ................ 

Green .............. 

C 

Cabbage ............... 

Carrots ............... 

Cassava ............... 

Cattle and calves, number ... 

Cows ............... 

Other cattle and calves ... 

Cattle and calves, sales ..... 

Celery ................ 

Chemicals (see Expenses) 

Chickens .............. 

Coconuts .............. 

Corn, dry .............. 

Cropland: 

Harvested ............ 

Other .............. 

C 

C 

ucumbers ............. 

ustomwork and machine 

hire, expenses .......... 

D 

Ducks, turkeys, geese, and 

E 

E 

E 

E 

other poultry .......... 

E 

ggplant .............. 

gg sales .............. 

lectricity ............. 

quipment and specified 

facilities: 

Automobiles .......... 

Electricity ........... 

Motortrucks .......... 

Tractors ............. 

Water, piped running .... 

Wells .... ................. 

tables tables 

3 -

7-9 14,16, 

17 

4 18 

2 -

8 16 

8 16 

7 14 

7 15 

7 15 

7 15 

7 14 

9 17 

9 17 

9 17 

9 17 

7 15 

9 17 

8 16 

7 14 

1,3 10,13 

1 10 

7 15 

6 19 

9 17 

7 15 

9 17 

4 18 

4 18 

4 18 

4 18 

4 18 

4 18 

4 18 

AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 

tables 

E-Con. 

21-24 Expenses: 

21-24 Feed for livestock and 

poultry ............ 

21-24 Fertilizers and manure 

21-24 purchased ............ 21-24 Hired farm labor ....... 

Insecticides, fu ngicides; 

and herbicides. . . . .... 

Livestock and poultry 

21-24 purchased .................... 

Machine hire and custom-

- work .............. 

-

F 

Facilities, specified ............. 

- Farm labor, hired and 

- unpaid ............... 

- Farm operators (see Opera21-24 tors) 

21-24 Farms classified by age of 

21-24 operator. .. _ . . . . . . . ... 

21-24 Farms classified by size of 

- farm ................ 

Farms classified by tenure of 

21-24 operator .............. 

21-24 

- Farms classified by type of 

holding .............. 

21-24 Farms classified by value of 

21-24 agricultural products sold .. 

- Farms, number .......... 

21-24 Feed purchased .......... 

Fertilizers and manure 

purchased ............. 

Field crops, harvested and 

sold ................. 

21-24 Forage crops, harvested 

and sold .............. 

Fruits and nuts .......... 

Fungicides (see Expenses) 

-

21-24 G 

21-24 Geese, ducks, turkeys, and 

other poultry .......... 

Goats and kids .......... 21-24 

21-24 Grapefruits ............. 

21-24 H 

21-24 

21-24 Herbicides (see Expenses) 

21-24 Hogs and pigs ........... 

Area Island Summary 

tables tables tables 

6 19 21-24 

6 19 21-24 

6 19 21-24 

6 19 21-24 

6 19 21-24 

6 19 21-24 

4 18 21-24 

4 12 21-24 

3 - 21-24 

2 11 21-24 

3 13,18- 21-24 

20 

4 12 21-24 

5 -- 21-24 

1,2 10, 11, 21-24 

13 

6 19 21-24 

6 19 21-24 

7 14 -

7 14 -

8 16 21-24 

9 17 21-24 

9 17 21-24 

8 16 21-24 

9 17 21-24 

INDEX 1 
Item 

H-Con. 

Holdings for home consumption or sale. . . . ....... . 

Horses, colts, and ponies. 

Insecticides (see Expenses) 

L 

Labor expenses. . . . . . . .. . 

Labor status. . . . . . ..... . 

Land in farms .......... . 

Lettuce .............. . 

Limes and lemons ....... . 

Livestock and poultry: 

Feed purchased (dollars) .. 

Number on place and 

number sold ........ . 

Products sold, value .... . 

Purchased (dollars) .... . 

Location, farms ......... . 

M 

Machine hire and customwork expenses ......... . 

Machinery (see Equipment 

and specified facilities) 

Mangoes ............. . 

Milk, amount and sales value. 

Motortrucks ........... . 

Mules, asses, and burros ... . 

N 

Nursery products, ornamental plants and other ..... . 

o 

Occupation of farm operator ................ . 

Off-farm work ......... . 

Okra ................ . 

Onions .............. . 

Operator characteristics ... . 

Operators byAge ........ , ...... . 

Occupation ......... . 

Off-farm work ....... . 

Residence .......... . 

Tenure ............ . 

Years on present farm .. . 

Oranges .............. . 

Organization, type of ..... . 

Ornamental plants and other 

nursery products ....... . 

2 INDEX 

Area 

tables 

4 

9 

6 

4 

1,2 

7 

8 

6 

9 

5,9 

6 

4 

6 

8 

9 

4 

9 

8 

3 

3 

7 

7 

3 

3 

3 

3 ! 

3 

3 

3 

8 

4 

8 

Island Summary 

tables tables 

12 

17 

19 

12 

10, 13 

15 

16 

19 

17 

17 

19 

12 

19 

16 

17 

18 

17 

16 

20 

15 

15 

13,18-

20 

20 

13,18-

20 

16 

16 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21··24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21--24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

Item 

p 

Papayas .............. . 

Pasture or grazing land .... . 

Peppers .............. . 

Pineapples ............ . 

; Plantains ...... ....... . 

Poultry .............. . 

Poultry and livestock: 

Feed purchased, expenses. 

Number on place and 

number sold ........ . 

Purchased, expenses .... . 

Production expenses . . . . .. 

R I 

Residence of farm operator .. I 

S 

Sale of agricultural products. 

Sheep and lambs ........ . 

Size of farm ........... . 

Sorghum for forage and 

grazing .............. . 

Sorghum for grain ....... . 

Spinach .............. . 

Squash .............. . 

Sugarcane ............ . 

Sweetpotatoes ......... . 

T 

Taniers .............. . 

Tenure of farm operator ... . 

Tomatoes ............. . 

Tractors .............. . 

Turkeys,ducks, geese,and 

other poultry ......... . 

v 

Value of agricultural products sold (also see individual products) ......... . 

Vegetables, harvested and 

sold ................ . 

w 

Water, piped running ..... . 

Wells ................ . 

Woodland ............ . 

Work off farm .......... . 

y 

Yams 

Years on present farm, 

operator. ............ . 

Area 

tables 

8 

1 

7 

8 

8 

9 

6 

9 

6 

6 

3 

5,7-9 i 

9 

2 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7 

7 

3 

7 

4 

9 

5 

7 

4 

4 

1 

3 

7 

3 

Island Summary 

tables tables 

16 

10 

15 

16 

16 

17 

19 

17 

19 

19 

14,17 

17 

11 

14 

14 

15 

15 

14 

14 

14 

13,18-

20 

15 

18 

17 

15 

18 

18 

10 

20 

14 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

21-24 

AGRICULTURE-GEOGRAPHIC AREA SERIES 
PUBLICATION PROGRAM 

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being published in a series of reports which provide data for each county 

and State and for the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin 

Islands of the United States. The publications include statistics on number 

of farms; land in farms; farm and farm operator characteristics; livestock, 

poultry, and their products; crop production and value; selected expenditures; irrigation; and standard industrial classification of farms. 

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