Acknowledgments

Diana DeAre, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, and Judith Z. Kalbacher, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, prepared this report. The authors express their appreciation to the following individuals for their assistance.

Administration and supervision:

Calvin L. Beale, Head, Population Section, Agriculture and Rural Economy Division, Economic Research Service

Philip N. Fulton, Assistant Division Chief, Population Division, Bureau of the Census

Max F. Jordan, Chief, Human Resources Branch, Agriculture and Rural Economy Division, ERS

Robert C. Speaker, Chief, Population Programs Branch, Population Division

Census data collection:

Stanley D. Matchett, Chief, Field Division, Census

Bureau of the Census interviewers

Computer programming coordination:

Greg Weyland, Demographic Surveys Division, Census

Statistical assistance:

Joyce E. Williams, Population Division, Census

Content review:

Vera J. Banks, Agriculture and Rural Economy Division, ERS

John A. Blackledge, Agriculture Division, Census

Campbell J. Gibson, Population Division, Census

Statistical review:

Louis E. Williams, Statistical Methods Division, Census

Editing and coordination:

Paula Coupe, Publications Services Division, Census

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

John G. Keane, Director
C.L. Kincannon, Deputy Director
William P. Butz, Associate Director for
Demographic Fields

Roger A. Herriot, Senior Demographic and
Housing Analyst

POPULATION DIVISION
Paula J. Schneider, Chief

ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
John E. Lee, Jr., Administrator

Agriculture and Rural Economy Division Kenneth L Deavers, Director

U.S.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of the Census, jointly with U.S. Department of Agriculture, Current Population Reports, Series P-27, No. 60, Farm Population of the United States: 1986, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1987.

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