population reported employment, compared with 55 percent of the white popula-

tion.

 Of the total population 14 years of age and older, 543 reported work

on the home farm during 1956, and a rather comparable 566 reported work at non-

farm jobs. Only about half as many (270) reported work on other farms (Table

19), Individuals 14 through 19 found employment most frequently on the home

farm, followed in order of importance by work on other farms. In age classes

20 through 54 years, nonfarm employment showed the largest proportion of indi-

viduals, followed by individuals reporting work on the home farm. Above 55

years of age, larger proportions of individuals reported work on the home farm.

Table 19 also indicates the extent to which individuals were engaged in more

than one type of employment. As mentioned previously, only 1,103 individuals

reported employment during 1956, yet the number reporting the three separate

types of employment totaled 1,379.

 From the standpoint of race and sex (Tables 20 through 23), propor-

tions of the population reporting the three major types of employment varied

considerably. Proportions of the white population reporting work on the home

farm and nonfarm work were essentially the same (30 percent) but only 7.5 per-

cent reported work on other farms. For the nonwhite population, larger propor-

tions found employment at nonfarm jobs, followed in order of importance by work

on other farms, then work on the home farm. As against the 7.5 percent of the

white population reporting work on other farms, more than 27 percent of the

nonwhite population reported such work. In both the white and nonwhite popu-

lations, larger proportions of individuals above the age of 55 were employed

on the home farm.

 Of the male population 14 years of age and older, a larger proportion

 was employed on the home farm than at nonfarm work. This was due to the