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 The 136 nonfarm units other than "house and lots" accounted for 19

percent of total households. Compared with the house-and-lot-units, the pro-

portion of nonfarm acreage tracts occupied by nonwhite families was somewhat

smaller (Table 35). While the nonfarm units of 3 or more acres were mainly

owned by the occupants, ownership among the white families was significantly

higher than among the nonwhite families.


TABLE 35.-Number and percentage distribution of nonfarm units of 3 acres or
more by tenure status of family and race, 136 rural households, North and West
 Florida, 1956


 Race

 Tenure status :
 :White :Nonwhite


 : Number Percent Number Percent

Owned : 80 94.1 42 82.3
Rented :2 2.4 3 5.9
Provided by employer : **
Provided by others 1 1.1 1 2.0
Undivided estimate 2 2.4 5. 9.8

 Total 85 100.0 51 100.0



 Total land owned or operated by the occupants of nonfarm acreages

amounted to 5,066 acres and averaged almost 37 acres per household. Units

occupied by white families accounted for 66 percent of the total land and

averaged 40 acres in size. By comparison, the average size of units occupied

by nonwhite families was 32 acres. More than three-fourths of the units were

less than 50 acres in size (Table 36). Smaller units were relatively more

numerous among the nonwhite than among the white population.

 The resources used or owned by rural nonfarm families are indicated

here by three measures: value of dwelling, value of nonfarm property, and net