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worth. The data concerning value of dwelling includes all houses, whether

owned, rented, or provided. Owned houses are included in the value of nonfarm

property and therefore are reflected in the data on net worth.


TABLE 36.--Number and percentage distribution of nonfarm units of 3 or more
acres by acreage classes and race, 136 rural households, North and West Florida,
 1956


 Race
 Acres operated :
 by size classes :
 :White Nonwhite


 : Number Percent Number Percent

 Under 10 acres 21 24.7 20 39.2

 10 29 acres : 23 27.1 13 25.5
 30 49 acres 19 22.3 8 15.7
 50 69 acres 5 5.9 6 11.7
 70 99 acres 9 10.6 1 2.0
 10 99 acres 56 65.9 28 54.9

 100 139 acres 4 4.7
 140 179 acres :2 2.3 2 3.9
 180 219 acres : 1 1.2 1 2.0
 100 219 acres :7 8.2 3 5.9

 220 259 acres 1.2
 260 acres and over .. ** *
 220 and over : 1 1.2..

 All acreage units : 85 100.0 51 100.0


 Low-value dwellings dominated the picture among the nonfarm survey

 households with 35 percent of all houses valued at less than $500, 68 percent

 valued at less than $2,000 and less than 8 percent valued at $5,000 or more

 (Table 37). Many of the low-value dwellings were typical two room-and-shed

 cabins of the type associated historically with cotton growing under plantation

 and sharecropping arrangements. When compared on the basis of race, low-value

 dwellings were encountered more frequently among the nonwhite population.