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households.

 The over-all proportion of population employed in 1956 compared

favorably with the national average but was strongly influenced by the fact

that more than half of the nonwhite females reported employment during the

years even though in many instances for only short periods of time. Work on

the home farm was an especially important type of employment to individuals

14 to 19 years of age and also to those over 54 years. Nonfarm employment was

relatively more important to the age groups 20 to 54 years of age. About one-

third of the nonfarm workers were classified as laborers and an added one-fifth

were service and private household workers. Nonwhite workers were mainly in

these occupational groups. The professional, managerial, clerical, sales,

craft, and operative positions were held mainly by white workers.

 Nonhuman resources.--Among the 362 nonfarm families, 149, or 41 per-

cent, were nonwhite. The nonfarms consisted of 226 "house-and-lot" units and

136 nonfarms with 3 or more acres of land. Among the nonwhite families, many

house-and-lot units were provided rent free by employers or others. Low-value

dwellings dominated the picture among the nonfarm households, with 35 percent

valued at less than $500 and 68 percent at less than $2,000. The value of non-

farm assets and the net worths of nonfarm families averaged low, especially

among the nonwhite families.

 Among the 368 farm families, 85, or 23 percent, were nonwhite. The

white farm operators were mainly owners or part owners. There were very few

full tenants. Among the nonwhite operators, more than a fifth were full

tenants.

 When judged by the frequency of occurence of part-owner tenure

arrangements, commercial farms with white operators and farms of all classes

(residential, part-time, and commercial) with nonwhite operators had the