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Landownership in the United States, 1978

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  • Lewis, James A.

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Farmers are only 8 percent of all owners of private U.S. land, but they own 46 percent of it, the largest share of any group. White-collar and blue-collar workers are a majority of owners, at 52 percent, but own only a quarter of the private land. Retired persons (21 percent of all owners) own about 17 percent. Family units own most of the private land; nonfamily units (estates, partnerships, corporations), representing 6 percent of all owners, own 18 percent of the land. Federal, State, and local governments own about 40 percent of the total 2.3 billion acres in the United States.

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  • Lewis, James A., 1980. "Landownership in the United States, 1978," Agricultural Information Bulletins 309242, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersab:309242
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.309242
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    1. Bills, Nelson L. & Heimlich, Ralph E., 1984. "Assessing Erosion on U.S. Cropland: Land Management and Physical Features," Agricultural Economic Reports 307957, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Carriker, Gordon L. & Johnson, Bruce B. & Baker, Maurice, 1983. "Corporate Farming: An Update For Nebraska," Reports 140463, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Agricultural Economics.
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    5. Baron, Donald, 1981. "Landownership Characteristics And Investment In Soil Conservation," Staff Reports 276723, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
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    7. Ziemer, Rod F. & White, Fred C., 1981. "A Tobit Model Of The Demand For Farmland," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 13(2), pages 1-5, December.
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    9. Krause, Kenneth R., 1983. "Corporate Farming: Importance, Incentives, and State Restrictions," Agricultural Economic Reports 307953, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    10. Kumhof, Michael & Tideman, Nicolaus & Hudson, Michael & Goodhart, Charles, 2021. "Post-Corona Balanced-Budget Super-Stimulus: The Case for Shifting Taxes onto Land," CEPR Discussion Papers 16652, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    11. Janssen, Larry & Johnson, Bruce, 1989. "FARMLAND LEASING AND LAND TENURE IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA - Empirical Findings Emphasizing Current Situation and Changes between 1951 - 1986," 1989 Conference, January 7-10, Tucson, Arizona 260167, Regional Research Committe NC-181: Determinants of Farm Size and Structure.
    12. Dania V. Francis & Darrick Hamilton & Thomas W. Mitchell & Nathan A. Rosenberg & Bryce Wilson Stucki, 2022. "Black Land Loss: 1920−1997," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 112, pages 38-42, May.

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