Acknowledgments

Diana DeAre, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce, and Judith Z. Kalbacher, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, prepared this report. The authors express their appreciation to the following individuals for their assistance.

Administration and supervision:

Calvin L. Beale, Head, Population Section, Agriculture and Rural Economy Division, Economic Research Service

Philip N. Fulton, Assistant Division Chief, Population Division, Bureau of the Census Max F. Jordan, Chief, Human Resources Branch, Agriculture and Rural Economy Division, ERS

Robert C. Speaker, Chief, Population Programs Branch, Population Division

BUREAU OF THE CENSUS

John G. Keane, Director
C.L. Kincannon, Deputy Director
William P. Butz, Associate Director for
Demographic Fields

Roger A. Herriot, Senior Demographic and
Housing Analyst

POPULATION DIVISION
Paula J. Schneider, Chief

ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE
John E. Lee, Jr., Administrator

Agriculture and Rural Economy Division Kenneth L Deavers, Director

SUGGESTED CITATION

U.S. Bureau of the Census, jointly with U.S. Department of Agriculture, Current Population Reports, Series P-27, No. 60, Farm Population of the United States: 1986, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1987.

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.