The recent census, out of its abundant optimism, does not segregate these facts, and makes no general comment other than that tenantry has increased and that salaried management is believed to be “constantly increasing.” The bulletin on “Agriculture: The United States” does not even furnish a general classified summary of the data on tenantry. But the separate reports give the statistics, and out of them the following table is compiled:--
==========================+========+========+=======+=======+ | STATES AND TERRITORIES | PER CENT OF FARMS OPERATED | BY TENANTS --------------------------+----------+--------+-------------+ | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | | | 1. Alabama | 46.8 | 48.6 | 57.7 2. Arizona | 13.2 | 7.9 | _a._ 8.4[1] | | | _b._ 11.9[2] 3. Arkansas | 30.9 | 32.1 | 45.4 4. California | 19.8 | 17.8 | 23.1 5. Colorado | 13.0 | 11.3 | 22.6 6. Connecticut | 10.2 | 11.5 | 12.9 7. Delaware | 42.4 | 46.9 | 50.3 8. District of Columbia | 38.2 | 36.7 | 43.1 9. Florida | 30.9 | 23.6 | 26.5 10. Georgia | 44.9 | 53.5 | 59.9 11. Idaho | 4.7 | 4.6 | 8.7 12. Illinois | 21.4 | 24.0 | 29.3 13. Indiana | 23.7 | 25.4 | 28.6 14. Iowa | 23.8 | 28.1 | 34.9 15. Kansas | 16.3 | 28.2 | 33.2 16. Kentucky | 26.4 | 24.9 | 32.8 17. Louisiana | 35.2 | 44.4 | 58.0 18. Maine | 4.3 | 5.4 | 4.7 19. Maryland | 31.0 | 31.0 | 33.6 20. Massachusetts | 8.2 | 9.3 | 9.6 21. Michigan | 10.0 | 14.0 | 15.9 22. Minnesota | 9.2 | 12.9 | 17.3 23. Mississippi | 43.8 | 52.8 | 62.4 24. Missouri | 27.3 | 26.8 | 30.5 25. Montana | 5.3 | 4.8 | 9.2 26. Nebraska | 18.0 | 24.7 | 36.9 27. Nevada | 9.7 | 7.5 | 11.4 28. New Hampshire | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.5 29. New Jersey | 24.6 | 27.2 | 36.9 30. New Mexico | 8.1 | 4.5 | 9.4 31. New York | 16.5 | 20.2 | 23.9 32. North Carolina | 33.5 | 34.1 | 41.4 33. North Dakota | 3.9[3] | 6.9 | 8.5 34. Ohio | 19.3 | 22.9 | 27.5 35. Oklahoma | | 0.7 | 21.0 36. Oregon | 14.1 | 12.5 | 17.8 37. Pennsylvania | 21.2 | 23.3 | 26.0 38. Rhode Island | 19.9 | 18.7 | 20.1 39. South Carolina | 50.3 | 55.3 | 61.0 40. South Dakota | 3.9[3] | 13.2 | 21.8 41. Tennessee | 34.5 | 30.8 | 40.5 42. Texas | 37.6 | 41.9 | 49.7 43. Utah | 4.6 | 5.2 | 8.8 44. Vermont | 13.4 | 14.6 | 14.5 45. Virginia | 29.5 | 26.9 | 30.7 46. Washington | 7.2 | 8.5 | 14.4 47. West Virginia | 19.1 | 17.8 | 21.8 48. Wisconsin | 9.1 | 11.4 | 13.5 49. Wyoming | 2.8 | 4.2 | 7.6 --------------------------+----------+--------+-------------+