White and Nonwhite Owners of Rural Land in the Southeast (Classic Reprint)

Jr., Robert Fox Boxley

ISBN 10: 0483430218 / ISBN 13: 9780483430211

Published by Forgotten Books, 2018

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36 pages. 9.06x6.22x0.24 inches. This item is printed on demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: White and Nonwhite Owners of Rural Land in the Southeast (Classic Reprint)
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0483430218
• ISBN 13: 9780483430211
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.08 kilograms

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Excerpt from White and Nonwhite Owners of Rural Land in the Southeast

About 57 percent of the white and 49 percent of the nonwhite landowners operated some or all of the land they owned. These operator groups owned about 60 percent of the total rural land. Nonwhite owners were older, on the average than white owners and had also attained ownership at an older age. Relatively little of the commercial forest land was owned by nonwhites. The average holding of all types of land was 50 acres for nonwhite owners, and 95 acres for white owners. Land owned by nonwhites was generally of higher average value per acre than that of white owners. Inheritance of a full or part interest in land was a more usual method of acquisition among nonwhites than among whites. More than half of the non white landowners acquired at least some of their holdings by inheritance, compared with 40 percent of the white owners. In terms of acreage, however, inheritance was about equally important for both groups and accounted for slightly more than one-third of all land transfers. About 4 percent of the rural land in the Southeast underwent a land use change between 1955 and 1960. With minor exceptions, both racial groups shared the same trends in land use shifts. Land used for cropland declined nearly 3 percent between 1955 and 1960.