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Who Owns the Land? Agricultural Land Ownership by Race/Ethnicity

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  • Gilbert, Jess
  • Wood, Spencer D.
  • Sharp, Gwen

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Of all private U.S. agricultural land, Whites account for 96 percent of the owners, 97 percent of the value, and 98 percent of the acres. Nonetheless, four minority groups (Blacks, American Indians, Asians, and Hispanics) own over 25 million acres of agricultural land, valued at over $44 billion, which has wide-ranging consequences for the social, economic, cultural, and political life of minority communities in rural America. This article presents the most recent national data available on the racial and ethnic dimensions of agricultural land ownership in the United States, based largely on USDA’s Agricultural Economics and Land Ownership Survey of 1999.

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  • Gilbert, Jess & Wood, Spencer D. & Sharp, Gwen, 2002. "Who Owns the Land? Agricultural Land Ownership by Race/Ethnicity," Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 17(4), December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersra:289693
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.289693
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    1. Kurt Smith & Frederick Cubbage, 2024. "Land Fragmentation and Heirs Property: Current Issues and Policy Responses," Land, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-18, April.
    2. Wilson, Wylin D. & Warren, Reuben C. & Sodeke, Stephen O. & Wilson, Norbert, 2013. "The Fate of Local Food Systems in the Global Industrialization Market: Food and Social Justice in the Rural South," Professional Agricultural Workers Journal (PAWJ), Professional Agricultural Workers Conference, vol. 1(1), pages 1-9.
    3. Megan Horst & Amy Marion, 2019. "Racial, ethnic and gender inequities in farmland ownership and farming in the U.S," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 36(1), pages 1-16, March.

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