About 5.7 million people lived in households tied to the farm business in 1987, compared with 5.0 million in the farm population as conventionally defined by place of residence. The new economically defined group, called the farm entrepreneurial population, includes people who depend on farming but do not necessarily live on the farm. This report analyzes census data on income, education, and other characteristics of the group identified by farm occupation and farm self-employment income criteria.