Table 1. Historical Highlights: 1987 and Earlier Census Years 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



All farms 



1987 



Farms number. _ 



Land in farms acres.. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings^ 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Estimated market value of 

 all machinery and 



equipment^ __ $1,000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Farms by size; 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 179 acres 



180 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1,000 to 1,999 acres 



2,000 acres or more 



Total cropland farms.. 



acres. - 



Harvested cropland farms.. 



acres,. 



Irngated land farms.. 



acres.- 



Market value of agricultural 



products sold^ $1,000.. 



Average per farm dollars.. 



Crops, including nursery 

 and greenhouse crops .. $1,000.. 

 Livestock, poultry, and 

 their products $1.000.. 



Farms by value of sales^: 



Less than $2.500 _ 



$2,500 to $4.999 



$5,000 to $9.999 



$10,000 to $24.999* 



$25,000 to $49,9995 



$50,000 to $99,999... 



$100,000 to $499,999 



$500,000 or more _ 



Farms by type of 

 organization: 

 Individual or family (sole 



propnetorship) 



Partnership 



Corporation 



Other — cooperative, 

 estate or trust, 

 institutional, etc. 



Operators by days worked 

 off farm^: 



None 



Any 



200 days or more 



Operators by principal 

 occupation^: 



Farming 



Other 



Average age of operator^ years.. 



Total farm production 

 expenses' $1.000.. 



Selected farm production 

 expenses^: 

 Livestock and poultry 



purchased $1,000.. 



Feed for livestock and 



poultry $1,000.. 



Commercial fertilizer' $1.000.. 



Petroleum products $1.000.. 



Hired farm labor $1,000.. 



Interest expense^ $1.000.. 



Agricultural chemicals' ... $1,000.. 



Livestock and poultry: 

 Cattle and calves 



inventory farms. . 



number. . 



Beef cows farms.. 



number^. 



Milk cows farms.- 



number.. 



Cattle and calves sold farms.. 



number.. 



Hogs and pigs inventory... farms.. 



number.. 

 Hogs and pigs sold farms.. 



number.. 

 Chickens 3 months old or 

 older inventory^ farms.. 



number.. 

 Broilers and other meat- 

 type chickens sold farms.. 



number.. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



51 549 



7 866 289 



153 



239 333 

 1 579 



2 144 508 



41 641 



3 759 



10 264 

 23 696 



11 453 



1 961 

 350 



66 



48 546 

 398 072 



46 157 

 080 153 



2 208 

 29 505 



3 077 523 

 59 701 



826 666 

 2 250 857 



12 747 

 6 517 

 6 378 

 6 720 

 4 680 

 6 893 

 6 846 

 768 



45 796 



4 581 



982 



190 



273 817 



621 876 

 115 061 



98 275 

 292 030 

 146 793 



59 518 



33 381 



1 745 617 



13 429 



160 694 



15 096 



673 054 



31 243 

 975 472 



6 983 



919 755 



6 495 



1 997 713 



5 963 

 25 548 494 



1 052 

 106 382 310 



49 585 



4 844 



899 



21 963 

 29 470 

 IB 949 



31 058 

 24 477 



(NA) 



261 842 



603 501 

 127 808 

 140 305 

 224 174 

 182 961 

 47 445 



38 682 



1 848 087 



15 986 



174 078 



17 894 



690 779 



34 855 

 884 891 



9 229 



869 389 



8 176 



1 672 055 



8 423 

 24 389 045 



1 262 



103 755 972 



56 202 



8 543 661 



152 



193 558 

 1 262 



1 730 912 

 30 838 



3 188 



9 917 



27 710 



13 208 

 1 874 



248 

 57 



54 208 



5 687 734 



52 406 



4 263 952 



1 297 



14 662 



2 166 637 

 38 551 



639 454 

 1 527 183 



13 361 



7 954 



7 463 



8 409 



6 997 



7 691 

 3 901 



361 



50 404 



4 683 



909 



22 430 

 31 074 

 20 189 



30 946 

 25 256 



(NA) 



215 165 



428 887 

 102 986 



88 701 



177 403 



(NA) 



36 916 



38 588 



1 698 928 



15 345 



165 725 



18 963 



656 363 



35 790 

 928 932 



11 769 



782 922 



10 297 



1 250 094 



8 980 

 17 996 450 



1 368 

 87 103 617 



} 



53 171 



8 186 378 



154 



112 992 

 734 



1 115 476 

 22 026 



2 531 



8 368 



27 419 



13 016 



1 562 



230 



45 



51 709 

 5 283 094 



49 744 

 3 885 384 



992 

 17 734 



1 503 295 

 28 273 



448 215 

 I 048 737 



15 957 



5 546 



6 203 



2 276 

 162 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



18 390 

 25 718 

 17 206 



31 555 

 20 899 



141 916 



340 711 

 77 514 

 58 145 



112 822 



(NA) 



22 956 



38 486 



1 762 477 



14 518 



192 330 



20 873 



670 557 



35 539 

 824 714 



11 154 



492 745 



9 436 



839 213 



9 834 

 14 277 518 



1 277 

 56 509 617 



62 824 



6 900 767 



142 



52 829 

 373 



607 823 

 9 916 



3 006 



10 428 



33 737 



14 115 



1 334 



166 



38 



60 189 

 5 597 790 



56 361 

 3 687 091 



936 

 18 697 



945 427 

 15 048 



226 172 

 715 312 



25 302 



6 778 



7 147 



906 

 47 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 35 451 

 22 868 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



50.5 

 750 429 



109 076 



187 356 

 38 699 

 34 242 

 84 802 

 (NA) 

 13 942 



43 325 



1 646 196 



(NA) 



142 768 



25 337 



659 029 



40 399 

 898 841 



13 760 

 510 443 



12 112 

 842 620 



12 906 

 15 367 883 



914 

 44 613 885 



} 



83 086 



10 803 983 



130 



29 836 

 228 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



4 650 



15 819 

 44 427 



16 571 

 1 391 



184 

 44 



79 917 

 6 042 837 



76 600 

 4 534 073 



1 006 

 22 734 



790 645 

 9 516 



205 181 



578 135 



36 834 

 9 957 

 12 168 



23 550 

 486 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 41 763 

 26 566 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



50.9 

 (NA) 



69 343 



180 300 

 36 293 

 35 610 



70 403 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



62 534 

 1 789 033 



15 121 

 123 082 



42 981 

 790 920 



53 003 

 977 419 



23 151 

 449 661 



14 890 

 693 653 



29 863 

 17 636 682 



826 

 32 012 141 



i 



100 052 



11 861 727 



119 



21 892 

 185 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



6 891 

 20 787 

 53 555 

 17 354 



1 242 



223 



94 544 

 6 595 256 



90 334 

 4 853 664 



787 

 16 523 



712 535 

 7 122 



182 007 

 525 414 



45 940 

 13 540 

 17 927 

 22 461 



(NA) 

 (NA) 

 (NA) 



(NA) 



(NA) 

 51 185 

 30 760 



(NA) 

 (NA) 



50.4 

 (NA) 



72 497 



189 144 



(NA) 



34 037 



71 126 



(NA) 



(NA) 



75 666 



1 810 340 



(NA) 



88 183 



59 101 



827 440 



65 793 

 915 901 



40 892 

 620 969 



23 446 

 632 003 



55 279 

 19 013 412 



1 227 

 32 156 441 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



PENNSYLVANIA 7 



