Table 39. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Pennsylvania: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.number 
59,309 
15,517 
21,713 
1 1 ,998 
4,753 
2,825 
680 
62 
1,761 
percent 
100.0 
26.2 
36.6 
20.2 
8.0 
4.8 
1.1 
0.1 
3.0 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
7,704,444 
1,515,194 
1,674,246 
1,259,047 
881,642 
1,150,276 
655,810 
89,118 
479,111 
Average size of farm 
.... acres 
130 
98 
77 
105 
185 
407 
964 
1,437 
272 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total farms 
59,309 
15,517 
21,713 
11,998 
4,753 
2,825 
680 
62 
1,761 
$1,000 
7,487,141 
288,361 
466,497 
635,386 
1,397,188 
1,770,504 
1,303,188 
835,543 
790,474 
Average per farm 
...dollars 
126,240 
18,584 
21,485 
52,958 
293,959 
626,727 
1,916,453 
13,476,502 
448,878 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
11,540 
3,810 
5,516 
1,917 
8 
15 
2 
272 
$1,000 to $2,499 
5,698 
1,986 
2,860 
750 
- 
2 
- 
- 
100 
$2,500 to $4,999 
6,087 
2,136 
2,965 
844 
8 
- 
- 
- 
134 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,808 
2,423 
3,141 
1,085 
8 
- 
- 
- 
151 
$10,000 to $24,999 
8,233 
2,684 
3,507 
1,794 
12 
6 
- 
- 
230 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,973 
1,290 
1,793 
1,723 
7 
2 
_ 
- 
158 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,063 
656 
1,081 
2,183 
19 
4 
4 
- 
116 
$100,000 to $249,999 
5,604 
402 
608 
1,388 
2,995 
20 
3 
- 
188 
$250,000 to $499,999 
3,349 
105 
156 
152 
1,385 
1,391 
- 
- 
160 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,680 
12 
56 
129 
148 
1,195 
29 
- 
111 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
1,274 
13 
30 
33 
163 
190 
642 
62 
141 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
962 
13 
28 
32 
151 
158 
499 
1 
80 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
208 
- 
2 
1 
12 
25 
136 
3 
29 
$5,000,000 or more 
104 
- 
- 
- 
" 
7 
7 
58 
32 
Total sales 
.... farms 
59,309 
15,517 
21,713 
11,998 
4,753 
2,825 
680 
62 
1,761 
$1,000 
7,400,781 
272,726 
454,023 
627,617 
1,384,457 
1,750,625 
1,291,611 
835,052 
784,672 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
... farms 
19,074 
3,203 
4,875 
4,466 
3,285 
2,132 
464 
20 
629 
$1,000 
1,210,869 
74,771 
115,209 
116,103 
176,994 
369,598 
263,687 
16,326 
78,181 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
5,072 
419 
633 
725 
1,124 
1,469 
404 
17 
281 
$1,000 
1,004,463 
39,627 
61,181 
57,110 
142,148 
353,956 
262,190 
16,273 
71,978 
Corn 
... farms 
17,163 
2,813 
4,221 
4,051 
3,065 
2,000 
437 
16 
560 
$1,000 
800,827 
50,370 
78,811 
81,064 
121,878 
238,943 
166,896 
11,111 
51,754 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
3,601 
241 
364 
353 
852 
1,179 
363 
15 
234 
$1,000 
604,305 
(□) 
31,990 
24,524 
85,758 
220,181 
164,820 
(D) 
46,166 
Wheat 
... farms 
3,948 
540 
700 
865 
677 
721 
236 
11 
198 
$1,000 
63,847 
3,034 
4,060 
5,284 
7,850 
19,822 
16,893 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
262 
- 
1 
6 
11 
112 
108 
6 
18 
$1,000 
29,220 
- 
(D) 
338 
1,005 
9,365 
13,930 
(D) 
(D) 
Soybeans 
... farms 
7,362 
967 
1,626 
1,478 
1,265 
1,396 
311 
10 
309 
$1,000 
309,882 
18,011 
28,215 
24,720 
40,960 
101,847 
74,110 
2,357 
19,661 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
1,510 
68 
112 
59 
277 
642 
239 
8 
105 
$1,000 
215,649 
(□) 
8,878 
3,792 
22,480 
84,381 
72,416 
(D) 
15,709 
Sorghum 
... farms 
418 
43 
68 
105 
92 
57 
26 
1 
26 
$1,000 
2,844 
456 
229 
367 
333 
598 
606 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
7 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
2 
$1,000 
854 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
388 
- 
(D) 
Barley 
... farms 
2,350 
231 
358 
444 
548 
549 
123 
- 
97 
$1,000 
15,714 
773 
1,126 
1,704 
3,004 
5,266 
2,854 
- 
987 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
21 
- 
- 
- 
2 
2 
14 
- 
3 
$1,000 
1,877 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,195 
- 
218 
Rice 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
.... farms 
5,063 
1,032 
1,385 
1,283 
637 
420 
95 
3 
208 
$1,000 
17,755 
2,127 
2,769 
2,963 
2,970 
3,123 
2,328 
(D) 
(□) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
22 
- 
- 
- 
2 
8 
9 
2 
1 
$1,000 
2,462 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
494 
1,454 
(D) 
(D) 
Tobacco 
... farms 
1,312 
30 
81 
342 
768 
67 
3 
- 
21 
$1,000 
40,379 
892 
1,627 
9,866 
24,545 
2,696 
235 
- 
519 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
203 
5 
8 
50 
119 
18 
2 
- 
1 
$1,000 
13,648 
(□) 
579 
3,161 
7,808 
1,493 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Cotton and cottonseed 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
.... farms 
3,995 
535 
1,013 
1,456 
526 
269 
74 
5 
117 
$1,000 
140,875 
5,928 
9,212 
29,988 
20,267 
32,128 
33,532 
3,378 
6,442 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
.... farms 
551 
15 
23 
167 
135 
137 
46 
4 
24 
$1,000 
101,337 
(D) 
1,705 
1 1 ,687 
14,858 
30,354 
32,953 
(D) 
5,008 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
... farms 
3,147 
717 
1,062 
832 
241 
144 
39 
3 
109 
$1,000 
160,501 
(D) 
1 1 ,994 
12,965 
12,703 
31,025 
45,435 
(D) 
24,062 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
405 
40 
60 
83 
64 
83 
31 
3 
41 
$1,000 
138,379 
(D) 
5,070 
6,595 
11,433 
30,344 
45,278 
(D) 
23,232 
Fruits and tree nuts 
... farms 
1,796 
472 
609 
386 
118 
92 
36 
3 
80 
$1,000 
148,473 
(D) 
9,302 
10,337 
11,318 
29,363 
44,462 
(D) 
23,117 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
365 
38 
51 
75 
61 
70 
29 
3 
38 
$1,000 
132,826 
(D) 
4,314 
5,987 
10,650 
28,844 
44,297 
(D) 
22,497 
Berries 
... farms 
1,716 
320 
546 
543 
158 
78 
16 
55 
$1,000 
12,028 
1,743 
2,691 
2,628 
1,386 
1,662 
973 
- 
945 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
... farms 
48 
1 
9 
5 
6 
15 
4 
- 
8 
$1,000 
4,356 
(D) 
695 
362 
645 
1,098 
773 
- 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 531 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
