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 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Item 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Ethanol farms 
Other farms 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
Part owners farms 
Tenants farms 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
acres 
Owned land in farms farms 
acres 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
acres 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
acres 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
acres 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
2 operators 
3 operators 
4 operators 
5 or more operators 
Total women operators number 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2 operators 
3 operators 
4 operators 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
Female 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
Other 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
Not on farm operated 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
Any 
1 to 49 days 
50 to 99 days 
100 to 199 days 
200 days or more 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
3 or 4 years 
5 to 9 years 
10 years or more 
Average years on present farm 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
3 or 4 years 
5 to 9 years 
10 years or more 
Average years operating any farm 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
25 to 34 years 
35 to 44 years 
45 to 49 years 
50 to 54 years 
55 to 59 years 
60 to 64 years 
Off-farm 
All farms Retirement occupation 
58 
22 
9 
34 
8 
9 
111 
19 
28 
40,788 
13,025 
16,815 
14,335 
2,145 
3,653 
4,186 
347 
1,245 
55,197 
15,184 
20,483 
5,729,786 
1,453,147 
1,504,881 
55,123 
15,170 
20,468 
5,377,978 
1,349,671 
1,383,377 
18,610 
2,513 
4,925 
2,336,805 
167,464 
293,485 
18,521 
2,492 
4,898 
2,326,466 
165,523 
290,869 
7,623 
2,295 
3,032 
362,147 
105,417 
124,120 
92,341 
22,648 
33,580 
32,632 
9,591 
11,766 
22,068 
5,003 
8,508 
3,618 
740 
1,155 
649 
128 
189 
342 
55 
95 
28,026 
6,901 
10,856 
23,933 
5,992 
9,354 
1,679 
366 
623 
185 
48 
68 
34 
7 
13 
7 
1 
50,849 
13,120 
18,708 
8,460 
2,397 
3,005 
30,638 
9,542 
28,671 
5,975 
21,713 
50,860 
13,401 
18,175 
8,449 
2,116 
3,538 
24,370 
10,915 
995 
34,939 
4,602 
20,718 
4,873 
1,406 
974 
2,458 
753 
642 
4,595 
932 
2,266 
23,013 
1,511 
16,836 
1,720 
179 
841 
2,828 
316 
1,391 
8,038 
1,212 
3,838 
46,723 
13,810 
15,643 
23.0 
30.7 
18.4 
1,229 
130 
652 
2,316 
230 
1,199 
6,947 
1,013 
3,424 
48,817 
14,144 
16,438 
24.8 
32.8 
19.9 
426 
5 
144 
4,483 
74 
1,711 
7,546 
244 
3,452 
5,732 
270 
2,918 
8,170 
563 
4,291 
8,444 
1,001 
4,157 
7,783 
2,575 
2,699 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
13 
8 
5 
15 
1 
1 
35 
10 
10 
7,609 
1,570 
578 
3,211 
2,270 
2,015 
1,178 
913 
232 
10,844 
3,855 
2,594 
1,012,401 
529,963 
577,334 
10,820 
3,840 
2,593 
951,802 
505,892 
558,813 
4,409 
3,192 
2,253 
309,159 
376,445 
591,814 
4,389 
3,183 
2,247 
307,245 
375,750 
591,463 
1,330 
411 
244 
62,513 
24,766 
18,872 
18,225 
7,611 
5,047 
6,757 
2,414 
1,246 
4,494 
1,921 
1,099 
586 
352 
389 
119 
44 
55 
42 
22 
36 
6,069 
2,072 
1,107 
5,067 
1,904 
939 
448 
63 
51 
23 
14 
13 
8 
- 
1 
1 
3 
9,434 
4,596 
2,756 
2,564 
157 
69 
11,998 
4,753 
2,628 
- 
197 
10,551 
4,489 
2,527 
1,447 
264 
298 
5,874 
3,107 
2,061 
6,124 
1,646 
764 
1,337 
724 
250 
785 
130 
62 
1,073 
135 
71 
2,929 
657 
381 
421 
159 
55 
641 
272 
92 
1,717 
695 
284 
9,219 
3,627 
2,394 
21.6 
20.3 
25.1 
259 
102 
34 
524 
225 
58 
1,456 
609 
208 
9,759 
3,817 
2,525 
23.6 
22.1 
27.4 
155 
88 
24 
1,245 
976 
291 
1,864 
1,210 
524 
1,365 
565 
336 
1,862 
604 
469 
1,889 
510 
462 
1,447 
379 
307 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
1 
4 
- 
5 
111 
24 
1,056 
518 
28 
495 
51 
10 
210 
629 
52 
1,556 
273,794 
35,328 
342,938 
629 
52 
1,551 
265,018 
33,929 
329,476 
569 
38 
711 
391,118 
55,279 
152,041 
569 
38 
705 
390,792 
55,189 
149,635 
61 
13 
237 
9,102 
1,489 
15,868 
1,447 
190 
3,593 
247 
18 
593 
219 
12 
812 
139 
14 
243 
44 
6 
64 
31 
12 
49 
220 
29 
772 
172 
12 
493 
21 
4 
103 
2 
3 
14 
- 
- 
5 
2 
665 
58 
1,512 
15 
4 
249 
650 
52 
1,015 
30 
10 
746 
533 
30 
1,154 
147 
32 
607 
534 
48 
836 
146 
14 
925 
44 
3 
135 
12 
1 
73 
9 
1 
108 
81 
9 
609 
5 
60 
16 
1 
99 
45 
3 
244 
614 
58 
1,358 
28.7 
27.8 
22.6 
2 
50 
9 
- 
71 
24 
2 
211 
645 
60 
1,429 
31.2 
30.6 
24.8 
2 
8 
21 
- 
165 
84 
9 
159 
75 
9 
194 
131 
13 
237 
145 
10 
270 
96 
9 
271 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
538 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
