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 
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 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
6,101 
3,620 
1,080 
813 
175 
171 
68 
5 
169 
70 years and over 
10,624 
7,165 
1,261 
1,358 
246 
241 
58 
7 
288 
Average age 
56.1 
68.6 
51.9 
52.7 
46.3 
51.5 
55.2 
56.1 
55.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
373 
93 
126 
92 
29 
12 
12 
1 
8 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
78 
31 
29 
12 
- 
2 
1 
1 
2 
Asian 
62 
23 
10 
29 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
61 
32 
25 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
58,951 
15,388 
21,594 
11,912 
4,749 
2,818 
679 
60 
1,751 
More than one race reported 
151 
37 
55 
41 
4 
5 
" 
1 
8 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,948 
2,855 
2,111 
1,395 
250 
108 
32 
3 
194 
2 people 
25,964 
10,399 
8,005 
4,648 
927 
900 
275 
28 
782 
3 people 
8,778 
1,424 
4,008 
1,894 
571 
432 
97 
11 
341 
4 people 
7,331 
515 
4,005 
1,474 
573 
397 
121 
7 
239 
5 or more people 
10,288 
324 
3,584 
2,587 
2,432 
988 
155 
13 
205 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
40,637 
12,909 
19,166 
6,488 
637 
284 
55 
10 
1,088 
25 to 49 percent 
4,018 
1,122 
1,246 
1,078 
260 
151 
36 
1 
124 
50 to 74 percent 
4,770 
911 
845 
1,602 
666 
438 
108 
14 
186 
75 to 99 percent 
4,535 
399 
319 
1,391 
1,272 
761 
197 
19 
177 
1 00 percent 
5,349 
176 
137 
1,439 
1,918 
1,191 
284 
18 
186 
Operator is a hired manager 
farms 
1,410 
155 
239 
387 
196 
134 
67 
13 
219 
acres 
398,590 
23,779 
26,269 
43,918 
37,436 
55,265 
75,826 
15,296 
120,801 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
36,794 
8,597 
15,940 
7,082 
1,811 
1,655 
556 
61 
1,092 
Dial-up service 
3,709 
1,132 
1,321 
686 
257 
153 
49 
1 
110 
DSL service 
17,874 
3,935 
7,761 
3,440 
943 
948 
304 
34 
509 
Cable modem service 
8,964 
2,046 
4,062 
1,758 
314 
325 
139 
15 
305 
Fiber-optic service 
1,761 
520 
676 
305 
85 
63 
25 
13 
74 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,453 
945 
1,961 
939 
175 
221 
75 
10 
127 
Satellite service 
2,936 
718 
1,295 
518 
124 
124 
51 
2 
104 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) ... 
860 
292 
343 
136 
17 
36 
12 
3 
21 
Other Internet service 
277 
50 
122 
59 
26 
8 
1 
1 
10 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
50,269 
13,361 
19,510 
10,270 
3,903 
1,939 
308 
22 
956 
2 households 
6,906 
1,843 
1,690 
1,365 
650 
609 
180 
14 
555 
3 households 
1,252 
219 
283 
196 
105 
191 
98 
14 
146 
4 households 
500 
70 
125 
114 
47 
41 
49 
5 
49 
5 or more households 
382 
24 
105 
53 
48 
45 
45 
7 
55 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
farms 
57,548 
15,517 
21,713 
11,998 
4,753 
2,825 
680 
62 
- 
acres 
7,225,333 
1,515,194 
1,674,246 
1,259,047 
881,642 
1,150,276 
655,810 
89,118 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,036 
365 
631 
525 
137 
119 
82 
13 
164 
acres 
401,817 
39,866 
57,437 
47,924 
33,542 
57,871 
82,964 
42,662 
39,551 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
52,390 
14,436 
20,212 
10,845 
4,275 
2,253 
357 
12 
- 
acres 
5,928,144 
1,370,508 
1,501,012 
1,079,191 
756,210 
874,080 
330,399 
16,744 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
3,808 
586 
742 
581 
305 
359 
176 
14 
1,045 
acres 
1,052,558 
99,827 
93,387 
76,809 
87,084 
187,697 
195,434 
37,571 
274,749 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,944 
426 
575 
402 
250 
310 
167 
14 
800 
acres 
882,777 
72,229 
75,108 
50,168 
70,634 
164,896 
186,067 
37,571 
226,104 
Corporation 
farms 
2,294 
295 
546 
472 
156 
206 
141 
36 
442 
acres 
544,362 
30,699 
61,111 
47,070 
34,721 
85,211 
122,880 
34,803 
127,867 
Family held 
farms 
2,054 
271 
497 
441 
143 
186 
131 
31 
354 
acres 
490,771 
26,450 
57,726 
45,520 
31,298 
75,340 
117,487 
34,358 
102,592 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
67 
7 
16 
7 
- 
1 
3 
1 
32 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,987 
264 
481 
434 
143 
185 
128 
30 
322 
Other than family held 
farms 
240 
24 
49 
31 
13 
20 
10 
5 
88 
acres 
53,591 
4,249 
3,385 
1,550 
3,423 
9,871 
5,393 
445 
25,275 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
23 
1 
1 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
18 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
217 
23 
48 
31 
12 
19 
10 
4 
70 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
817 
200 
213 
100 
17 
7 
6 
- 
274 
acres 
179,380 
14,160 
18,736 
55,977 
3,627 
3,288 
7,097 
- 
76,495 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 539 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
