Tables. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
59,309 
100.0 
63,163 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
7,704,444 
100.0 
7,809,244 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
49,838 
84.0 
54,772 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
4,546,052 
59.0 
4,870,287 
summer fallow 
farms 
1,972 
3.3 
1,857 
Flarvested cropland 
....farms 
42,981 
72.5 
44,269 
acres 
42,044 
0.5 
36,115 
acres 
3,957,000 
51.4 
3,942,079 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
35,896 
60.5 
37,457 
1 to 49 acres 
24,756 
41.7 
26,351 
acres 
1,804,157 
23.4 
1,717,791 
1 to 9 acres 
8,716 
14.7 
8,538 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
8,420 
14.2 
9,224 
1 0 to 19 acres 
5,665 
9.6 
6,563 
acres 
134,964 
1.8 
150,184 
20 to 29 acres 
4,246 
7.2 
4,772 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
32,282 
54.4 
33,448 
30 to 49 acres 
6,129 
10.3 
6,478 
acres 
1,669,193 
21.7 
1,567,607 
50 to 99 acres 
8,415 
14.2 
8,020 
Permanent pasture and rangeland. 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
5,168 
8.7 
5,063 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
3,392 
5.7 
3,534 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
35,646 
60.1 
33,803 
500 to 999 acres 
867 
1.5 
967 
acres 
814,210 
10.6 
732,275 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
298 
0.5 
263 
2,000 acres or more 
85 
0.1 
71 
Land in farmsteads, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds. 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
45,840 
77.3 
42,287 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
540,025 
7.0 
488,891 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
4,962 
8.4 
12,985 
acres 
118,049 
1.5 
397,131 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
14,763 
24.9 
16,826 
acres 
471,003 
6.1 
531,077 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
6,547 
(X) 
6,784 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
194,234 
(X) 
232,543 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
1 1 ,720 
19.8 
13,619 
acres 
383,267 
5.0 
443,785 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
5,092 
(X) 
5,982 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
2,560 
4.3 
3,107 
acres 
1,181,661 
(X) 
1,133,314 
acres 
45,692 
0.6 
51,177 
16 Pennsylvania 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
