Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
59,309 
63,163 
78 
155 
62 
55 
61 
63 
Land in farms 
acres 
7,704,444 
7,809,244 
9,133 
19,683 
(D) 
4,770 
(D) 
4,682 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
5,575 
5,601 
12 
9 
10 
13 
9 
7 
1 0 to 49 acres 
17,721 
20,267 
27 
47 
32 
21 
29 
20 
50 to 1 79 acres 
24,841 
26,049 
29 
76 
17 
11 
23 
31 
1 80 to 499 acres 
8,750 
8,799 
8 
16 
3 
9 
- 
5 
500 acres or more 
2,422 
2,447 
2 
7 
- 
1 
- 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
55,123 
58,949 
77 
154 
56 
52 
61 
59 
acres 
5,377,978 
5,471,604 
4,586 
12,281 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
3,903 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
18,521 
18,547 
15 
28 
12 
12 
16 
8 
acres 
2,326,466 
2,337,640 
4,547 
7,402 
156 
(D) 
306 
779 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
40,788 
44,616 
63 
127 
50 
43 
45 
55 
acres 
3,451,715 
3,570,352 
(D) 
10,084 
2,873 
(D) 
(D) 
3,516 
Part owners 
farms 
14,335 
14,333 
14 
27 
6 
9 
16 
4 
acres 
3,775,692 
3,764,432 
5,886 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
726 
Tenants 
farms 
4,186 
4,214 
1 
1 
6 
3 
4 
acres 
477,037 
474,460 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
440 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
59,309 
63,163 
78 
155 
62 
55 
61 
63 
$1,000 
7,487,141 
5,884,779 
13,287 
12,307 
1,698 
3,078 
469 
2,332 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
59,309 
63,163 
78 
155 
62 
55 
61 
63 
$1,000 
7,400,781 
5,808,803 
13,166 
12,127 
1,676 
3,047 
455 
2,248 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
36,948 
33,119 
50 
70 
33 
32 
23 
37 
$1,000 
2,782,911 
1,869,706 
1 1 ,724 
4,923 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
29,364 
31,208 
31 
69 
24 
22 
31 
19 
$1,000 
4,617,870 
3,939,097 
1,442 
7,204 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
16,007 
17,441 
20 
40 
8 
9 
3 
14 
$1,000 
86,359 
75,975 
121 
180 
22 
31 
14 
84 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
11,540 
17,692 
18 
46 
11 
18 
29 
15 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
5,698 
7,549 
10 
13 
16 
8 
4 
12 
$2,500 to $4,999 
6,087 
6,600 
14 
19 
13 
4 
7 
14 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,808 
6,371 
11 
20 
5 
4 
11 
4 
$10,000 to $24,999 
8,233 
6,860 
9 
24 
6 
10 
3 
14 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,973 
4,232 
5 
9 
5 
- 
6 
2 
$50,000 or more 
15,970 
13,859 
11 
24 
6 
11 
1 
2 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
136 
440 
_ 
6 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
7,764 
16,598 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
6,547 
6,784 
12 
25 
8 
4 
3 
8 
$1,000 
19,790 
20,079 
45 
84 
(D) 
11 
(D) 
11 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
12,304 
13,424 
11 
29 
2 
7 
1 
10 
$1,000 
66,570 
55,896 
76 
96 
(D) 
20 
(D) 
74 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
8,445 
5,859 
15 
16 
2 
6 
3 
4 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,711 
1,881 
6 
2 
12 
2 
4 
3 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,969 
2,147 
6 
11 
- 
7 
2 
3 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
3,020 
3,027 
5 
17 
6 
6 
1 
8 
Other crop farming (1119) 
17,328 
19,019 
22 
38 
18 
13 
15 
22 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
143 
134 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
17,185 
18,885 
22 
38 
18 
13 
15 
22 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
7,665 
8,350 
4 
22 
4 
3 
6 
3 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
726 
1,611 
2 
7 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
6,598 
7,434 
2 
9 
- 
1 
1 
3 
Flog and pig farming (1122) 
765 
1,072 
- 
2 
- 
1 
5 
1 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2,141 
2,691 
8 
12 
8 
2 
2 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,073 
2,010 
- 
- 
3 
1 
14 
4 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,868 
8,062 
8 
19 
9 
13 
8 
10 
--continued 
48 Pennsylvania 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
