Table 61. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race: 2012 
[Data were collected for a maximum of three operators. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
American Indian 
or Alaska Native 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Asian 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Black or African 
American 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Native Hawaiian 
or Other Pacific 
Islander alone or 
in combination with 
other races 
White 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
. number 
285 
111 
122 
24 
59,167 
550 
Land in farms 
acres 
39,959 
6,927 
6,385 
1,155 
7,692,366 
53,897 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
26 
22 
20 
7 
5,553 
73 
1 0 to 49 acres 
105 
47 
56 
6 
17,657 
191 
50 to 1 79 acres 
114 
30 
41 
11 
24,796 
203 
1 80 to 499 acres 
30 
12 
5 
- 
8,741 
69 
500 acres or more 
10 
- 
- 
- 
2,420 
14 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
271 
101 
116 
24 
54,988 
496 
acres 
28,091 
6,226 
5,709 
1,155 
5,370,135 
37,985 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
71 
24 
27 
- 
18,494 
168 
acres 
1 1 ,868 
701 
676 
- 
2,322,231 
15,912 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
214 
87 
95 
24 
40,673 
382 
acres 
19,524 
5,674 
4,963 
1,155 
3,445,425 
25,841 
Part owners 
farms 
57 
14 
21 
- 
14,315 
114 
acres 
19,198 
774 
1,328 
- 
3,770,099 
25,191 
Tenants 
farms 
14 
10 
6 
- 
4,179 
54 
acres 
1,237 
479 
94 
- 
476,842 
2,865 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
285 
111 
122 
24 
59,167 
550 
$1,000 
27,342 
3,421 
39,112 
207 
7,480,837 
97,435 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
285 
111 
122 
24 
59,167 
550 
$1,000 
26,923 
3,286 
39,076 
194 
7,394,609 
97,050 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
155 
63 
55 
19 
36,864 
290 
$1,000 
16,553 
1,239 
(D) 
103 
2,779,299 
65,168 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
119 
54 
63 
10 
29,316 
266 
$1,000 
10,370 
2,047 
(D) 
91 
4,615,310 
31,882 
Government payments 
farms 
80 
20 
10 
3 
15,988 
114 
$1,000 
419 
135 
36 
14 
86,228 
385 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
80 
23 
43 
3 
11,502 
124 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
28 
21 
14 
10 
5,671 
48 
$2,500 to $4,999 
44 
26 
10 
5 
6,067 
47 
$5,000 to $9,999 
40 
6 
25 
2 
6,786 
65 
$10,000 to $24,999 
36 
15 
12 
1 
8,221 
89 
$25,000 to $49,999 
17 
8 
9 
2 
4,964 
46 
$50,000 or more 
40 
12 
9 
1 
15,956 
131 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
136 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7,764 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
43 
17 
5 
- 
6,533 
39 
$1,000 
147 
41 
10 
- 
19,742 
58 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
55 
9 
8 
3 
12,295 
88 
$1,000 
272 
93 
26 
14 
66,486 
328 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
34 
6 
8 
- 
8,425 
54 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
16 
16 
8 
- 
1,698 
27 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
14 
2 
6 
1 
1,964 
29 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
7 
9 
5 
5 
3,004 
42 
Other crop farming (1119) 
89 
38 
25 
9 
17,295 
134 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
143 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
89 
38 
25 
9 
17,152 
134 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
32 
6 
11 
- 
7,655 
55 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
5 
- 
3 
- 
724 
3 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
17 
1 
1 
1 
6,596 
41 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
2 
2 
5 
- 
765 
4 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
14 
8 
8 
2 
2,131 
29 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
4 
5 
17 
- 
2,062 
12 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
51 
18 
25 
6 
6,848 
120 
--continued 
52 Pennsylvania 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
