Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
1 0 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
50,860 
4,599 
15,232 
5,733 
6,441 
5,870 
Not on farm operated 
8,449 
976 
2,489 
889 
1,030 
975 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
24,370 
1,800 
6,018 
2,404 
3,004 
2,978 
Any 
34,939 
3,775 
1 1 ,703 
4,218 
4,467 
3,867 
1 to 49 days 
4,873 
363 
1,325 
612 
685 
714 
50 to 99 days 
2,458 
273 
772 
282 
297 
258 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
4,595 
517 
1,485 
514 
511 
536 
200 days or more 
23,013 
2,622 
8,121 
2,810 
2,974 
2,359 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,720 
285 
593 
185 
208 
148 
3 or 4 years 
2,828 
515 
951 
319 
327 
285 
5 to 9 years 
8,038 
1,076 
2,854 
942 
1,015 
910 
1 0 years or more 
46,723 
3,699 
13,323 
5,176 
5,921 
5,502 
Average years on present farm 
23.0 
17.7 
20.5 
22.0 
22.7 
24.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,229 
207 
436 
126 
162 
87 
3 or 4 years 
2,316 
451 
781 
248 
294 
229 
5 to 9 years 
6,947 
969 
2,483 
848 
907 
763 
1 0 years or more 
48,817 
3,948 
14,021 
5,400 
6,108 
5,766 
Average years operating any farm 
24.8 
19.3 
22.2 
24.0 
24.3 
26.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
426 
64 
120 
48 
70 
51 
25 to 34 years 
4,483 
688 
1,249 
587 
698 
536 
35 to 44 years 
7,546 
774 
2,270 
960 
1,032 
907 
45 to 49 years 
5,732 
664 
1,716 
612 
661 
632 
50 to 54 years 
8,170 
803 
2,524 
871 
907 
860 
55 to 59 years 
8,444 
775 
2,554 
829 
994 
923 
60 to 64 years 
7,783 
655 
2,472 
813 
954 
834 
65 to 69 years 
6,101 
443 
1,816 
717 
769 
716 
70 years and over 
10,624 
709 
3,000 
1,185 
1,386 
1,386 
Average age 
56.1 
52.9 
56.0 
55.6 
55.7 
56.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
373 
50 
131 
60 
33 
40 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
78 
12 
27 
11 
9 
7 
Asian 
62 
10 
32 
9 
6 
- 
Black or African American 
61 
9 
29 
3 
5 
7 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
6 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
White 
58,951 
5,530 
17,572 
6,583 
7,434 
6,816 
More than one race reported 
151 
9 
60 
16 
17 
15 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,948 
645 
2,189 
775 
841 
844 
2 people 
25,964 
2,300 
8,089 
2,841 
3,069 
2,890 
3 people 
8,778 
913 
2,577 
869 
1,046 
955 
4 people 
7,331 
784 
2,291 
751 
833 
832 
5 or more people 
10,288 
933 
2,575 
1,386 
1,682 
1,324 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
40,637 
4,605 
14,908 
4,755 
5,114 
4,349 
25 to 49 percent 
4,018 
246 
775 
434 
537 
619 
50 to 74 percent 
4,770 
270 
813 
444 
527 
595 
75 to 99 percent 
4,535 
208 
598 
523 
631 
588 
1 00 percent 
5,349 
246 
627 
466 
662 
694 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,410 
154 
285 
140 
133 
173 
acres 
398,590 
606 
7,852 
8,082 
1 1 ,236 
19,661 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
36,794 
3,772 
1 1 ,909 
3,668 
4,136 
3,894 
Dial-up service 
3,709 
285 
1,030 
380 
516 
432 
DSL service 
17,874 
1,673 
5,453 
1,767 
2,027 
1,984 
Cable modem service 
8,964 
1,244 
3,357 
843 
922 
802 
Fiber-optic service 
1,761 
255 
613 
169 
164 
145 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,453 
445 
1,580 
470 
477 
415 
Satellite service 
2,936 
212 
810 
338 
320 
364 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
860 
87 
272 
92 
102 
97 
Other Internet service 
277 
21 
89 
29 
18 
48 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
50,269 
5,032 
15,846 
5,795 
6,414 
5,828 
2 households 
6,906 
403 
1,497 
680 
839 
807 
3 households 
1,252 
72 
194 
86 
106 
120 
4 households 
500 
36 
126 
35 
59 
53 
5 or more households 
382 
32 
58 
26 
53 
37 
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 
5,386 
17,371 
6,481 
7,325 
6,650 
acres 
7,225,333 
24,224 
445,118 
377,807 
608,431 
771 ,255 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
70 Pennsylvania 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
