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 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,036 
223 
623 
170 
177 
195 
acres 
401,817 
982 
16,127 
9,809 
14,520 
23,002 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
52,390 
4,839 
16,147 
6,082 
6,885 
6,142 
acres 
5,928,144 
22,237 
413,880 
354,373 
571,971 
711,886 
Partnership 
farms 
3,808 
238 
699 
261 
327 
403 
acres 
1,052,558 
1,027 
18,764 
15,105 
26,880 
46,844 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,944 
180 
550 
176 
236 
277 
acres 
882,777 
765 
14,713 
10,249 
19,540 
32,619 
Corporation 
farms 
2,294 
277 
677 
200 
197 
217 
acres 
544,362 
1,180 
16,329 
11,721 
16,578 
25,372 
Family held 
farms 
2,054 
235 
607 
190 
172 
197 
acres 
490,771 
1,028 
14,847 
11,161 
14,553 
22,932 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
67 
2 
16 
4 
3 
1 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,987 
233 
591 
186 
169 
196 
Other than family held 
farms 
240 
42 
70 
10 
25 
20 
acres 
53,591 
152 
1,482 
560 
2,025 
2,440 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
23 
1 
2 
3 
- 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
217 
41 
68 
7 
25 
16 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
817 
221 
198 
79 
62 
83 
acres 
179,380 
548 
5,321 
4,680 
5,200 
9,504 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
14,954 
1,247 
3,168 
1,473 
1,754 
1,642 
workers 
65,487 
5,436 
12,338 
5,738 
5,819 
5,549 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
7,148 
534 
1,248 
538 
582 
672 
workers 
26,601 
2,268 
4,448 
1,955 
1,593 
1,759 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
10,805 
942 
2,446 
1,136 
1,390 
1,240 
workers 
38,886 
3,168 
7,890 
3,783 
4,226 
3,790 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
402 
8 
72 
36 
52 
34 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
38 
- 
14 
3 
7 
4 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
29,483 
2,550 
8,811 
3,198 
3,769 
3,511 
workers 
78,159 
6,146 
22,491 
8,997 
10,840 
9,761 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
5,575 
5,575 
1 0 to 49 acres 
17,721 
- 
17,721 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
6,622 
- 
- 
6,622 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
7,471 
- 
- 
- 
7,471 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
6,845 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6,845 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
3,903 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
2,660 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
1,866 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
4,224 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
1,768 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
515 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
139 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
8,445 
148 
1,595 
919 
1,087 
1,211 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,711 
425 
747 
166 
120 
91 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,969 
395 
853 
171 
179 
133 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
3,020 
1,037 
1,122 
233 
205 
157 
Other crop farming (1119) 
17,328 
321 
5,011 
2,367 
2,713 
2,538 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
143 
19 
65 
38 
17 
4 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) . 
17,185 
302 
4,946 
2,329 
2,696 
2,534 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
7,665 
698 
2,491 
921 
958 
860 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
726 
11 
92 
82 
125 
115 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
6,598 
121 
283 
694 
1,165 
968 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
765 
114 
259 
72 
75 
53 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2,141 
407 
772 
184 
209 
175 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,073 
560 
990 
156 
148 
114 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,868 
1,338 
3,506 
657 
487 
430 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
25,189 
1,082 
4,690 
2,837 
3,756 
3,519 
number 
1,626,374 
32,440 
81,480 
105,676 
159,408 
173,435 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7,045 
790 
2,906 
910 
905 
678 
1 0 to 49 
9,076 
140 
1,459 
1,136 
1,559 
1,600 
50 to 99 
4,387 
45 
190 
607 
933 
754 
100 to 199 
2,980 
43 
72 
137 
325 
406 
200 to 499 
1,422 
61 
62 
41 
33 
80 
500 or more 
279 
3 
1 
6 
1 
1 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
18,960 
607 
3,074 
2,113 
2,937 
2,717 
number 
680,584 
8,376 
26,093 
40,239 
69,398 
70,634 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
72 Pennsylvania 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
