Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
50,860 
988 
1,418 
3,021 
5,063 
3,502 
Not on farm operated 
8,449 
272 
223 
307 
522 
542 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
24,370 
934 
1,146 
2,184 
3,202 
1,757 
Any 
34,939 
326 
495 
1,144 
2,383 
2,287 
1 to 49 days 
4,873 
106 
124 
386 
755 
442 
50 to 99 days 
2,458 
25 
43 
89 
192 
179 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
4,595 
32 
51 
125 
244 
322 
200 days or more 
23,013 
163 
277 
544 
1,192 
1,344 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,720 
22 
18 
94 
191 
117 
3 or 4 years 
2,828 
28 
63 
173 
298 
191 
5 to 9 years 
8,038 
113 
175 
413 
733 
447 
1 0 years or more 
46,723 
1,097 
1,385 
2,648 
4,363 
3,289 
Average years on present farm 
23.0 
26.0 
25.0 
22.8 
22.3 
24.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,229 
16 
6 
67 
119 
84 
3 or 4 years 
2,316 
20 
36 
125 
251 
148 
5 to 9 years 
6,947 
69 
110 
348 
656 
358 
1 0 years or more 
48,817 
1,155 
1,489 
2,788 
4,559 
3,454 
Average years operating any farm 
24.8 
28.6 
27.4 
24.8 
24.2 
26.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
426 
4 
6 
39 
113 
42 
25 to 34 years 
4,483 
74 
158 
527 
956 
435 
35 to 44 years 
7,546 
193 
291 
715 
1,179 
639 
45 to 49 years 
5,732 
159 
175 
422 
580 
399 
50 to 54 years 
8,170 
214 
311 
470 
704 
536 
55 to 59 years 
8,444 
252 
291 
405 
682 
582 
60 to 64 years 
7,783 
162 
194 
305 
537 
492 
65 to 69 years 
6,101 
102 
97 
186 
339 
348 
70 years and over 
10,624 
100 
118 
259 
495 
571 
Average age 
56.1 
53.5 
51.8 
49.1 
49.2 
53.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
373 
12 
4 
20 
27 
15 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
78 
2 
2 
2 
3 
2 
Asian 
62 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 
Black or African American 
61 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
58,951 
1,254 
1,635 
3,324 
5,575 
4,029 
More than one race reported 
151 
3 
4 
2 
7 
7 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,948 
56 
68 
141 
353 
352 
2 people 
25,964 
466 
516 
882 
1,467 
1,521 
3 people 
8,778 
193 
280 
423 
709 
579 
4 people 
7,331 
213 
243 
455 
708 
520 
5 or more people 
10,288 
332 
534 
1,427 
2,348 
1,072 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
40,637 
111 
199 
434 
1,190 
1,467 
25 to 49 percent 
4,018 
74 
69 
244 
474 
667 
50 to 74 percent 
4,770 
193 
305 
477 
965 
780 
75 to 99 percent 
4,535 
381 
446 
892 
1,346 
626 
1 00 percent 
5,349 
501 
622 
1,281 
1,610 
504 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,410 
143 
101 
132 
241 
151 
acres 
398,590 
119,866 
41,880 
40,777 
73,636 
25,681 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
36,794 
984 
1,053 
1,595 
2,312 
2,209 
Dial-up service 
3,709 
78 
90 
182 
273 
278 
DSL service 
1 7,874 
574 
625 
850 
1,112 
1,029 
Cable modem service 
8,964 
222 
217 
283 
456 
512 
Fiber-optic service 
1,761 
51 
29 
71 
135 
143 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,453 
133 
140 
191 
260 
262 
Satellite service 
2,936 
82 
74 
124 
216 
193 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
860 
22 
14 
43 
48 
41 
Other Internet service 
277 
6 
3 
13 
31 
31 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
50,269 
632 
1,058 
2,453 
4,495 
3,320 
2 households 
6,906 
333 
379 
657 
842 
563 
3 households 
1,252 
153 
129 
136 
140 
98 
4 households 
500 
64 
37 
42 
55 
29 
5 or more households 
382 
78 
38 
40 
53 
34 
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 
1,120 
1,531 
3,173 
5,390 
3,932 
acres 
7,225,333 
795,895 
662,467 
853,742 
983,707 
602,367 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
2,036 
146 
87 
117 
141 
177 
acres 
401,817 
139,772 
48,528 
40,766 
34,329 
25,615 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Pennsylvania 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
