Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
50,849 
1,226 
1,625 
3,269 
5,392 
3,789 
Female 
8,460 
48 
55 
80 
212 
274 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
30,638 
1,183 
1,526 
3,076 
4,906 
2,844 
Other 
28,671 
91 
154 
273 
698 
1,219 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
50,860 
995 
1,461 
3,036 
5,082 
3,521 
Not on farm operated 
8,449 
279 
219 
313 
522 
542 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
24,370 
943 
1,180 
2,192 
3,204 
1,759 
Any 
34,939 
331 
500 
1,157 
2,400 
2,304 
1 to 49 days 
4,873 
110 
126 
381 
763 
438 
50 to 99 days 
2,458 
25 
43 
91 
192 
180 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
4,595 
33 
51 
130 
245 
327 
200 days or more 
23,013 
163 
280 
555 
1,200 
1,359 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,720 
22 
18 
98 
192 
112 
3 or 4 years 
2,828 
28 
63 
173 
300 
190 
5 to 9 years 
8,038 
115 
175 
412 
734 
451 
1 0 years or more 
46,723 
1,109 
1,424 
2,666 
4,378 
3,310 
Average years on present farm 
23.0 
26.0 
25.0 
22.8 
22.4 
24.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,229 
16 
6 
71 
115 
84 
3 or 4 years 
2,316 
20 
36 
125 
253 
147 
5 to 9 years 
6,947 
70 
111 
347 
656 
359 
1 0 years or more 
48,817 
1,168 
1,527 
2,806 
4,580 
3,473 
Average years operating any farm 
24.8 
28.6 
27.5 
24.8 
24.3 
26.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
426 
4 
6 
40 
112 
42 
25 to 34 years 
4,483 
74 
158 
531 
953 
435 
35 to 44 years 
7,546 
198 
296 
720 
1,173 
641 
45 to 49 years 
5,732 
160 
178 
425 
579 
402 
50 to 54 years 
8,170 
215 
324 
471 
705 
533 
55 to 59 years 
8,444 
253 
299 
411 
685 
587 
60 to 64 years 
7,783 
166 
200 
299 
548 
490 
65 to 69 years 
6,101 
102 
101 
189 
345 
353 
70 years and over 
10,624 
102 
118 
263 
504 
580 
Average age 
56.1 
53.5 
51.9 
49.1 
49.3 
53.8 
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 
1,268 
1,674 
3,345 
5,594 
4,048 
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 
69 
145 
360 
354 
2 people 
25,964 
473 
535 
885 
1,482 
1,525 
3 people 
8,778 
193 
291 
426 
703 
588 
4 people 
7,331 
215 
248 
459 
712 
530 
5 or more people 
10,288 
337 
537 
1,434 
2,347 
1,066 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
40,637 
114 
202 
435 
1,217 
1,490 
25 to 49 percent 
4,018 
76 
70 
250 
474 
670 
50 to 74 percent 
4,770 
195 
316 
481 
969 
790 
75 to 99 percent 
4,535 
384 
450 
897 
1,351 
618 
1 00 percent 
5,349 
505 
642 
1,286 
1,593 
495 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,410 
144 
101 
136 
238 
152 
acres 
398,590 
121,036 
41,188 
41,729 
72,613 
25,550 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
36,794 
997 
1,076 
1,612 
2,315 
2,218 
Dial-up service 
3,709 
79 
90 
185 
280 
273 
DSL service 
17,874 
578 
637 
868 
1,104 
1,041 
Cable modem service 
8,964 
227 
219 
286 
459 
506 
Fiber-optic service 
1,761 
51 
30 
73 
133 
147 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,453 
135 
147 
184 
262 
265 
Satellite service 
2,936 
84 
74 
127 
215 
192 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
860 
22 
14 
43 
49 
40 
Other Internet service 
277 
6 
3 
13 
31 
32 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
50,269 
639 
1,080 
2,465 
4,535 
3,326 
2 households 
6,906 
334 
398 
669 
821 
567 
3 households 
1,252 
158 
127 
133 
141 
101 
4 households 
500 
64 
37 
43 
54 
35 
5 or more households 
382 
79 
38 
39 
53 
34 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
122 Pennsylvania 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
