Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
50,849 
45,070 
3,341 
2,553 
Female 
8,460 
7,320 
467 
391 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
30,638 
26,480 
2,429 
1,898 
Other 
28,671 
25,910 
1,379 
1,046 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
50,860 
45,656 
2,965 
2,270 
Not on farm operated 
8,449 
6,734 
843 
674 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
24,370 
21,038 
1,892 
1,486 
Any 
34,939 
31,352 
1,916 
1,458 
1 to 49 days 
4,873 
4,318 
294 
218 
50 to 99 days 
2,458 
2,195 
140 
105 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
4,595 
4,092 
283 
216 
200 days or more 
23,013 
20,747 
1,199 
919 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,720 
1,514 
103 
88 
3 or 4 years 
2,828 
2,482 
183 
158 
5 to 9 years 
8,038 
7,095 
489 
379 
1 0 years or more 
46,723 
41,299 
3,033 
2,319 
Average years on present farm 
23.0 
22.9 
24.8 
24.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,229 
1,082 
81 
68 
3 or 4 years 
2,316 
2,053 
126 
112 
5 to 9 years 
6,947 
6,148 
408 
311 
1 0 years or more 
48,817 
43,107 
3,193 
2,453 
Average years operating any farm 
24.8 
24.7 
27.0 
26.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
426 
376 
31 
26 
25 to 34 years 
4,483 
4,026 
252 
205 
35 to 44 years 
7,546 
6,790 
425 
326 
45 to 49 years 
5,732 
5,053 
337 
241 
50 to 54 years 
8,170 
7,192 
496 
407 
55 to 59 years 
8,444 
7,361 
601 
500 
60 to 64 years 
7,783 
6,738 
599 
466 
65 to 69 years 
6,101 
5,423 
352 
275 
70 years and over 
10,624 
9,431 
715 
498 
Average age 
56.1 
56.1 
56.9 
56.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
373 
315 
30 
9 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
78 
73 
2 
2 
Asian 
62 
57 
3 
3 
Black or African American 
61 
55 
5 
5 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
6 
6 
- 
- 
White 
58,951 
52,070 
3,785 
2,923 
More than one race reported 
151 
129 
13 
11 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,948 
6,204 
350 
255 
2 people 
25,964 
22,770 
1,758 
1,353 
3 people 
8,778 
7,564 
734 
550 
4 people 
7,331 
6,437 
502 
422 
5 or more people 
10,288 
9,415 
464 
364 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
40,637 
36,568 
2,072 
1,545 
25 to 49 percent 
4,018 
3,494 
304 
240 
50 to 74 percent 
4,770 
4,032 
471 
358 
75 to 99 percent 
4,535 
3,819 
461 
386 
1 00 percent 
5,349 
4,477 
500 
415 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,410 
845 
162 
134 
acres 
398,590 
135,431 
71,049 
62,437 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
36,794 
31,924 
2,544 
2,059 
Dial-up service 
3,709 
3,275 
266 
202 
DSL service 
17,874 
15,589 
1,259 
1,026 
Cable modem service 
8,964 
7,621 
642 
534 
Fiber-optic service 
1,761 
1,428 
124 
111 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,453 
3,840 
277 
219 
Satellite service 
2,936 
2,515 
225 
177 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
860 
746 
69 
54 
Other Internet service 
277 
255 
10 
10 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
50,269 
46,102 
1,844 
1,387 
2 households 
6,906 
4,956 
1,453 
1,107 
3 households 
1,252 
752 
332 
285 
4 households 
500 
356 
88 
81 
5 or more households 
382 
224 
91 
84 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
148 Pennsylvania 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
