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 
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 
52,390 
2,763 
2,144 
acres 
7,225,333 
5,928,144 
777,809 
656,673 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,036 
1,218 
768 
738 
acres 
401,817 
177,165 
211,231 
200,723 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
52,390 
52,390 
_ 
_ 
acres 
5,928,144 
5,928,144 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
3,808 
- 
3,808 
2,944 
acres 
1,052,558 
- 
1,052,558 
882,777 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,944 
- 
2,944 
2,944 
acres 
882,777 
- 
882,777 
882,777 
Corporation 
farms 
2,294 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
544,362 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
2,054 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
490,771 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
67 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,987 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
240 
_ 
_ 
_ 
acres 
53,591 
- 
- 
- 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
23 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
217 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
817 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
179,380 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
14,954 
11,756 
1,590 
1,298 
workers 
65,487 
36,760 
10,682 
9,534 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
7,148 
4,988 
1,037 
905 
workers 
26,601 
10,888 
5,417 
5,080 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
10,805 
8,688 
1,052 
834 
workers 
38,886 
25,872 
5,265 
4,454 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
402 
240 
67 
58 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
38 
34 
2 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
29,483 
26,254 
1,909 
1,454 
workers 
78,159 
69,550 
5,103 
3,852 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
5,575 
4,839 
238 
180 
1 0 to 49 acres 
17,721 
16,147 
699 
550 
50 to 69 acres 
6,622 
6,082 
261 
176 
70 to 99 acres 
7,471 
6,885 
327 
236 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
6,845 
6,142 
403 
277 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
3,903 
3,489 
258 
215 
180 to 219 acres 
2,660 
2,332 
222 
158 
220 to 259 acres 
1,866 
1,591 
185 
131 
260 to 499 acres 
4,224 
3,367 
616 
509 
500 to 999 acres 
1,768 
1,176 
431 
358 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
515 
286 
128 
117 
2,000 acres or more 
139 
54 
40 
37 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
8,445 
7,524 
619 
484 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,711 
1,532 
93 
70 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,969 
1,643 
125 
110 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
3,020 
2,300 
279 
244 
Other crop farming (1119) 
17,328 
15,881 
808 
541 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
143 
130 
5 
1 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) 
17,185 
15,751 
803 
540 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
7,665 
7,087 
357 
246 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
726 
630 
67 
53 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
6,598 
5,622 
752 
629 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
765 
653 
68 
52 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2,141 
1,888 
132 
109 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,073 
1,920 
66 
57 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,868 
5,710 
442 
349 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
25,189 
22,541 
1,865 
1,426 
number 
1 ,626,374 
1,212,110 
296,865 
258,226 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7,045 
6,586 
263 
174 
1 0 to 49 
9,076 
8,317 
532 
370 
50 to 99 
4,387 
3,982 
269 
206 
100 to 199 
2,980 
2,561 
336 
271 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
150 Pennsylvania 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
