Table 68. Summary by North American industry Ciassification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
8,170 
1,120 
216 
290 
424 
2,150 
12 
55 to 59 years 
8,444 
1,188 
254 
300 
535 
2,504 
8 
60 to 64 years 
7,783 
1,163 
174 
322 
483 
2,520 
15 
65 to 69 years 
6,101 
905 
159 
217 
332 
2,172 
3 
70 years and over 
10,624 
1,700 
175 
397 
480 
4,489 
16 
Average age 
56.1 
57.0 
51.5 
58.3 
57.0 
60.4 
46.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) . 
373 
40 
19 
19 
27 
86 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
78 
15 
6 
6 
5 
22 
- 
Asian 
62 
2 
12 
- 
6 
18 
- 
Black or African American 
61 
3 
4 
2 
1 
15 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander .. 
6 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
White 
58,951 
8,409 
1,683 
1,951 
3,000 
17,232 
143 
More than one race reported 
151 
16 
6 
10 
3 
41 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,948 
998 
147 
249 
370 
2,740 
2 
2 people 
25,964 
3,940 
667 
945 
1,440 
8,752 
28 
3 people 
8,778 
1,292 
291 
326 
431 
2,467 
15 
4 people 
7,331 
1,054 
222 
250 
419 
1,840 
13 
5 or more people 
10,288 
1,161 
384 
199 
360 
1,529 
85 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
40,637 
4,708 
1,073 
1,492 
2,005 
14,746 
45 
25 to 49 percent 
4,018 
1,113 
145 
144 
228 
927 
33 
50 to 74 percent 
4,770 
1,256 
177 
113 
274 
800 
19 
75 to 99 percent 
4,535 
761 
150 
116 
230 
451 
24 
1 00 percent 
5,349 
607 
166 
104 
283 
404 
22 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
1,410 
206 
53 
77 
154 
217 
5 
acres 
398,590 
100,658 
4,589 
11,694 
15,599 
94,947 
298 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
36,794 
5,110 
1,100 
1,408 
2,150 
10,548 
40 
Dial-up service 
3,709 
632 
106 
139 
210 
1,099 
3 
DSL service 
17,874 
2,485 
496 
624 
846 
5,322 
24 
Cable modem service 
8,964 
1,166 
332 
444 
727 
2,355 
9 
Fiber-optic service 
1,761 
192 
84 
51 
193 
454 
1 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,453 
647 
136 
178 
240 
1,170 
2 
Satellite service 
2,936 
408 
73 
110 
100 
850 
3 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
860 
123 
18 
47 
61 
245 
1 
Other Internet service 
277 
47 
16 
15 
11 
58 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
50,269 
6,910 
1,449 
1,664 
2,532 
15,166 
113 
2 households 
6,906 
1,191 
210 
211 
331 
1,726 
17 
3 households 
1,252 
217 
18 
56 
104 
258 
3 
4 households 
500 
74 
19 
18 
27 
102 
6 
5 or more households 
382 
53 
15 
20 
26 
76 
4 
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 
8,167 
1,671 
1,903 
2,858 
16,904 
141 
acres 
7,225,333 
1,757,895 
117,453 
126,075 
157,105 
1,991,284 
6,062 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
2,036 
259 
105 
86 
160 
439 
28 
acres 
401,817 
88,794 
4,723 
5,657 
8,747 
84,161 
1,349 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
52,390 
7,524 
1,532 
1,643 
2,300 
15,881 
130 
acres 
5,928,144 
1 ,427,956 
99,266 
84,799 
104,331 
1,743,157 
5,520 
Partnership 
.. farms 
3,808 
619 
93 
125 
279 
808 
5 
acres 
1,052,558 
258,622 
8,180 
18,782 
27,583 
172,445 
272 
Registered under state law 
.. farms 
2,944 
484 
70 
110 
244 
541 
1 
acres 
882,777 
216,613 
6,264 
16,009 
24,669 
128,765 
(D) 
Corporation 
.. farms 
2,294 
240 
67 
184 
414 
340 
8 
acres 
544,362 
160,168 
12,276 
35,039 
45,512 
76,495 
442 
Family held 
.. farms 
2,054 
218 
57 
172 
357 
296 
8 
acres 
490,771 
141,921 
1 1 ,734 
32,620 
41,411 
64,301 
442 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
.. farms 
67 
12 
2 
8 
2 
28 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
1,987 
206 
55 
164 
355 
268 
8 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
240 
22 
10 
12 
57 
44 
_ 
acres 
53,591 
18,247 
542 
2,419 
4,101 
12,194 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 Pennsyivania 2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
