Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
50,849 
26,386 
250 
2,434 
3,410 
5,061 
6,395 
8,836 
Female 
8,460 
4,252 
24 
234 
502 
1,007 
1,172 
1,313 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
30,638 
30,638 
274 
2,668 
3,912 
6,068 
7,567 
10,149 
Other 
28,671 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
50,860 
27,280 
226 
2,340 
3,550 
5,392 
6,635 
9,137 
Not on farm operated 
8,449 
3,358 
48 
328 
362 
676 
932 
1,012 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
24,370 
19,719 
126 
1,414 
2,038 
3,579 
4,716 
7,846 
Any 
34,939 
10,919 
148 
1,254 
1,874 
2,489 
2,851 
2,303 
1 to 49 days 
4,873 
3,147 
75 
519 
522 
627 
729 
675 
50 to 99 days 
2,458 
1,420 
16 
120 
199 
310 
432 
343 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
4,595 
1,665 
17 
176 
209 
355 
524 
384 
200 days or more 
23,013 
4,687 
40 
439 
944 
1,197 
1,166 
901 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,720 
746 
116 
235 
130 
136 
95 
34 
3 or 4 years 
2,828 
1,270 
108 
507 
212 
218 
131 
94 
5 to 9 years 
8,038 
3,568 
50 
1,164 
760 
583 
574 
437 
1 0 years or more 
46,723 
25,054 
- 
762 
2,810 
5,131 
6,767 
9,584 
Average years on present farm 
23.0 
25.1 
3.2 
7.3 
13.6 
20.1 
26.3 
37.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,229 
477 
102 
157 
68 
67 
58 
25 
3 or 4 years 
2,316 
993 
110 
416 
150 
172 
92 
53 
5 to 9 years 
6,947 
2,962 
62 
1,124 
565 
439 
433 
339 
1 0 years or more 
48,817 
26,206 
- 
971 
3,129 
5,390 
6,984 
9,732 
Average years operating any farm 
24.8 
27.3 
3.4 
8.2 
15.2 
22.1 
28.7 
39.5 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
426 
274 
274 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
4,483 
2,668 
- 
2,668 
- 
- 
- 
- 
35 to 44 years 
7,546 
3,912 
- 
- 
3,912 
- 
- 
- 
45 to 49 years 
5,732 
2,582 
- 
- 
- 
2,582 
- 
- 
50 to 54 years 
8,170 
3,486 
- 
- 
- 
3,486 
- 
- 
55 to 59 years 
8,444 
3,636 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,636 
- 
60 to 64 years 
7,783 
3,931 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,931 
- 
65 to 69 years 
6,101 
3,592 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,592 
70 years and over 
10,624 
6,557 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6,557 
Average age 
56.1 
56.8 
22.7 
30.3 
39.9 
50.0 
59.6 
73.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
373 
206 
- 
22 
21 
55 
64 
44 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
78 
33 
- 
1 
2 
7 
10 
13 
Asian 
62 
38 
- 
- 
12 
7 
10 
9 
Black or African American 
61 
21 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
16 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
6 
6 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
1 
White 
58,951 
30,466 
274 
2,663 
3,893 
6,027 
7,527 
10,082 
More than one race reported 
151 
74 
- 
4 
5 
22 
15 
28 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,948 
3,483 
36 
141 
225 
521 
845 
1,715 
2 people 
25,964 
13,650 
74 
356 
518 
1,612 
4,255 
6,835 
3 people 
8,778 
4,048 
66 
288 
385 
1,088 
1,220 
1,001 
4 people 
7,331 
2,980 
66 
479 
611 
940 
564 
320 
5 or more people 
10,288 
6,477 
32 
1,404 
2,173 
1,907 
683 
278 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
40,637 
15,262 
86 
650 
1,294 
2,494 
3,778 
6,960 
25 to 49 percent 
4,018 
2,460 
8 
166 
209 
412 
582 
1,083 
50 to 74 percent 
4,770 
3,658 
42 
285 
490 
731 
868 
1,242 
75 to 99 percent 
4,535 
4,105 
69 
667 
798 
890 
837 
844 
1 00 percent 
5,349 
5,153 
69 
900 
1,121 
1,541 
1,502 
20 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,410 
1,048 
21 
114 
153 
311 
268 
181 
acres 
398,590 
339,973 
1,129 
16,299 
47,772 
90,939 
122,806 
61,028 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
36,794 
16,750 
99 
980 
1,907 
3,654 
4,986 
5,124 
Dial-up service 
3,709 
1,940 
6 
88 
156 
390 
564 
736 
DSL service 
1 7,874 
8,174 
54 
478 
986 
1,946 
2,372 
2,338 
Cable modem service 
8,964 
3,815 
24 
234 
431 
789 
1,187 
1,150 
Fiber-optic service 
1,761 
832 
5 
25 
74 
168 
243 
317 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
4,453 
2,133 
14 
193 
314 
457 
622 
533 
Satellite service 
2,936 
1,356 
1 
50 
132 
238 
430 
505 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
860 
376 
- 
21 
39 
68 
84 
164 
Other Internet service 
277 
137 
3 
15 
14 
27 
34 
44 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
50,269 
24,901 
213 
2,293 
3,328 
4,975 
6,004 
8,088 
2 households 
6,906 
4,352 
43 
303 
418 
763 
1,174 
1,651 
3 households 
1,252 
836 
9 
15 
101 
180 
251 
280 
4 households 
500 
318 
7 
29 
33 
72 
89 
88 
5 or more households 
382 
231 
2 
28 
32 
78 
49 
42 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
202 Pennsylvania 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
