Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principai 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 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
1,422 
1,325 
17 
149 
242 
361 
351 
205 
500 or more 
279 
271 
- 
18 
28 
75 
89 
61 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
18,960 
12,229 
157 
1,575 
2,012 
2,607 
2,726 
3,152 
number 
680,584 
601,344 
7,579 
77,668 
108,313 
152,006 
146,206 
109,572 
Beef cows 
farms 
1 1 ,880 
5,860 
17 
291 
500 
1,008 
1,537 
2,507 
number 
148,249 
89,869 
510 
4,495 
7,293 
1 7,373 
24,333 
35,865 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
6,978 
3,004 
9 
141 
278 
521 
764 
1,291 
1 0 to 49 
4,522 
2,566 
4 
133 
195 
427 
693 
1,114 
50 to 99 
290 
217 
2 
14 
20 
42 
64 
75 
too to 199 
73 
60 
2 
3 
6 
12 
11 
26 
200 to 499 
15 
11 
- 
- 
1 
5 
4 
1 
500 or more 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
1 
1 
- 
Milk cows 
farms 
7,829 
6,941 
146 
1,359 
1,581 
1,740 
1,335 
780 
number 
532,335 
511,475 
7,069 
73,173 
101,020 
134,633 
121,873 
73,707 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
1,077 
588 
18 
95 
108 
125 
124 
118 
10 to 49 
2,823 
2,576 
75 
608 
668 
600 
403 
222 
50 to 99 
2,725 
2,611 
43 
555 
635 
680 
452 
246 
100 to 199 
882 
856 
10 
93 
141 
254 
242 
116 
200 to 499 
246 
234 
- 
7 
22 
60 
84 
61 
500 or more 
76 
76 
- 
1 
7 
21 
30 
17 
Other cattle (see text) 
farms 
21,574 
14,219 
182 
1,826 
2,404 
3,055 
3,207 
3,545 
number 
945,790 
817,582 
9,472 
107,299 
158,548 
209,242 
195,386 
137,635 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
19,381 
13,182 
164 
1,715 
2,229 
2,822 
2,973 
3,279 
number 
880,431 
756,451 
12,865 
118,379 
160,421 
185,713 
164,581 
114,492 
$1,000 
717,085 
598,490 
7,265 
77,816 
123,796 
148,103 
142,347 
99,163 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds 
farms 
9,316 
7,335 
141 
1,266 
1,433 
1,635 
1,511 
1,349 
number 
345,973 
316,612 
8,295 
69,636 
65,764 
74,766 
60,986 
37,165 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more 
farms 
17,600 
12,058 
151 
1,545 
2,058 
2,611 
2,743 
2,950 
number 
534,458 
439,839 
4,570 
48,743 
94,657 
110,947 
103,595 
77,327 
Cattle on feed (see text) 
farms 
1,702 
1,351 
2 
86 
239 
311 
385 
328 
number 
135,534 
116,133 
(D) 
(D) 
28,528 
32,036 
29,562 
20,240 
Flogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
3,097 
1,667 
27 
209 
299 
457 
370 
305 
number 
1,134,957 
968,075 
4,316 
104,645 
226,959 
303,273 
238,531 
90,351 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
2,182 
961 
17 
130 
173 
250 
192 
199 
25 to 49 
194 
118 
1 
12 
14 
37 
32 
22 
50 to 99 
81 
61 
6 
- 
7 
11 
22 
15 
100 to 199 
78 
62 
- 
7 
7 
15 
15 
18 
200 to 499 
99 
80 
- 
2 
22 
30 
14 
12 
500 or more 
463 
385 
3 
58 
76 
114 
95 
39 
Used or to be used for breeding 
farms 
1,178 
655 
13 
70 
128 
196 
131 
117 
number 
103,064 
99,783 
148 
6,607 
42,678 
28,155 
20,097 
2,098 
Other hogs and pigs 
farms 
2,792 
1,527 
24 
197 
269 
422 
342 
273 
number 
1,031,893 
868,292 
4,168 
98,038 
184,281 
275,118 
218,434 
88,253 
Flogs and pigs sold 
farms 
2,672 
1,464 
24 
169 
267 
405 
321 
278 
number 
4,677,032 
4,191,440 
8,861 
479,565 
1,226,632 
1,200,009 
1,016,800 
259,573 
$1,000 
457,916 
406,455 
1,487 
42,333 
96,430 
122,793 
100,648 
42,763 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) 
farms 
3,590 
1,671 
15 
160 
192 
355 
381 
568 
number 
96,648 
53,685 
1,039 
3,936 
6,151 
10,179 
13,111 
19,269 
Ewes 1 year old or older 
farms 
2,877 
1,338 
14 
115 
151 
285 
300 
473 
number 
58,459 
33,017 
802 
2,407 
4,068 
6,352 
8,077 
11,311 
Sheep and lambs sold 
farms 
2,315 
1,129 
10 
105 
153 
238 
229 
394 
number 
64,072 
39,031 
179 
2,880 
3,578 
6,265 
8,569 
17,560 
Total horses and ponies inventory 
farms 
16,426 
8,575 
93 
1,194 
1,517 
1,845 
1,868 
2,058 
number 
119,900 
69,236 
531 
7,336 
12,103 
15,933 
17,374 
15,959 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory 
farms 
15,752 
8,248 
91 
1,171 
1,494 
1,780 
1,791 
1,921 
number 
96,554 
54,386 
480 
6,097 
9,610 
12,293 
13,299 
12,607 
Owned horses and ponies sold 
farms 
2,963 
1,712 
15 
292 
349 
370 
367 
319 
number 
10,177 
6,554 
21 
710 
1,098 
1,394 
2,010 
1,321 
Goats, all inventory 
farms 
4,088 
1,747 
20 
177 
307 
374 
423 
446 
number 
50,174 
24,888 
368 
1,864 
3,876 
6,322 
5,806 
6,652 
Goats, all sold 
farms 
1,931 
831 
13 
83 
143 
158 
233 
201 
number 
24,749 
12,339 
214 
741 
2,219 
2,709 
2,899 
3,557 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
9,539 
4,923 
67 
778 
961 
1,109 
1,022 
986 
number 
25,147,630 
23,840,808 
(D) 
(D) 
4,488,900 
11,525,891 
4,990,655 
1,827,568 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
9,069 
4,522 
64 
723 
866 
978 
942 
949 
400 to 3,199 
123 
100 
1 
9 
25 
26 
24 
15 
3,200 to 9,999 
83 
69 
1 
22 
13 
23 
8 
2 
10,000 to 19,999 
81 
60 
- 
11 
14 
26 
6 
3 
20,000 to 49,999 
64 
59 
- 
10 
12 
19 
12 
6 
50,000 to 99,999 
68 
64 
1 
3 
17 
20 
15 
8 
1 00,000 or more 
51 
49 
- 
- 
14 
17 
15 
3 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory 
farms 
1,061 
602 
5 
56 
100 
162 
150 
129 
number 
7,291,936 
6,565,711 
(D) 
(D) 
1 ,039,392 
2,038,287 
2,065,091 
1,158,422 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
206 Pennsyivania 2012 Census of Agricuiture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
