Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
59,309 
40,788 
14,335 
4,186 
32,632 
26,677 
percent 
100.0 
68.8 
24.2 
7.1 
55.0 
45.0 
Land in farms 
acres 
7,704,444 
3,451,715 
3,775,692 
477,037 
3,982,643 
3,721,801 
Average size of farm 
acres 
130 
85 
263 
114 
122 
140 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
59,309 
40,788 
14,335 
4,186 
32,632 
26,677 
$1 ,000 
7,487,141 
2,434,039 
4,190,567 
862,534 
3,268,927 
4,218,214 
Average per farm 
dollars 
126,240 
59,675 
292,331 
206,052 
100,175 
158,122 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
1 1 ,540 
10,419 
723 
398 
6,101 
5,439 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
5,698 
5,115 
418 
165 
3,280 
2,418 
$2,500 to $4,999 
6,087 
5,285 
595 
207 
3,497 
2,590 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,808 
5,548 
967 
293 
4,021 
2,787 
$10,000 to $24,999 
8,233 
5,831 
1,847 
555 
4,800 
3,433 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4,973 
2,935 
1,600 
438 
2,903 
2,070 
$50,000 to $99,999 
4,063 
1,950 
1,625 
488 
2,346 
1,717 
$100,000 to $249,999 
5,604 
1,953 
2,625 
1,026 
2,942 
2,662 
$250,000 to $499,999 
3,349 
933 
2,035 
381 
1,550 
1,799 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,680 
463 
1,093 
124 
703 
977 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
1,274 
356 
807 
111 
489 
785 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
962 
275 
615 
72 
379 
583 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
208 
41 
147 
20 
72 
136 
$5,000,000 or more 
104 
40 
45 
19 
38 
66 
Total sales 
farms 
59,309 
40,788 
14,335 
4,186 
32,632 
26,677 
$1,000 
7,400,781 
2,401,428 
4,142,597 
856,756 
3,227,835 
4,172,946 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
19,074 
8,123 
8,881 
2,070 
10,861 
8,213 
$1,000 
1,210,869 
178,800 
909,762 
122,308 
609,023 
601,846 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5,072 
911 
3,653 
508 
2,719 
2,353 
$1,000 
1,004,463 
88,549 
818,504 
97,409 
491,079 
513,384 
Corn 
farms 
17,163 
7,065 
8,229 
1,869 
9,750 
7,413 
$1,000 
800,827 
125,773 
596,277 
78,777 
407,432 
393,395 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
3,601 
530 
2,720 
351 
1,857 
1,744 
$1,000 
604,305 
47,961 
500,860 
55,484 
293,640 
310,666 
Wheat 
farms 
3,948 
1,169 
2,356 
423 
2,214 
1,734 
$1,000 
63,847 
7,473 
49,527 
6,847 
31,474 
32,372 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
262 
7 
224 
31 
131 
131 
$1,000 
29,220 
748 
25,215 
3,258 
12,994 
16,227 
Soybeans 
farms 
7,362 
2,344 
4,188 
830 
4,156 
3,206 
$1,000 
309,882 
38,310 
238,555 
33,016 
152,338 
157,544 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,510 
111 
1,240 
159 
764 
746 
$1,000 
215,649 
10,054 
183,030 
22,566 
98,945 
116,704 
Sorghum 
farms 
418 
109 
243 
66 
201 
217 
$1,000 
2,844 
809 
1,726 
309 
1,632 
1,211 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7 
3 
4 
- 
6 
1 
$1,000 
854 
367 
487 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley 
farms 
2,350 
711 
1,393 
246 
1,162 
1,188 
$1,000 
15,714 
2,619 
11,192 
1,904 
6,870 
8,844 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
21 
- 
16 
5 
6 
15 
$1,000 
1,877 
- 
1,146 
731 
376 
1,501 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
5,063 
2,021 
2,622 
420 
2,780 
2,283 
$1,000 
17,755 
3,816 
12,485 
1,455 
9,277 
8,479 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
22 
1 
19 
2 
11 
11 
$1,000 
2,462 
(D) 
2,099 
(D) 
1,335 
1,127 
Tobacco 
farms 
1,312 
550 
411 
351 
740 
572 
$1,000 
40,379 
16,742 
14,644 
8,993 
23,773 
16,605 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
203 
82 
88 
33 
119 
84 
$1,000 
13,648 
5,174 
6,502 
1,972 
8,319 
5,328 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
3,995 
2,304 
1,164 
527 
1,881 
2,114 
$1,000 
140,875 
40,596 
81,534 
18,744 
58,507 
82,368 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
551 
206 
266 
79 
233 
318 
$1,000 
101,337 
19,138 
69,449 
12,750 
39,463 
61,874 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
3,147 
2,376 
543 
228 
1,460 
1,687 
$1,000 
160,501 
75,903 
78,826 
5,772 
58,877 
101,624 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
405 
236 
146 
23 
175 
230 
$1,000 
138,379 
58,704 
75,390 
4,285 
48,114 
90,265 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
1,796 
1,412 
302 
82 
874 
922 
$1,000 
148,473 
68,720 
74,970 
4,784 
54,380 
94,093 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
365 
216 
131 
18 
159 
206 
$1,000 
132,826 
56,374 
72,561 
3,890 
46,435 
86,390 
Berries 
farms 
1,716 
1,225 
333 
158 
727 
989 
$1,000 
12,028 
7,183 
3,857 
988 
4,497 
7,531 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
48 
22 
21 
5 
17 
31 
$1,000 
4,356 
1,886 
2,124 
347 
1,352 
3,004 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
3,012 
2,162 
494 
356 
1,520 
1,492 
$1,000 
944,883 
456,582 
261,842 
226,460 
273,251 
671,631 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
846 
578 
170 
98 
371 
475 
$1,000 
912,342 
432,931 
256,779 
222,631 
255,317 
657,025 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
214 Pennsylvania 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
