Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[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 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 
39,732 
13,840 
3,976 
32,039 
25,509 
acres 
7,225,333 
3,244,080 
3,545,411 
435,842 
3,834,180 
3,391,153 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,036 
1,298 
516 
222 
879 
1,157 
acres 
401,817 
126,412 
241,278 
34,127 
137,363 
264,454 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
52,390 
36,610 
12,242 
3,538 
30,417 
21,973 
acres 
5,928,144 
2,841,845 
2,749,298 
337,001 
3,505,138 
2,423,006 
Partnership 
farms 
3,808 
2,059 
1,435 
314 
876 
2,932 
acres 
1,052,558 
269,608 
709,216 
73,734 
158,636 
893,922 
Registered under state law 
farms 
2,944 
1,534 
1,136 
274 
632 
2,312 
acres 
882,777 
207,757 
609,074 
65,946 
123,254 
759,523 
Corporation 
farms 
2,294 
1,447 
596 
251 
966 
1,328 
acres 
544,362 
185,582 
299,629 
59,151 
192,043 
352,319 
Family held 
farms 
2,054 
1,301 
551 
202 
839 
1,215 
acres 
490,771 
164,180 
276,409 
50,182 
165,624 
325,147 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
67 
41 
23 
3 
35 
32 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
1,987 
1,260 
528 
199 
804 
1,183 
Other than family held 
farms 
240 
146 
45 
49 
127 
113 
acres 
53,591 
21,402 
23,220 
8,969 
26,419 
27,172 
More than 1 0 stockholders 
farms 
23 
19 
1 
3 
11 
12 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
217 
127 
44 
46 
116 
101 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
817 
672 
62 
83 
373 
444 
acres 
179,380 
154,680 
17,549 
7,151 
126,826 
52,554 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
14,954 
7,679 
5,561 
1,714 
7,222 
7,732 
workers 
65,487 
29,944 
26,644 
8,899 
27,465 
38,022 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more 
farms 
7,148 
3,201 
3,225 
722 
3,025 
4,123 
workers 
26,601 
11,141 
11,726 
3,734 
9,391 
17,210 
Less than 1 50 days 
farms 
10,805 
5,771 
3,715 
1,319 
5,323 
5,482 
workers 
38,886 
18,803 
14,918 
5,165 
18,074 
20,812 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
402 
191 
166 
45 
169 
233 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
38 
17 
18 
3 
17 
21 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
29,483 
19,650 
7,749 
2,084 
13,921 
15,562 
workers 
78,159 
50,487 
22,086 
5,586 
33,892 
44,267 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
5,575 
4,660 
291 
624 
2,912 
2,663 
1 0 to 49 acres 
17,721 
14,846 
1,876 
999 
9,643 
8,078 
50 to 69 acres 
6,622 
5,046 
997 
579 
3,838 
2,784 
70 to 99 acres 
7,471 
5,294 
1,585 
592 
4,260 
3,211 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
6,845 
4,523 
1,811 
511 
4,013 
2,832 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
3,903 
2,352 
1,327 
224 
2,245 
1,658 
180 to 219 acres 
2,660 
1,344 
1,150 
166 
1,468 
1,192 
220 to 259 acres 
1,866 
814 
922 
130 
1,039 
827 
260 to 499 acres 
4,224 
1,420 
2,580 
224 
2,124 
2,100 
500 to 999 acres 
1,768 
399 
1,271 
98 
828 
940 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
515 
66 
418 
31 
211 
304 
2,000 acres or more 
139 
24 
107 
8 
51 
88 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
8,445 
4,043 
3,525 
877 
5,495 
2,950 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
1,711 
1,131 
346 
234 
826 
885 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,969 
1,688 
197 
84 
996 
973 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
3,020 
2,425 
316 
279 
1,706 
1,314 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1 7,328 
14,065 
2,723 
540 
10,728 
6,600 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
143 
84 
35 
24 
86 
57 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
17,185 
13,981 
2,688 
516 
10,642 
6,543 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
7,665 
5,581 
1,731 
353 
4,322 
3,343 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
726 
345 
341 
40 
394 
332 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
6,598 
1,873 
3,516 
1,209 
2,929 
3,669 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
765 
484 
221 
60 
411 
354 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
2,141 
1,559 
486 
96 
967 
1,174 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
2,073 
1,785 
197 
91 
921 
1,152 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,868 
5,809 
736 
323 
2,937 
3,931 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
25,189 
13,331 
9,584 
2,274 
13,279 
11,910 
number 
1,626,374 
442,692 
1,004,875 
178,807 
689,137 
937,237 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
7,045 
5,487 
1,216 
342 
3,887 
3,158 
1 0 to 49 
9,076 
5,217 
3,257 
602 
5,215 
3,861 
50 to 99 
4,387 
1,611 
1,978 
798 
2,265 
2,122 
100 to 199 
2,980 
701 
1,882 
397 
1,299 
1,681 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
222 Pennsylvania 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
