Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Blair 
Bradford 
Bucks 
Butler 
Cambria 
Cameron 
Carbon 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
I. 
2012 
241 
710 
361 
404 
195 
10 
65 
2007 
224 
635 
300 
396 
242 
8 
63 
Any 
2012 
284 
919 
466 
657 
356 
26 
130 
2007 
299 
822 
634 
720 
414 
26 
144 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
38 
138 
49 
65 
52 
5 
10 
2007 
52 
101 
86 
105 
57 
2 
24 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
21 
75 
38 
34 
20 
4 
2 
2007 
17 
60 
57 
47 
16 
- 
4 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
41 
178 
73 
150 
30 
1 
21 
2007 
44 
136 
65 
94 
39 
4 
33 
200 days or more 
2012 
184 
528 
306 
408 
254 
16 
97 
2007 
186 
525 
426 
474 
302 
20 
83 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
23 
44 
25 
28 
8 
2007 
12 
52 
16 
19 
12 
1 
3 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
28 
68 
32 
42 
30 
1 
16 
2007 
41 
74 
57 
67 
40 
- 
10 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
72 
242 
78 
117 
55 
5 
17 
2007 
72 
226 
100 
132 
111 
4 
27 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
402 
1,275 
692 
874 
458 
30 
162 
2007 
398 
1,105 
761 
898 
493 
29 
167 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
22.4 
24.3 
23.9 
24.5 
25.0 
29.0 
24.7 
2007 
22.9 
23.9 
23.1 
24.7 
24.3 
25.5 
25.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
18 
34 
17 
14 
8 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
26 
44 
25 
37 
23 
1 
13 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
68 
207 
75 
97 
49 
4 
14 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
413 
1,344 
710 
913 
471 
31 
168 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
23.7 
26.9 
25.5 
26.4 
26.3 
31.6 
27.3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
3 
5 
4 
5 
8 
. 
. 
2007 
- 
1 
- 
10 
9 
- 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
64 
34 
39 
34 
20 
- 
3 
2007 
51 
60 
26 
43 
20 
- 
7 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
91 
179 
66 
123 
57 
- 
19 
2007 
79 
175 
102 
133 
92 
5 
38 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
109 
385 
195 
262 
133 
13 
62 
2007 
135 
389 
244 
289 
184 
4 
61 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
64 
256 
144 
156 
90 
2 
25 
2007 
71 
207 
172 
166 
77 
7 
22 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
70 
234 
133 
154 
81 
4 
26 
2007 
61 
208 
141 
130 
77 
6 
26 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
54 
245 
92 
107 
49 
7 
20 
2007 
36 
166 
108 
99 
73 
8 
27 
70 years and over 
2012 
70 
291 
154 
220 
113 
10 
40 
2007 
90 
251 
141 
246 
124 
4 
26 
Average age 
2012 
53.8 
58.5 
57.8 
58.4 
58.3 
61.0 
58.0 
2007 
54.5 
57.1 
57.2 
57.7 
57.2 
57.9 
55.0 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
280 
1,062 
660 
740 
325 
31 
119 
2007 
271 
856 
647 
625 
314 
19 
98 
Dial-up service 
■ farms, 2012 
14 
64 
25 
45 
30 
3 
2 
DSL service 
■ farms, 2012 
157 
779 
139 
270 
121 
8 
27 
Cable modem service 
■ farms, 2012 
76 
100 
248 
300 
97 
18 
85 
Fiber-optic service 
■ farms, 2012 
5 
17 
224 
63 
1 
4 
6 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
■ farms, 2012 
43 
131 
72 
68 
40 
3 
6 
Satellite service 
■ farms, 2012 
16 
60 
20 
32 
29 
2 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
■ farms, 2012 
14 
13 
13 
24 
15 
- 
- 
Other Internet service 
■ farms, 2012 
4 
6 
- 
1 
9 
- 
- 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
505 
1,576 
801 
1,038 
533 
35 
184 
acres, 2012 
86,785 
292,446 
59,969 
131,823 
73,848 
6,136 
20,403 
Limited Liability Corporation 
■ farms, 2012 
24 
48 
82 
35 
13 
3 
9 
acres, 2012 
21,520 
16,711 
5,265 
6,323 
5,857 
585 
473 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
■ farms, 2012 
445 
1,426 
655 
943 
488 
34 
164 
2007 
478 
1,333 
767 
1,009 
610 
33 
184 
acres, 2012 
61,484 
241,976 
46,273 
107,733 
62,119 
(D) 
15,428 
2007 
(D) 
221,952 
47,210 
106,124 
74,023 
(D) 
(D) 
Partnership 
■ farms, 2012 
52 
132 
57 
53 
45 
13 
2007 
37 
102 
66 
69 
35 
1 
14 
acres, 2012 
25,989 
47,015 
9,349 
12,542 
11,065 
- 
965 
2007 
17,862 
40,470 
14,585 
15,259 
8,494 
(D) 
1,535 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
■ farms, 2012 
17 
43 
98 
41 
10 
12 
2007 
3 
19 
82 
34 
7 
- 
8 
acres, 2012 
2,015 
14,796 
6,147 
12,601 
3,468 
- 
4,494 
2007 
426 
(D) 
10,235 
8,140 
5,328 
- 
3,510 
Other than family held 
■ farms, 2012 
1 
6 
10 
7 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
2 
1 
9 
2 
1 
- 
- 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
240 
350 
1,769 
- 
- 
- 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
1,916 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
■ farms, 2012 
10 
22 
7 
17 
8 
2 
6 
2007 
3 
2 
10 
2 
3 
- 
1 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
3,963 
1,905 
1,592 
237 
(D) 
275 
2007 
(D) 
(D) 
1,937 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Pennsylvania 539 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
