Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductery text.] 
Item 
Centre 
Chester 
Clarion 
Clearfield 
Clinton 
Columbia 
Crawford 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
I. 
2012 
547 
830 
239 
190 
192 
415 
522 
2007 
397 
641 
314 
153 
188 
399 
544 
Any 
2012 
645 
900 
413 
343 
277 
529 
829 
2007 
749 
1,092 
558 
320 
349 
563 
924 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
108 
157 
59 
43 
53 
56 
93 
2007 
130 
198 
95 
41 
86 
111 
111 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
26 
77 
52 
22 
20 
47 
73 
2007 
50 
90 
39 
37 
18 
29 
54 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
53 
104 
61 
27 
47 
64 
96 
2007 
88 
133 
81 
38 
33 
74 
102 
200 days or more 
2012 
458 
562 
241 
251 
157 
362 
567 
2007 
481 
671 
343 
204 
212 
349 
657 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
27 
66 
10 
21 
21 
21 
45 
2007 
46 
64 
44 
18 
14 
25 
56 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
65 
73 
50 
14 
23 
41 
65 
2007 
55 
123 
39 
29 
30 
76 
85 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
164 
240 
84 
109 
63 
150 
190 
2007 
165 
311 
127 
62 
113 
117 
226 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
936 
1,351 
508 
389 
362 
732 
1,051 
2007 
880 
1,235 
662 
364 
380 
744 
1,101 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
22.9 
21.5 
22.3 
22.4 
19.3 
23.7 
22.2 
2007 
21.5 
19.8 
22.9 
23.5 
19.3 
23.9 
21.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
10 
42 
9 
19 
12 
17 
41 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
57 
62 
41 
10 
9 
31 
50 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
133 
223 
76 
88 
68 
139 
147 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
992 
1,403 
526 
416 
380 
757 
1,113 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
24.9 
23.2 
23.5 
24.6 
21.0 
25.2 
24.0 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
8 
28 
. 
3 
5 
. 
6 
2007 
7 
37 
10 
3 
9 
1 
13 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
99 
163 
38 
18 
80 
55 
102 
2007 
81 
156 
32 
19 
69 
56 
88 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
145 
185 
75 
49 
84 
112 
163 
2007 
174 
240 
98 
48 
89 
111 
225 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
260 
409 
158 
131 
124 
191 
382 
2007 
324 
503 
219 
118 
140 
238 
386 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
173 
242 
86 
107 
49 
143 
173 
2007 
161 
200 
158 
75 
45 
141 
208 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
174 
211 
113 
63 
28 
133 
189 
2007 
118 
206 
91 
76 
59 
94 
179 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
111 
158 
45 
71 
35 
103 
131 
2007 
108 
156 
89 
36 
60 
111 
189 
70 years and over 
2012 
222 
334 
137 
91 
64 
207 
205 
2007 
173 
235 
175 
98 
66 
210 
180 
Average age 
2012 
55.9 
56.1 
57.4 
58.0 
50.8 
58.2 
55.3 
2007 
54.7 
53.5 
57.3 
58.0 
52.0 
57.7 
54.9 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
804 
1,255 
431 
358 
215 
631 
871 
2007 
678 
1,057 
402 
264 
232 
503 
787 
Dial-up service 
■ farms, 2012 
73 
52 
39 
72 
17 
84 
120 
DSL service 
■ farms, 2012 
408 
329 
239 
155 
84 
391 
512 
Cable modem service 
■ farms, 2012 
205 
306 
69 
46 
70 
98 
122 
Fiber-optic service 
■ farms, 2012 
19 
468 
1 
6 
- 
3 
13 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
■ farms, 2012 
91 
194 
45 
44 
13 
46 
82 
Satellite service 
■ farms, 2012 
60 
33 
47 
64 
38 
36 
73 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
■ farms, 2012 
24 
25 
34 
15 
- 
21 
22 
Other Internet service 
■ farms, 2012 
13 
7 
2 
- 
4 
2 
1 
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 
1,133 
1,666 
645 
525 
455 
919 
1,317 
acres, 2012 
145,511 
154,743 
112,714 
67,705 
49,608 
113,060 
217,505 
Limited Liability Corporation 
■ farms, 2012 
52 
168 
19 
14 
16 
24 
30 
acres, 2012 
10,591 
21,900 
5,148 
3,051 
700 
4,302 
22,401 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
■ farms, 2012 
989 
1,353 
594 
489 
399 
841 
1,209 
2007 
1,020 
1,442 
825 
435 
491 
891 
1,356 
acres, 2012 
114,147 
100,545 
89,278 
59,364 
38,622 
95,031 
167,735 
2007 
114,629 
116,830 
110,866 
52,782 
43,906 
99,105 
181,647 
Partnership 
■ farms, 2012 
135 
162 
29 
16 
29 
58 
96 
2007 
77 
127 
36 
25 
34 
48 
86 
acres, 2012 
35,934 
39,198 
17,875 
(D) 
7,436 
17,755 
45,931 
2007 
21,850 
29,624 
17,615 
7,138 
9,897 
17,166 
43,351 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
■ farms, 2012 
43 
163 
16 
25 
14 
34 
33 
2007 
23 
137 
5 
13 
4 
9 
12 
acres, 2012 
3,942 
16,422 
6,435 
6,057 
5,239 
9,356 
12,685 
2007 
4,825 
15,547 
2,381 
2,801 
(D) 
4,347 
3,633 
Other than family held 
■ farms, 2012 
1 
23 
4 
- 
2 
2 
- 
2007 
3 
18 
5 
- 
2 
12 
7 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
3,004 
1,400 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2007 
266 
1,576 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2,254 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
■ farms, 2012 
24 
29 
9 
3 
25 
9 
13 
2007 
23 
9 
1 
- 
6 
2 
7 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
5,326 
988 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,380 
2007 
6,894 
3,314 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,208 
-continued 
540 Pennsylvania 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
