Preliminary Report

Women Operators - Selected Operator Characteristics: 2002 and 1997

Issued February 2004 by National Agricultural Statistical Services

Prepared by Pennsylvania State Data Center

CharacteristicsAll operatorsPrincipal operatorPrincipal operator
20021 20021997
Operators2 number816,329236,269209,784
Sex of operator:
   Male(X)(X)(X)
   Female816,329236,269209,784
Primary occupation:
   Farming371,820124,21490,507
   Other444,509112,055119,277
Place of residence3:
   On farm operated681,708186,955151,412
   Not on farm operated134,62149,31443,416
Days worked off farm3:
   None371,165125,54294,022
   Any445,164110,727103,632
    1 to 49 days47,99912,309(NA)
    50 to 99 days30,4997,650(NA)
    100 to 199 days74,34119,34920,630
    200 days or more292,32571,41967,214
Years on present farm3:
   2 years or less48,44413,08214,162
   3 or 4 years85,40924,23418,525
   5 to 9 years184,34552,84135,557
   10 years or more498,131146,112103,511
CharacteristicsAll operatorsPrincipal operatorPrincipal operator
20021 20021997
Age group:
   Under 25 years16,1061,7721,662
   25 to 34 years56,4869,22310,335
   35 to 44 years178,09040,12936,891
   45 to 54 years239,14763,49748,414
   55 to 64 years180,37151,648(NA)
   65 to 74 years93,92236,172(NA)
   75 years and over52,20733,828(NA)
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text)16,5215,1383,286
Race:
   White791,989228,080(NA)
   Black or African American6,6902,893(NA)
   American Indian or Alaska Native8,3952,364(NA)
   Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander636209(NA)
   Asian4,2221,270(NA)
   More than one race reported4,3971,453(NA)
Living on an American Indian reservation4,3681,119(NA)

Footnotes:
(1) Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm.
(2) Data presented here for all women operators is the sum of up to a maximum of three operators that were reported per farm. Data for the total number of all women operators on farms in 2002 is reported in the Abbreviated Historical Highlights table.
(3) Data for 1997 do not include imputation for item nonresponse and will not sum to the total.

2002 Agricultural Census

For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.

Released February 3, 2004, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. If you have any questions about the census of agriculture, please call the NASS at 800-727-9540.