Preliminary Report

Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin 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
Operators (number)72,32950,44333,450
Sex of operator:
   Male55,80845,30530,164
   Female16,5215,1383,286
Primary occupation:
   Farming39,99629,05015,363
   Other32,33321,39318,087
Place of residence2:
   On farm operated49,12735,03121,050
   Not on farm operated23,20215,41211,378
Days worked off farm2:
   None32,40222,63612,007
   Any39,92727,80720,127
    1 to 49 days5,3133,490(NA)
    50 to 99 days3,3592,247(NA)
    100 to 199 days5,5853,7863,501
    200 days or more25,67018,28412,658
Years on present farm2:
   2 years or less5,0662,7322,687
   3 or 4 years8,3174,8163,569
   5 to 9 years17,07611,1076,147
   10 years or more41,87031,78816,610
CharacteristicsAll operatorsPrincipal operatorPrincipal operator
20021 20021997
Age group:
   Under 25 years1,582357274
   25 to 34 years5,2602,5722,460
   35 to 44 years14,9969,0997,350
   45 to 54 years19,91213,8718,769
   55 to 64 years15,31311,693(NA)
   65 to 74 years9,8718,190(NA)
   75 years and over5,3954,661(NA)
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text)72,32950,44333,450
Race:
   White66,54946,730(NA)
   Black or African American1,135850(NA)
   American Indian or Alaska Native2,6081,590(NA)
   Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander237142(NA)
   Asian946599(NA)
   More than one race reported854532(NA)
Living on an American Indian reservation653455(NA)

Footnotes:
(1) Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm.
(2) 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.