Selected Operator Characteristics by Race: 2002


Characteristics	White	White	Black or African American	Black or African American	American Indian or Alaska Native	American Indian or Alaska Native

	All operators¹	Principal operator	All operators¹	Principal operator	All operators¹	Principal operator

Operators (number)	84,680	57,946	100	59	127	71

Sex of operator:
Male	62,331	51,981	82	56	74	64
Female	22,349	5,965	18	3	53	7

Primary occupation:
Farming	45,662	32,863	38	26	53	31
Other	39,018	25,083	62	33	74	40

Place of residence:
On farm operated	73,230	50,960	85	52	105	57
Not on farm operated	11,450	6,986	15	7	22	14

Days worked off farm:
None	39,781	26,715	41	28	43	22
Any	44,899	31,231	59	31	84	49
1 to 49 days	5,594	3,796	7	5	12	4
50 to 99 days	2,825	1,808	8	7	7	3
100 to 199 days	5,986	3,926	4	4	13	5
200 days or more	30,494	21,701	40	15	52	37

Years on present farm:
2 years or less	4,484	2,256	8	8	9	3
3 or 4 years	7,614	4,157	8	6	9	2
5 to 9 years	15,551	9,588	11	4	53	31
10 years or more	57,031	41,945	73	41	56	35

Age group:
Under 25 years	2,894	681	7	7	13	-
25 to 34 years	8,116	4,473	4	3	16	9
35 to 44 years	18,336	11,339	12	2	18	9
45 to 54 years	23,041	16,090	30	19	45	26
55 to 64 years	16,902	12,521	20	10	19	15
65 to 74 years	10,313	8,448	22	13	12	8
75 years and over	5,078	4,394	5	5	4	4

Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text)	478	292	7	4	10	5

Race:
White	84,680	57,946	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Black or African American	(X)	(X)	100	59	(X)	(X)
American Indian or Alaska Native	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	127	71
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Asian	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
More than one race reported	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)

Living on an American Indian reservation	-	-	-	-	-	-

Characteristics	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	Asian	Asian	More than one race reported	More than one race reported

	All operators¹	Principal operator	All operators¹	Principal operator	All operators¹	Principal operator

Operators (number)	9	5	62	38	185	90

Sex of operator:
Male	9	5	39	33	115	72
Female	-	-	23	5	70	18

Primary occupation:
Farming	2	-	37	27	86	37
Other	7	5	25	11	99	53

Place of residence:
On farm operated	9	5	49	26	157	83
Not on farm operated	-	-	13	12	28	7

Days worked off farm:
None	1	-	36	24	62	27
Any	8	5	26	14	123	63
1 to 49 days	-	-	16	9	17	3
50 to 99 days	-	-	-	-	9	5
100 to 199 days	2	2	2	-	23	13
200 days or more	6	3	8	5	74	42

Years on present farm:
2 years or less	2	-	1	-	36	10
3 or 4 years	3	3	13	10	29	14
5 to 9 years	-	-	20	12	39	21
10 years or more	4	2	28	16	81	45

Age group:
Under 25 years	-	-	4	-	28	4
25 to 34 years	1	-	1	-	23	3
35 to 44 years	2	-	11	6	39	20
45 to 54 years	4	3	20	14	49	31
55 to 64 years	2	2	15	13	28	21
65 to 74 years	-	-	10	4	18	11
75 years and over	-	-	1	1	-	-

Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text)	-	-	9	7	1	-

Race:
White	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Black or African American	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
American Indian or Alaska Native	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	5	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)
Asian	(X)	(X)	62	38	(X)	(X)
More than one race reported	(X)	(X)	(X)	(X)	185	90

Living on an American Indian reservation	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

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.

Preliminary Report

Selected Operator Characteristics by Race: 2002

Issued February 2004 by National Agricultural Statistical Services

Prepared by Pennsylvania State Data Center