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 number22,5135,9985,009
Sex of operator:
   Male(X)(X)(X)
   Female22,5135,9985,009
Primary occupation:
   Farming10,3542,9942,178
   Other12,1593,0042,831
Place of residence3:
   On farm operated20,2235,3164,175
   Not on farm operated2,290682545
Days worked off farm3:
   None11,4412,9692,240
   Any11,0723,0292,556
    1 to 49 days1,381381(NA)
    50 to 99 days821216(NA)
    100 to 199 days2,086607593
    200 days or more6,7841,8251,557
Years on present farm3:
   2 years or less1,495376307
   3 or 4 years2,581688364
   5 to 9 years4,9171,220822
   10 years or more13,5203,7142,755
CharacteristicsAll operatorsPrincipal operatorPrincipal operator
20021 20021997
Age group:
   Under 25 years9225943
   25 to 34 years2,348337302
   35 to 44 years5,6431,3321,225
   45 to 54 years6,5871,9491,283
   55 to 64 years4,3231,190(NA)
   65 to 74 years1,919694(NA)
   75 years and over771437(NA)
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text)1372816
Race:
   White22,3495,965(NA)
   Black or African American183(NA)
   American Indian or Alaska Native537(NA)
   Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander--(NA)
   Asian235(NA)
   More than one race reported7018(NA)
Living on an American Indian reservation--(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.