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)505308275
Sex of operator:
   Male368280259
   Female1372816
Primary occupation:
   Farming287183160
   Other218125115
Place of residence2:
   On farm operated421268228
   Not on farm operated844043
Days worked off farm2:
   None260152147
   Any245156118
    1 to 49 days4632(NA)
    50 to 99 days2514(NA)
    100 to 199 days311220
    200 days or more1439879
Years on present farm2:
   2 years or less371015
   3 or 4 years502626
   5 to 9 years1227034
   10 years or more296202156
CharacteristicsAll operatorsPrincipal operatorPrincipal operator
20021 20021997
Age group:
   Under 25 years2822
   25 to 34 years602440
   35 to 44 years1106883
   45 to 54 years1086053
   55 to 64 years9673(NA)
   65 to 74 years4738(NA)
   75 years and over5643(NA)
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text)505308275
Race:
   White478292(NA)
   Black or African American74(NA)
   American Indian or Alaska Native105(NA)
   Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander--(NA)
   Asian97(NA)
   More than one race reported1-(NA)
Living on an American Indian reservation--(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.