York County Pennsylvania Number of Farms Land in Farms Average Size of Farm Market Value of Products Sold 2012 2007 % change 2,171 2,370 -8 262,062 acres 292,507 acres - 10 121 acres 123 acres -2 $234,064,000 $212,634,000 + 10 $107,814 $89,719 + 20 $2,746,000 $2,722,000 +1 $5,698 $5,049 + 13 Crop Sales $147,217,000 (63 percent) Livestock Sales $86,847,000 (37 percent) Average Per Farm Government Payments Average Per Farm Receiving Payments Farms by Size, 2012 Land in Farms, 2012 by Land Use 1000 900 800 Cropland 74.4% Farms 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1-9 10-49 50-179 180-499 Acres 500-999 1,000+ Other uses 5.7% Pastureland 7.4% Woodland 12.5% York County – Pennsylvania Ranked items among the 67 state counties and 3,079 U.S. counties, 2012 Item Quantity Universe 1 State Rank U.S. Rank Universe 1 MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SOLD ($1,000) Total value of agricultural products sold Value of crops including nursery and greenhouse Value of livestock, poultry, and their products 234,064 147,217 86,847 6 4 17 67 67 67 432 397 544 3,077 3,072 3,076 103,940 1,137 5,291 (D) 19,611 (D) 6,907 30,331 13,822 24,472 15,434 436 818 761 773 2 4 7 5 7 2 12 11 15 21 9 9 10 11 12 66 22 66 66 66 64 66 67 67 64 65 66 67 54 67 454 171 355 (D) 155 19 431 343 1,081 292 326 379 315 263 313 2,926 436 635 2,802 2,724 2,678 1,530 3,049 3,013 3,056 2,038 2,827 2,988 3,011 1,366 2,924 68,654 44,297 33,973 18,611 18,611 2 1 14 1 1 66 66 67 62 62 473 650 504 489 393 2,638 2,162 3,057 2,537 2,480 460,885 409,567 187,601 143,068 45,998 12 12 10 7 6 66 66 63 65 66 401 183 169 130 304 2,723 3,040 2,637 2,416 2,889 VALUE OF SALES BY COMMODITY GROUP ($1,000) Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and dry peas Tobacco Cotton and cottonseed Vegetables, melons, potatoes, and sweet potatoes Fruits, tree nuts, and berries Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod Cut Christmas trees and short rotation woody crops Other crops and hay Poultry and eggs Cattle and calves Milk from cows Hogs and pigs Sheep, goats, wool, mohair, and milk Horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys Aquaculture Other animals and other animal products TOP CROP ITEMS (acres) Corn for grain Soybeans for beans Forage-land used for all hay and haylage, grass silage, and greenchop Wheat for grain, all Winter wheat for grain TOP LIVESTOCK INVENTORY ITEMS (number) Broilers and other meat-type chickens Layers Pullets for laying flock replacement Turkeys Hogs and pigs Other County Highlights, 2012 Economic Characteristics Farms by value of sales: Less than $1,000 $1,000 to $2,499 $2,500 to $4,999 $5,000 to $9,999 $10,000 to $19,999 $20,000 to $24,999 $25,000 to $39,999 $40,000 to $49,999 $50,000 to $99,999 $100,000 to $249,999 $250,000 to $499,999 $500,000 or more Total farm production expenses ($1,000) Average per farm ($) Net cash farm income of operation ($1,000) Average per farm ($) Quantity 578 197 200 213 193 56 144 71 160 177 79 103 189,444 87,261 54,918 25,296 Operator Characteristics Quantity Principal operators by primary occupation: Farming Other 1,062 1,109 Principal operators by sex: Male Female 1,797 374 Average age of principal operator (years) 57.4 2 All operators by race : American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Black or African American Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander White More than one race All operators of Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino Origin 2 See “Census of Agriculture, Volume 1, Geographic Area Series” for complete footnotes, explanations, definitions, and methodology. - Represents zero. (D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations. 1 Universe is number of counties in state or U.S. with item. 2 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 5 6 3 3,285 9 22