Population, Income, Education, and Employment
| Population |
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Year |
| 1980 |
1,863,337 |
10,001,383 |
11,864,720 |
| 1990 |
1,866,587 |
10,015,056 |
11,881,643 |
| 2000 |
1,961,307 |
10,319,747 |
12,281,054 |
| 2007 (latest estimates) |
1,981,074 |
10,451,718 |
12,432,792 |
More information on Pennsylvania population
• County-level Population Data
• Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room
• Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.
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Income
|
| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Per-capita income (2006 dollars) |
| 2005 |
27,276 |
37,720 |
36,054 |
| 2006 |
27,709 |
38,556 |
36,825 |
| Percent change |
1.6 |
2.2 |
2.1 |
| |
| Earnings per job (2006 dollars) |
| 2005 |
34,242 |
48,657 |
46,677 |
| 2006 |
33,929 |
48,559 |
46,540 |
| Percent change |
-0.9 |
-0.2 |
-0.3 |
| |
| Poverty rate (percent) |
| 1979 |
11.0 |
10.4 |
10.5 |
| 1989 |
12.5 |
10.9 |
11.1 |
| 1999 |
11.3 |
10.9 |
11.0 |
| 2005 (latest model-based estimates) |
12.4 |
11.8 |
11.9 |
More information on Pennsylvania poverty rates
• County-level Poverty Data
• Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room
• See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates
• Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423
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Education (Persons 25 and older)
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| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Percent not completing high school |
| 1980 |
38.6 |
34.7 |
35.3 |
| 1990 |
28.2 |
24.8 |
25.3 |
| 2000 |
20.3 |
17.7 |
18.1 |
| |
| Percent completing high school only |
| 1980 |
44.0 |
39.8 |
40.4 |
| 1990 |
45.9 |
37.2 |
38.6 |
| 2000 |
47.0 |
36.4 |
38.1 |
| |
| Percent completing some college |
| 1980 |
8.6 |
11.1 |
10.7 |
| 1990 |
14.6 |
18.8 |
18.2 |
| 2000 |
18.8 |
22.0 |
21.4 |
| |
| Percent completing college |
| 1980 |
9.1 |
14.4 |
13.6 |
| 1990 |
11.2 |
19.2 |
17.9 |
| 2000 |
13.9 |
24.0 |
22.4 |
More information on Pennsylvania education
• County-level Education Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423
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Employment
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| |
Rural * |
Urban * |
Total |
| Total number of jobs |
| 2005 |
984,388 |
6,183,158 |
7,167,546 |
| 2006 |
1,007,127 |
6,288,860 |
7,295,987 |
| |
| Unemployment rate (percent) |
| 2006 |
4.9 |
4.5 |
4.6 |
| 2007 |
4.7 |
4.3 |
4.4 |
More information on Pennsylvania unemployment rates
• County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data
• Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room
• Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429
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| Percent employment change |
| 2004-2005 |
2.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
| 2005-2006 |
0.5 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
| 2006-2007 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
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| Percent of 2002 employment in farm and farm-related jobs |
| Total |
18.0 |
13.2 |
13.8 |
| Production |
3.6 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
| Farm inputs |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
| Processing & marketing |
2.7 |
1.6 |
1.8 |
| Wholesale & retail trade |
10.5 |
10.1 |
10.1 |
More information on farm employment
• Farm and Farm-Related Employment data
• Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435
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Farm Characteristics
| 1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture |
| |
| |
1992 |
1997 |
2002 |
| Total land area (million acres) |
28.68 |
28.68 |
28.68 |
| Total farmland (million acres) |
7.19 |
7.82 |
7.75 |
| Percent of total land area |
25.1 |
27.3 |
27.0 |
| |
| Cropland (million acres) |
5.02 |
5.39 |
5.12 |
| Percent of total farmland |
69.9 |
68.9 |
66.1 |
| Percent in pasture |
14.7 |
14.1 |
11.5 |
| Percent irrigated |
0.4 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
| |
Harvested Cropland
(million acres) |
3.86 |
4.22 |
4.08 |
| |
| Woodland (million acres) |
1.42 |
1.56 |
1.58 |
| Percent of total farmland |
19.8 |
20.0 |
20.4 |
| Percent in pasture |
18.0 |
14.7 |
14.0 |
| |
| Pastureland (million acres) |
0.41 |
0.42 |
0.53 |
| Percent of total farmland |
5.7 |
5.4 |
6.8 |
| |
Land in house lots, ponds,
roads, wasteland, etc.
(million acres) |
0.34 |
0.45 |
0.52 |
| Percent of total farmland |
4.7 |
5.7 |
6.7 |
| |
| Conservation practices |
Farmland in conservation or
wetlands reserve programs
(million acres) |
0.06 |
0.12 |
0.19 |
| Percent of total farmland |
0.8 |
1.5 |
2.5 |
| |
| Average farm size (acres) |
160 |
130 |
133 |
| |
| Farms by size (percent) |
| 1 to 99 acres |
49.2 |
59.7 |
60.2 |
| 100 to 499 acres |
45.6 |
36.4 |
35.6 |
| 500 to 999 acres |
4.2 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
| 1000 to 1,999 acres |
0.9 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
| 2,000 or more acres |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
| |
| Farms by sales (percent) |
| Less than $9,999 |
45.7 |
54.7 |
60.9 |
| $10,000 to $49,999 |
23.0 |
20.0 |
16.0 |
| $50,000 to $99,999 |
11.7 |
8.1 |
6.6 |
| $100,000 to $499,999 |
17.8 |
14.7 |
14.1 |
| More than $500,000 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
| |
| Tenure of farmers |
| Full owner (farms) |
25,983 |
38,098 |
39,742 |
| Percent of total |
57.9 |
63.3 |
68.4 |
| |
| Part owner (farms) |
14,161 |
16,175 |
13,976 |
| Percent of total |
31.6 |
26.9 |
24.1 |
| |
| Tenant owner (farms) |
4,726 |
5,949 |
4,387 |
| Percent of total |
10.5 |
9.9 |
7.6 |
| |
| Farm organization |
Individuals/family, sole
proprietorship (farms) |
39,646 |
54,039 |
53,201 |
| Percent of total |
88.4 |
89.7 |
91.6 |
| |
Family-held corporations
(farms) |
887 |
1,277 |
1,077 |
| Percent of total |
2.0 |
2.1 |
1.9 |
| |
| Partnerships (farms) |
4,063 |
4,509 |
3,428 |
| Percent of total |
9.1 |
7.5 |
5.9 |
| |
| Non-family corporations (farms) |
129 |
158 |
172 |
| Percent of total |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
| |
Others - cooperative, estate or
trust, institutional, etc. (farms) |
145 |
239 |
227 |
| Percent of total |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
| |
| Characteristics of principal farm operators |
| Average operator age (years) |
52.2 |
52.4 |
53.1 |
Percent with farming as their
primary occupation |
60.1 |
50.3 |
56.7 |
| Men (persons) |
42,063 |
55,213 |
52,026 |
| Women (persons) |
2,807 |
5,009 |
6,079 |
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More information on farm characteristics
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
Data from the 1992 Census of Agriculture is not adjusted for coverage. See Coverage Adjustment from NASS.
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Farm Financial Indicators
| Farm income and value added data |
| |
2005 |
2006 |
| |
| Number of farms |
58,200 |
58,200 |
| |
| |
Thousands $ |
| Final crop output |
1,443,976 |
1,820,191 |
| + Final animal output |
3,195,481 |
2,985,448 |
| + Services and forestry |
793,019 |
801,982 |
| = Final agricultural sector output |
5,432,476 |
5,607,621 |
| |
| - Intermediate consumption outlays |
2,497,685 |
2,695,077 |
| + Net government transactions |
-117,749 |
-149,457 |
| = Gross value added |
2,817,042 |
2,763,087 |
| |
| - Capital consumption |
727,790 |
764,483 |
| |
| = Net value added |
2,089,252 |
1,998,604 |
| |
| - Factor payments |
454,673 |
482,184 |
| Employee compensation (total hired labor) |
423,806 |
435,810 |
| Net rent received by nonoperator landlords |
-180,716 |
-193,712 |
| Real estate and nonreal estate interest |
211,583 |
240,086 |
| |
| = Net farm income |
1,634,579 |
1,516,420 |
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More information on farm income
• Farm Income Data
• Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.
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| Farm balance sheet |
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• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.
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Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
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Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2006
|
| |
Value of receipts
thousand $ |
Percent of state total
farm receipts |
Percent of US value |
| 1. Dairy products |
1,560,594 |
33.3 |
6.7 |
| 2. Cattle and calves |
466,354 |
9.9 |
0.9 |
| 3. Greenhouse/nursery |
411,441 |
8.8 |
2.4 |
| 4. Mushrooms, agaricus |
388,524 |
8.3 |
64.4 |
| 5. Broilers |
320,825 |
6.8 |
1.7 |
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| All commodities |
4,691,681 |
|
2.0 |
| |
More information on Pennsylvania's top agriculture commodities
• Leading commodities for cash receipts in Excel
• Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.
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| Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2006 |
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Rank among states |
Value
million $ |
| 1. Other |
3 |
483.1 |
| 2. Wheat and products |
13 |
167.0 |
| 3. Live animals and meat |
13 |
151.6 |
| 4. Dairy products |
5 |
107.7 |
| 5. Feed grains and products |
16 |
92.4 |
| |
| Overall rank |
18 |
1,353.8 |
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More information on agricultural exports
• State Export Data
• Agricultural Trade Briefing Room
• Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.
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| Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2002 |
| |
Percent of state total receipts |
Million $ |
| 1. Lancaster County |
18.8 |
798.3 |
| 2. Chester County |
8.9 |
376.8 |
| 3. Berks County |
6.7 |
287.0 |
| 4. Franklin County |
5.1 |
218.4 |
| 5. Lebanon County |
4.5 |
191.1 |
| |
| State total |
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4,257.0 |
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More information on agricultural sales
• Census of Agriculture
• Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.
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Data Sources
- Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau
of Labor Statistics.
- Regional Economic Information System, June 2005, Bureau
of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
- 1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau
of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
- Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room,
Economic Research Service, USDA.
- Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States
(FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
- Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, USDA.
Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.
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