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A farmstead in Perry Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.. Agriculture is a major industry in the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania. [1] As of the most recent United States Census of Agriculture conducted in 2017, there were 53,157 farms in Pennsylvania, covering an area of 7,278,668 acres (2,945,572 hectares) with an average size of 137 acres (55 hectares) per farm. [2]
Map of average income by location in Pennsylvania from the 2014 American Community Survey five-year estimate. Outside of the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Harrisburg metropolitan areas, Pennsylvania is a relatively poorer state, especially in the northern areas and the Appalachian Mountains; only 22% of Pennsylvania places have per capita incomes higher than the national per capita income, and ...
Males had a median income of $41,944 compared with that of $26,848 for females. The per capita income for the township was $24,713. Approximately 2.2% of families and 3.1% of the population were living below the poverty line , including 3.4% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 4.2% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.
SOMERSET ― Commissioners approved by a 2-1 vote Tuesday the 2024 amended budget with a 1.75-mill increase in taxes for Somerset County property owners. The amended budget of $61,332,151, is a ...
Males had a median income of $35,375 compared with that $18,125 for females. The per capita income for the township was $14,906. Approximately 15.9% of families and 18.2% of the population were living below the poverty line , including 24.9% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 14.3% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.
New this year, narratives break down how schools, departments are spending money in Chambersburg Area School District.
The following is a list of the 67 counties of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.The city of Philadelphia is coterminous with Philadelphia County, the municipalities having been consolidated in 1854, and all remaining county government functions having been merged into the city after a 1951 referendum.
It consists of a house belonging to a farm along with the surrounding buildings. [1] The characteristics of a specific farmstead reflect the local landscape, which provides their environmental context. Some farmsteads have additional outlying field barns and outfarms somewhat further afield than the main cluster of buildings at the farmstead. [2]