1927 Tabulated Census Data
Why choose the 1927 Census?
The 1927 Pennsylvania Triennial Census data provides a rare resource of primary data for Pennsylvania farms in the early 20th century. No federal agricultural census material exists in manuscript form from 1890-1940 (census returns were accidentally or deliberately destroyed for these decades). Consequently, historians of agriculture are handicapped in developing a picture of early 20th century agriculture in the United States. Only a few states conducted surveys or any sort of data collection for the early 20th century. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania collected data twice — in 1924 and 1927. The 1927 census includes more fields and information about households and modern technology not gathered in the 1924 census.
Where can I look at the original documents from which this data was drawn?
The State Archives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, houses these census records. They are located in Record Group 1, (The Department of Agriculture) Records of the Division of Crop Reporting, 1924-1928. Visit the State Archives for more information.
Counties
Please select a county below to access a file containing agricultural census information for that county broken down by municipality. All of the files vary in size (48-334KB) and all links will open in a new window.
Note:These files are in Adobe PDF format.
1927 Pennsylvania Aggregate Agricultural Census Data by County
Allegheny
Armstrong
Beaver
Bedford
Berks
Blair
Bradford
Bucks
Butler
Cambria
Cameron
Carbon
Centre
Chester
Clarion
Clearfield
Clinton
Columbia
Crawford
Cumberland
Dauphin
Elk
Erie
Fayette
Forest
Franklin
Fulton
Greene
Huntingdon
Indiana
Jefferson
Juniata
Lackawanna
Lancaster
Lawrence
Lebanon
Lehigh
Luzerne
Lycoming
McKean
Mercer
Mifflin
Montgomery
Montour
Northampton
Northumberland
Perry
Pike
Potter
Schuylkill
Snyder
Somerset
Sullivan
Susquehanna
Tioga
Union
Venango
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Westmoreland
Wyoming
York