Table 46. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1982 



[Excludes abnormal farms: see text. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text) 



FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 



Farms number.. 



percent.. 



I^nd in famis acres.. 



Average size of farm acres.. 



Value of land and buildings' farms., 



$1.000.. 



Average per farm dollars. . 



Average per acre dollars.. 



Farms by value of land and buildings: 



$1 to $39.999 



$40,000 to $69.999 _ 



$70,000 to $99.999 - 



$100,000 to $149.999. 



$150,000 to $199.999 



$200,000 to $499.999 _ 



$500,000 to $999.999 



$1,000,000 10 $1,999.999 



$2,000,000 or more... 



Owned and rented land by operator: 



Land owned _ farms.. 



acres. - 



Land rented or leased from otfiers farms.. 



acres- . 



Rented or leased land in farms farms. _ 



acres.. 



Land rented or leased to others _-_ farms.. 



acres. - 



LAND IN FARMS ACCORDING TO 

 USE 



Total cropland — farms.. 



acres. - 



Han/ested cropland farms.. 



acres. . 

 Farms by acres harvested: 



1 to 49 acres _. - 



50 to 99 acres __ _— 



100 to 199 acres -- 



200 to 499 acres -- 



500 to 999 acres 



1.000 to 1.999 acres — 



2.000 acres or more 



Cropland: 



Pasture or grazing only farms., 



acres.. 

 In cover crops, legumes, and soil- 

 improvement grasses, not harvested 



and not pastured farms.. 



acres-- 



On which all crops failed farms.. 



acres-- 



In cultivated summer fallow farms.. 



acres.. 



Idle farms.. 



acres.. 



Total woodland _ farms.. 



acres.. 



Woodland pastured farms.. 



acres, , 



Woodland not pastured _ ._, farms,, 



acres. _ 

 Pastureland and rangeland other than 



cropland and woodland pastured farms.. 



acres.. 

 Land in house lots, ponds, roads, 

 wasteland, etc. farms. - 

 acres-- 



Pastureland. all types farms.. 



acres. . 



Irrigated land farms.. 



acres. - 



Harvested cropland irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 



Pasture and other land irrigated farms.. 



acres.. 

 Land set aside in federal farm programs m 



1982 _ farms-- 



acres.- 



TENURE AND RACE OF 

 OPERATOR 



All operators 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



White - 



Full owners 



Part owners 



Tenants 



Black and other races 



Full owners 



Part owners _ _ 



Tenants _ 



See footnotes at end of table. 



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



18 722 



100.0 



542 792 



189 



18 688 



401 622 



128 511 



686 



3 997 



4 544 

 2 731 

 2 982 



1 451 



2 269 

 560 

 110 



44 



17 949 



2 912 029 



4 369 



707 141 



4 353 



700 483 



781 



76 378 



FarTTiing 



18 722 



14 358 



3 582 



782 



18 668 



14 320 



3 570 



778 



54 



38 



12 



4 



7 098 



37.9 



1 824 716 



257 



7 286 



1 201 399 



164 891 



655 



1 256 



1 653 



921 



1 289 



566 



1 138 



356 



69 



38 



6 825 



1 458 309 



1 850 



404 161 



1 841 



398 990 



324 



37 754 



Age of operator (years) 



Under 25 



7 098 



5 250 



1 569 



279 



7 086 



5 240 



1 568 



278 



12 



10 



1 



1 



87 



.5 



22 283 



256 



100 



8 958 



89 580 



573 



50 

 17 

 14 



14 

 3 

 1 

 1 



73 



18 125 

 32 

 (D) 

 32 

 4 283 

 2 

 (D) 



80 



204 



79 



316 



56 



16 



S 



2 



39 

 3 590 



5 

 194 



1 

 (D) 



2 

 (D) 



5 

 87 



69 

 10 604 



46 

 3 016 



49 

 7 588 



35 

 3 712 



56 

 763 



71 

 10 318 



1 

 (D) 



1 

 (D) 



431 



2,3 



130 316 



302 



467 

 109 364 

 234 184 



837 



71 



101 



28 



104 



28 



79 



40 



9 



7 



360 



68 675 



220 



(D) 



220 



62 847 



15 



(D) 



431 

 211 

 149 



71 

 429 

 209 

 f49 



71 

 2 

 2 



775 



4.1 



227 598 



294 



841 

 178 162 

 211 845 



689 



96 

 123 

 149 

 164 



79 

 136 



70 



15 



697 



136 187 



352 



96 129 



350 



95 155 



28 



4 718 



775 



423 



273 



79 



774 



422 



273 



79 



1 



1 



1 029 



5.5 



326 168 



317 



893 

 219 606 

 245 919 



774 



101 

 185 



62 

 169 



83 

 176 



99 



12 

 6 



989 



241 229 



360 



89 754 



358 



88 084 



38 



4 815 



985 



125 794 



948 



65 475 



581 

 183 



117 

 56 



1 029 



669 



320 



40 



1 027 



668 



320 



39 



2 



1 



1 791 



1 346 



411 



34 



1 789 



1 345 



410 



34 



2 



1 



1 



40 WEST VIRGINIA 



1982 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



