Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987-Con. 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see Introductory text] 



Total farming 



and otfier 



occupations 



Farming 



Age of operator (years) 



55 to 64 



FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres 



70 to 99 acres 



100 to 139 acres 



140 to 179 acres 



180 to 219 acres 



220 to 259 acres 



260 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1 .000 to 1 .999 acres . 

 2,000 acres or more . 



FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) _.. 



Cotton (0131) 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets; Irish 

 potatoes; field crops, except cash 

 grains, ne.c. (0133, 0134, 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) , ._. 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and 



animal specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027) 



General farms, primarily livestock and 

 animal specialties (029) 



LIVESTOCK 



Cattle and calves inventory ^ farms. 



number. 

 Farms with — 



1 to 9 ..- - - 



10 to 49 __ 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 _ 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Cows and heifers that had calved farms. 



number. 



Beef cows farms. 



number. 



Farms with — 



1 to 9 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Milk cows . .__ farms. 



number. 



Farms with— 



1 to 4 



5 to 9 



10 to 49. _ 



50 to 99 



100 to 199___ 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Heifers and heifer calves farms. 



number. 

 Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull 

 calves-,- -. farms. 



number. 



Cattle and calves sold farms. 



number. 



$1,000. 

 Calves farms. 



number. 



$1,000. 

 Cattle farms. 



number. 



$1,000. 

 Fattened on grain and concentrates ... farms. 



number, 



$1,000. 



See footnotes at end of table 



643 

 2 689 



1 625 



2 184 

 2 547 

 1 725 



1 329 

 905 



2 284 

 1 004 



247 

 55 



211 

 2 459 



115 



251 



151 



1 157 



11 555 

 9 938 



408 

 253 

 502 



220 



804 

 515 

 786 

 960 

 715 

 607 

 463 

 270 

 641 

 180 

 40 



92 

 847 



62 

 124 



68 

 324 



4 940 

 4 261 



372 

 180 

 127 



46 

 148 



9 

 23 

 8 

 5 

 1 



37 

 845 



30 

 562 



11 

 283 



33 

 600 



35 

 703 



45 



1 521 



618 



27 

 613 

 148 



38 

 908 

 470 

 6 

 183 

 123 



6 

 30 



15 



IS 



5 

 8 

 B 

 13 



145 



119 



45 

 21 

 16 



210 

 14 725 



44 



32 



13 



1 



189 

 6 795 



148 

 4 587 



63 

 2 208 



175 

 3 573 



180 

 4 357 



213 



8 457 



3 300 



152 



2 292 



551 



171 



6 165 



2 749 



22 



649 



362 



49 

 56 

 83 

 79 

 56 

 42 

 114 

 85 

 23 

 5 



11 

 14 

 14 

 32 



390 

 306 



77 

 27 

 21 



524 

 34 580 



103 

 235 

 84 

 68 

 28 



462 

 16 065 



372 

 11 461 



116 



191 



45 



17 



1 



2 



151 

 4 604 



26 



79 



49 



92 



116 



67 



85 



63 



170 



119 



32 



12 



11 

 20 



13 

 31 



582 

 503 



87 

 31 

 27 



32 



173 

 129 

 172 

 218 

 166 

 158 

 119 

 344 

 185 

 48 

 10 



14 

 190 



16 

 45 

 24 

 65 



1 208 

 1 057 



106 

 52 

 24 



72 WEST VIRGINIA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



