Table 47. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Virginia: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Mid-size 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems 
Con. 
Ethanol 
farms 
90 
35 
11 
6 
17 
13 
2 
- 
Other 
farms 
26 
2 
17 
4 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Wind rights leased to others 
farms 
44 
13 
22 
6 
- 
1 
1 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
31,025 
11,978 
13,121 
4,574 
293 
201 
55 
14 
Part owners 
farms 
12,547 
3,512 
4,542 
2,234 
670 
891 
269 
17 
Tenants 
farms 
2,458 
398 
1,073 
613 
87 
122 
48 
2 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned 
farms 
43,632 
15,507 
17,683 
6,821 
967 
1,093 
325 
31 
acres 
5,731,794 
1,836,816 
1,600,464 
849,422 
270,268 
466,218 
278,044 
33,418 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
43,572 
15,490 
17,663 
6,808 
963 
1,092 
324 
31 
acres 
5,392,290 
1,700,887 
1,500,713 
799,448 
265,128 
455,915 
274,221 
33,034 
Land rented or leased from others 
farms 
15,064 
3,930 
5,637 
2,858 
757 
1,014 
317 
19 
acres 
2,921,001 
436,182 
560,608 
424,868 
259,090 
569,261 
413,445 
72,733 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
15,005 
3,910 
5,615 
2,847 
757 
1,013 
317 
19 
acres 
2,910,154 
432,526 
558,705 
423,063 
257,869 
568,892 
413,239 
71,954 
Land rented or leased to others 
farms 
4,381 
1,790 
1,555 
675 
67 
80 
25 
5 
acres 
350,351 
139,585 
101,654 
51,779 
6,361 
10,672 
4,029 
1,163 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators 
...number 
69,990 
23,041 
28,968 
11,136 
1,581 
2,022 
703 
73 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
26,093 
9,803 
10,023 
4,250 
634 
651 
168 
16 
2 operators 
16,936 
5,213 
7,568 
2,740 
340 
393 
112 
7 
3 operators 
2,402 
748 
897 
360 
59 
128 
68 
6 
4 operators 
423 
90 
178 
48 
14 
30 
18 
1 
5 or more operators 
176 
34 
70 
23 
3 
12 
6 
3 
Total women operators 
...number 
22,070 
6,828 
9,818 
3,955 
369 
367 
110 
12 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
19,180 
6,059 
8,644 
3,395 
298 
301 
74 
6 
2 operators 
1,180 
350 
466 
218 
32 
25 
15 
1 
3 operators 
121 
17 
57 
30 
1 
4 
2 
- 
4 operators 
24 
2 
14 
5 
1 
1 
- 
1 
5 or more operators 
13 
2 
3 
2 
" 
" 
- 
" 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
38,377 
13,461 
15,711 
5,570 
980 
1,155 
361 
32 
Female 
7,653 
2,427 
3,025 
1,851 
70 
59 
11 
1 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
20,740 
10,067 
- 
7,421 
1,050 
1,109 
350 
33 
Other 
25,290 
5,821 
18,736 
- 
- 
105 
22 
- 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
37,370 
13,483 
14,678 
6,094 
928 
1,033 
284 
23 
Not on farm operated 
8,660 
2,405 
4,058 
1,327 
122 
181 
88 
10 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
17,648 
10,934 
890 
3,321 
723 
839 
303 
24 
Any 
28,382 
4,954 
17,846 
4,100 
327 
375 
69 
9 
1 to 49 days 
3,563 
1,516 
1,017 
686 
108 
95 
11 
- 
50 to 99 days 
2,182 
894 
591 
552 
35 
46 
4 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
3,761 
927 
1,963 
716 
41 
37 
4 
1 
200 days or more 
18,876 
1,617 
14,275 
2,146 
143 
197 
50 
8 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,344 
247 
775 
271 
10 
7 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2,226 
385 
1,303 
448 
16 
18 
5 
- 
5 to 9 years 
6,629 
1,475 
3,464 
1,331 
81 
63 
18 
- 
1 0 years or more 
35,831 
13,781 
13,194 
5,371 
943 
1,126 
349 
33 
Average years on present farm 
22.6 
28.0 
17.9 
20.5 
27.7 
30.0 
30.7 
33.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,002 
194 
585 
196 
5 
1 
- 
- 
3 or 4 years 
1,802 
309 
1,083 
355 
8 
12 
2 
- 
5 to 9 years 
5,603 
1,195 
3,069 
1,077 
44 
38 
15 
- 
1 0 years or more 
37,623 
14,190 
13,999 
5,793 
993 
1,163 
355 
33 
Average years operating any farm .. 
24.7 
30.3 
19.5 
23.0 
30.5 
32.2 
32.3 
33.8 
Age group: 
Linder 25 years 
175 
- 
85 
81 
2 
1 
2 
- 
25 to 34 years 
1,906 
2 
1,188 
547 
46 
60 
10 
- 
35 to 44 years 
3,877 
90 
2,550 
861 
134 
105 
44 
4 
45 to 49 years 
3,932 
239 
2,510 
806 
95 
140 
39 
3 
50 to 54 years 
5,960 
584 
3,501 
1,212 
210 
211 
59 
3 
55 to 59 years 
6,713 
1,137 
3,560 
1,326 
183 
212 
80 
7 
60 to 64 years 
6,970 
2,623 
2,693 
1,019 
189 
196 
48 
4 
Non-family 
farms 
6 
1 
789 
412 
115 
1,205 
397,144 
1,201 
362,944 
532 
184,814 
527 
183,906 
184 
35,108 
2,466 
548 
563 
136 
44 
25 
611 
403 
73 
10 
6 
1,107 
209 
710 
606 
847 
469 
614 
702 
130 
60 
72 
440 
34 
51 
197 
1,034 
24.1 
21 
33 
165 
1,097 
26.6 
4 
53 
89 
100 
180 
208 
198 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 649 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
