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.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
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 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
5,852 
3,608 
1,264 
581 
76 
121 
38 
1 
70 years and over 
10,645 
7,605 
1,385 
988 
115 
168 
52 
11 
Average age 
59.5 
69.2 
53.4 
54,9 
55.6 
56.7 
56.8 
60.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
470 
118 
205 
119 
6 
7 
4 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
180 
60 
83 
32 
2 
1 
2 
- 
Asian 
134 
34 
74 
18 
5 
2 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
1,496 
716 
469 
201 
19 
13 
1 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
7 
- 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
44,084 
15,040 
18,043 
7,145 
1,023 
1,198 
369 
33 
More than one race reported 
129 
38 
65 
23 
1 
" 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,638 
2,969 
2,117 
1,091 
103 
121 
38 
3 
2 people 
24,376 
10,857 
8,115 
3,536 
452 
523 
164 
15 
3 people 
7,009 
1,314 
3,725 
1,293 
199 
217 
66 
4 
4 people 
4,903 
495 
3,003 
900 
118 
170 
60 
10 
5 or more people 
3,104 
253 
1,776 
601 
178 
183 
44 
1 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
36,188 
13,149 
17,099 
4,682 
147 
184 
38 
6 
25 to 49 percent 
3,366 
1,295 
911 
759 
132 
120 
21 
2 
50 to 74 percent 
3,004 
987 
537 
813 
219 
238 
70 
14 
75 to 99 percent 
1,823 
360 
138 
557 
238 
318 
127 
6 
1 00 percent 
1,649 
97 
51 
610 
314 
354 
116 
5 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
acres 
1,030 
538,862 
161 
42,361 
196 
44,070 
248 
62,236 
84 
42,396 
103 
101,708 
47 
90,869 
11 
9,646 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
31,421 
9,256 
14,197 
5,155 
722 
854 
322 
30 
Dial-up service 
3,633 
1,392 
1,362 
589 
76 
62 
53 
1 
DSL service 
10,602 
3,089 
4,900 
1,627 
300 
291 
99 
13 
Cable modem service 
4,762 
1,252 
2,356 
778 
71 
126 
29 
8 
Fiber-optic service 
1,398 
452 
609 
229 
17 
25 
11 
2 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
7,002 
1,603 
3,318 
1,282 
191 
267 
111 
14 
Satellite service 
5,851 
2,002 
2,368 
970 
136 
140 
56 
3 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
881 
316 
368 
118 
13 
21 
10 
- 
Other Internet service 
850 
255 
358 
154 
13 
31 
11 
1 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
37,729 
12,900 
16,119 
6,204 
815 
720 
198 
19 
2 households 
6,757 
2,602 
2,174 
964 
175 
307 
95 
8 
3 households 
973 
274 
249 
162 
45 
122 
43 
2 
4 households 
359 
66 
134 
60 
3 
37 
17 
3 
5 or more households 
212 
46 
60 
31 
12 
28 
19 
1 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
.farms 
acres 
44,714 
7,755,594 
15,888 
2,133,413 
18,736 
2,059,418 
7,421 
1,222,511 
1,050 
522,997 
1,214 
1,024,807 
372 
687,460 
33 
104,988 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
acres 
3,140 
936,026 
796 
143,903 
1,078 
154,625 
683 
106,770 
128 
56,910 
179 
136,740 
84 
177,375 
5 
23,631 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
acres 
40,156 
6,053,568 
14,659 
1,876,248 
17,288 
1,757,083 
6,442 
1,036,605 
814 
406,850 
795 
656,643 
153 
301,929 
5 
18,210 
Partnership 
.farms 
acres 
2,874 
1,100,586 
630 
137,173 
694 
141,546 
451 
94,751 
80 
43,044 
179 
186,634 
91 
179,551 
8 
34,359 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
acres 
1,984 
809,390 
411 
81,279 
495 
101,358 
346 
60,611 
65 
29,206 
144 
141,613 
83 
168,137 
7 
34,077 
Corporation 
.farms 
acres 
2,550 
998,274 
479 
99,930 
669 
145,573 
471 
80,761 
152 
70,542 
232 
176,535 
124 
199,767 
20 
52,419 
Family held 
.farms 
acres 
2,244 
899,220 
444 
94,255 
579 
134,218 
425 
74,828 
138 
(D) 
227 
173,593 
110 
186,814 
14 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
36 
13 
9 
5 
- 
4 
10 or less stockholders 
.farms 
2,208 
431 
570 
420 
138 
227 
106 
14 
Other than family held 
.farms 
acres 
306 
99,054 
35 
5,675 
90 
11,355 
46 
5,933 
14 
(D) 
5 
2,942 
14 
12,953 
6 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
20 
1 
6 
1 
- 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
286 
34 
84 
45 
14 
5 
14 
4 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
acres 
450 
150,016 
120 
20,062 
85 
15,216 
57 
10,394 
4 
2,561 
8 
4,995 
4 
6,213 
- 
Non-family 
farms 
163 
321 
60.2 
11 
1 
77 
3 
1,233 
2 
196 
714 
191 
147 
68 
883 
126 
126 
79 
102 
180 
145,576 
885 
98 
283 
142 
53 
216 
176 
35 
27 
432 
76 
39 
15 
187 
136,072 
741 
283,528 
433 
193,109 
403 
172,747 
307 
143,765 
5 
302 
96 
28,982 
10 
86 
172 
90,575 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
650 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
