Table 49. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - West 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 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Ethanol farms 
6 
- 
3 
1 
2 
_ 
_ 
- 
- 
Other farms 
2 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
" 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
23 
4 
12 
5 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
16,384 
7,152 
6,957 
1,882 
57 
34 
5 
2 
295 
Part owners farms 
4,506 
1,560 
1,809 
783 
141 
86 
25 
- 
102 
Tenants farms 
599 
141 
268 
145 
18 
8 
2 
- 
17 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
20,902 
8,715 
8,768 
2,672 
198 
120 
30 
2 
397 
acres 
2,785,507 
1,184,981 
946,107 
402,109 
69,272 
83,445 
(D) 
(D) 
79,787 
Owned land in farms farms 
20,890 
8,712 
8,766 
2,665 
198 
120 
30 
2 
397 
acres 
2,703,634 
1,151,083 
915,058 
(D) 
67,171 
82,402 
(D) 
(D) 
78,303 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
5,129 
1,707 
2,093 
929 
160 
94 
27 
_ 
119 
acres 
909,555 
221,281 
276,119 
189,013 
65,484 
89,345 
41,006 
- 
27,307 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
5,105 
1,701 
2,077 
928 
159 
94 
27 
- 
119 
acres 
903,040 
219,350 
272,931 
188,588 
65,163 
88,845 
41,006 
- 
27,157 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
1,036 
448 
401 
140 
14 
8 
1 
_ 
24 
acres 
88,388 
35,829 
34,237 
12,670 
2,422 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
32,178 
12,680 
13,731 
4,369 
332 
227 
56 
13 
770 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
12,448 
5,595 
5,008 
1,474 
121 
55 
17 
1 
177 
2 operators 
7,771 
2,807 
3,494 
1,154 
77 
60 
6 
- 
173 
3 operators 
1,021 
381 
424 
150 
15 
9 
9 
- 
33 
4 operators 
186 
47 
88 
27 
3 
2 
- 
- 
19 
5 or more operators 
63 
23 
20 
5 
" 
2 
" 
1 
12 
Total women operators number 
9,465 
3,370 
4,312 
1,451 
85 
42 
8 
1 
196 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
8,535 
3,065 
3,940 
1,282 
83 
42 
4 
1 
118 
2 operators 
399 
128 
171 
71 
1 
- 
2 
- 
26 
3 operators 
41 
15 
10 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
4 operators 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
1 
- 
" 
" 
- 
" 
1 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
18,784 
7,891 
7,931 
2,244 
202 
118 
31 
2 
365 
Female 
2,705 
962 
1,103 
566 
14 
10 
1 
" 
49 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
9,164 
5,800 
- 
2,810 
216 
109 
25 
2 
202 
Other 
12,325 
3,053 
9,034 
- 
- 
19 
7 
- 
212 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
18,080 
7,583 
7,409 
2,487 
186 
108 
29 
2 
276 
Not on farm operated 
3,409 
1,270 
1,625 
323 
30 
20 
3 
- 
138 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
8,092 
6,176 
336 
1,149 
150 
86 
16 
2 
177 
Any 
13,397 
2,677 
8,698 
1,661 
66 
42 
16 
- 
237 
1 to 49 days 
1,563 
764 
502 
246 
11 
11 
1 
- 
28 
50 to 99 days 
1,062 
548 
334 
150 
8 
1 
2 
- 
19 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,022 
552 
1,052 
354 
24 
4 
1 
- 
35 
200 days or more 
8,750 
813 
6,810 
911 
23 
26 
12 
- 
155 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
583 
115 
343 
114 
1 
- 
- 
- 
10 
3 or 4 years 
1,006 
226 
572 
183 
1 
4 
- 
- 
20 
5 to 9 years 
2,936 
692 
1,683 
482 
13 
9 
6 
- 
51 
1 0 years or more 
16,964 
7,820 
6,436 
2,031 
201 
115 
26 
2 
333 
Average years on present farm 
23.7 
29.7 
18.5 
20.7 
28.2 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
23.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
454 
73 
272 
98 
1 
- 
- 
- 
10 
3 or 4 years 
850 
197 
483 
149 
- 
3 
- 
- 
18 
5 to 9 years 
2,566 
597 
1,504 
412 
11 
8 
- 
- 
34 
1 0 years or more 
17,619 
7,986 
6,775 
2,151 
204 
117 
32 
2 
352 
Average years operating any farm 
25.4 
31.6 
19.9 
22.7 
30.5 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
26.2 
Age group: 
Linder 25 years 
60 
- 
29 
28 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
25 to 34 years 
834 
5 
588 
201 
14 
6 
1 
- 
19 
35 to 44 years 
1,988 
69 
1,422 
414 
34 
7 
10 
- 
32 
45 to 49 years 
1,728 
124 
1,260 
272 
26 
12 
1 
- 
33 
50 to 54 years 
2,506 
248 
1,655 
498 
29 
18 
4 
1 
53 
55 to 59 years 
3,102 
657 
1,824 
529 
25 
20 
2 
- 
45 
60 to 64 years 
3,207 
1,615 
1,123 
352 
32 
27 
3 
1 
54 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 677 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
