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.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Item 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
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 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
2,951 
2,192 
486 
169 
18 
9 
5 
- 
72 
70 years and over 
5,113 
3,943 
647 
347 
38 
29 
6 
- 
103 
Average age 
59.7 
68.7 
52.8 
54.1 
55.9 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
60.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
122 
61 
49 
7 
3 
- 
- 
- 
2 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
44 
22 
11 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Asian 
20 
3 
12 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
29 
14 
10 
4 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
21,340 
8,791 
8,977 
2,782 
216 
128 
32 
2 
412 
More than one race reported 
54 
23 
22 
9 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
2,911 
1,565 
937 
332 
12 
17 
4 
- 
44 
2 people 
11,595 
6,031 
3,831 
1,327 
105 
65 
13 
- 
223 
3 people 
3,355 
838 
1,849 
531 
47 
19 
1 
- 
70 
4 people 
2,289 
269 
1,541 
373 
30 
15 
3 
2 
56 
5 or more people 
1,339 
150 
876 
247 
22 
12 
11 
" 
21 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
18,539 
7,746 
8,441 
1,932 
58 
23 
7 
- 
332 
25 to 49 percent 
1,263 
556 
344 
298 
15 
17 
3 
- 
30 
50 to 74 percent 
921 
401 
196 
214 
47 
24 
5 
2 
32 
75 to 99 percent 
414 
98 
35 
182 
48 
30 
11 
- 
10 
1 00 percent 
352 
52 
18 
184 
48 
34 
6 
" 
10 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
329 
109 
46 
76 
18 
11 
4 
2 
63 
acres 
108,528 
29,879 
(D) 
19,194 
1 1 ,622 
15,865 
6,458 
(D) 
18,188 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
13,133 
4,425 
6,399 
1,797 
133 
98 
27 
2 
252 
Dial-up service 
1,617 
648 
675 
246 
11 
7 
2 
- 
28 
DSL service 
5,883 
1,884 
2,891 
824 
75 
59 
19 
2 
129 
Cable modem service 
2,239 
839 
1,109 
205 
17 
10 
8 
- 
51 
Fiber-optic service 
360 
93 
187 
62 
3 
4 
1 
- 
10 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,338 
294 
752 
239 
14 
13 
5 
- 
21 
Satellite service 
2,506 
896 
1,174 
351 
29 
19 
3 
- 
34 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
289 
99 
155 
29 
1 
2 
- 
- 
3 
Other Internet service 
143 
37 
74 
28 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
17,829 
7,176 
7,812 
2,334 
167 
77 
18 
- 
245 
2 households 
3,021 
1,452 
985 
382 
35 
33 
2 
2 
130 
3 households 
396 
159 
125 
55 
13 
7 
8 
- 
29 
4 households 
136 
17 
87 
19 
1 
6 
1 
- 
5 
5 or more households 
107 
49 
25 
20 
- 
5 
3 
- 
5 
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 
21,075 
8,853 
9,034 
2,810 
216 
128 
32 
2 
- 
acres 
3,501,214 
1,370,433 
1,187,989 
578,452 
132,334 
171,247 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
721 
191 
312 
133 
20 
24 
7 
34 
acres 
202,950 
33,234 
71,626 
28,924 
6,775 
26,900 
21,745 
13,746 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
20,009 
8,480 
8,629 
2,609 
180 
92 
18 
1 
- 
acres 
3,194,583 
1,288,617 
1,105,425 
519,301 
109,665 
134,340 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Partnership 
.farms 
893 
223 
255 
123 
21 
15 
3 
253 
acres 
256,458 
50,054 
58,918 
40,554 
15,662 
17,973 
7,039 
- 
66,258 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
626 
156 
189 
93 
16 
11 
2 
- 
159 
acres 
192,770 
33,276 
49,182 
23,722 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
50,778 
Corporation 
.farms 
429 
110 
106 
71 
13 
18 
11 
1 
99 
acres 
123,053 
25,537 
15,946 
(D) 
(D) 
1 1 ,444 
(D) 
(D) 
29,501 
Family held 
.farms 
382 
100 
97 
68 
13 
17 
11 
1 
75 
acres 
110,458 
23,736 
14,137 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
21,824 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
11 
4 
4 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
371 
96 
93 
68 
13 
17 
11 
1 
72 
Other than family held 
.farms 
47 
10 
9 
3 
_ 
1 
_ 
_ 
24 
acres 
12,595 
1,801 
1,809 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
7,677 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
42 
10 
9 
3 
- 
1 
- 
" 
19 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
158 
40 
44 
7 
2 
3 
- 
- 
62 
acres 
32,580 
6,225 
7,700 
(D) 
(D) 
7,490 
- 
- 
9,701 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
678 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
