Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 21 9 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
2,288 
1,764 
1,173 
3,333 
1,779 
816 
290 
Not on farm operated 
617 
443 
308 
843 
394 
193 
76 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,158 
880 
649 
1,963 
1,192 
626 
234 
Any 
1,747 
1,327 
832 
2,213 
981 
383 
132 
1 to 49 days 
255 
155 
69 
317 
153 
54 
22 
50 to 99 days 
157 
81 
79 
174 
110 
35 
5 
100 to 199 days 
198 
167 
145 
321 
135 
58 
22 
200 days or more 
1,137 
924 
539 
1,401 
583 
236 
83 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
74 
29 
28 
75 
22 
11 
3 
3 or 4 years 
82 
89 
43 
95 
39 
13 
1 
5 to 9 years 
297 
219 
148 
348 
150 
46 
24 
1 0 years or more 
2,452 
1,870 
1,262 
3,658 
1,962 
939 
338 
Average years on present farm 
25.5 
26.3 
26.4 
28.5 
30.3 
30.6 
31.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
47 
21 
16 
43 
13 
3 
1 
3 or 4 years 
57 
65 
30 
62 
31 
6 
- 
5 to 9 years 
247 
169 
119 
286 
103 
32 
19 
1 0 years or more 
2,554 
1,952 
1,316 
3,785 
2,026 
968 
346 
Average years operating any farm 
27.8 
28.5 
29.1 
31.0 
32.7 
32.3 
33.4 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
13 
2 
1 
14 
2 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
99 
87 
47 
119 
68 
28 
12 
35 to 44 years 
167 
165 
103 
336 
129 
105 
37 
45 to 49 years 
235 
162 
107 
225 
189 
88 
25 
50 to 54 years 
312 
289 
190 
478 
318 
133 
48 
55 to 59 years 
405 
280 
192 
645 
324 
153 
61 
60 to 64 years 
467 
322 
258 
624 
338 
169 
61 
65 to 69 years 
414 
295 
199 
586 
249 
146 
38 
70 years and over 
793 
605 
384 
1,149 
556 
187 
83 
Average age 
61.3 
61.0 
61.1 
61.4 
60.7 
59.1 
59.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
37 
16 
2 
26 
11 
12 
3 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
5 
4 
6 
12 
- 
3 
- 
Asian 
7 
1 
6 
6 
- 
1 
- 
Black or African American 
114 
71 
37 
87 
40 
10 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
White 
2,774 
2,128 
1,429 
4,063 
2,127 
994 
365 
More than one race reported 
5 
3 
3 
8 
3 
1 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
448 
332 
236 
606 
272 
128 
38 
2 people 
1,615 
1,212 
832 
2,308 
1,142 
526 
183 
3 people 
406 
309 
164 
656 
356 
167 
60 
4 people 
284 
246 
158 
357 
249 
107 
48 
5 or more people 
152 
108 
91 
249 
154 
81 
37 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,251 
1,581 
958 
2,440 
886 
317 
97 
25 to 49 percent 
300 
262 
202 
589 
337 
120 
38 
50 to 74 percent 
176 
199 
166 
537 
408 
197 
68 
75 to 99 percent 
114 
93 
82 
304 
278 
206 
93 
100 percent 
64 
72 
73 
306 
264 
169 
70 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
68 
31 
38 
111 
132 
108 
52 
acres 
11,050 
6,066 
8,929 
39,577 
88,642 
144,289 
213,220 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
1,871 
1,385 
946 
2,724 
1,460 
757 
312 
Dial-up service 
236 
171 
115 
336 
164 
95 
45 
DSL service 
655 
490 
363 
1,026 
508 
239 
96 
Cable modem service 
295 
188 
130 
378 
171 
87 
34 
Fiber-optic service 
85 
65 
35 
131 
49 
23 
10 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
385 
319 
177 
578 
325 
223 
96 
Satellite service 
359 
224 
188 
459 
320 
181 
48 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
78 
36 
24 
75 
34 
21 
14 
Other Internet service 
46 
33 
15 
55 
40 
15 
17 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
2,314 
1,732 
1,132 
3,089 
1,519 
607 
201 
2 households 
497 
393 
281 
847 
471 
253 
91 
3 households 
70 
60 
50 
155 
119 
96 
44 
4 households 
21 
17 
13 
53 
40 
32 
17 
5 or more households 
3 
5 
5 
32 
24 
21 
13 
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 
2,830 
2,139 
1,422 
4,003 
2,035 
929 
315 
acres 
446,128 
423,274 
337,871 
1,402,764 
1,358,869 
1,213,962 
1,019,956 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Virginia 71 
