Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
3,140 
208 
890 
266 
283 
249 
acres 
936,026 
955 
22,140 
15,483 
23,365 
29,171 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
40,156 
3,003 
13,129 
4,145 
4,266 
4,093 
acres 
6,053,568 
15,152 
343,271 
240,974 
354,784 
476,644 
Partnership 
farms 
2,874 
124 
558 
223 
251 
248 
acres 
1,100,586 
601 
14,746 
13,085 
21,037 
28,538 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,984 
84 
425 
165 
174 
149 
acres 
809,390 
405 
10,797 
9,753 
14,475 
17,112 
Corporation 
farms 
2,550 
168 
634 
195 
204 
196 
acres 
998,274 
683 
16,574 
11,390 
16,657 
22,991 
Family held 
farms 
2,244 
145 
533 
171 
162 
174 
acres 
899,220 
615 
14,401 
10,008 
13,278 
20,448 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
36 
1 
9 
2 
2 
8 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,208 
144 
524 
169 
160 
166 
Other than family held 
farms 
306 
23 
101 
24 
42 
22 
acres 
99,054 
68 
2,173 
1,382 
3,379 
2,543 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
20 
2 
8 
- 
5 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
286 
21 
93 
24 
37 
22 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
450 
48 
104 
57 
28 
39 
acres 
150,016 
217 
2,391 
3,280 
2,396 
4,411 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
12,718 
579 
2,720 
1,007 
1,080 
1,229 
workers 
46,561 
2,037 
8,566 
3,436 
2,958 
3,577 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
5,164 
236 
880 
312 
332 
388 
workers 
16,171 
674 
2,573 
933 
769 
823 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
9,714 
462 
2,194 
809 
861 
986 
workers 
30,390 
1,363 
5,993 
2,503 
2,189 
2,754 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
466 
9 
53 
27 
8 
17 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
56 
4 
12 
7 
6 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
21,418 
1,490 
6,990 
2,181 
2,185 
2,129 
workers 
48,244 
3,347 
15,926 
4,921 
4,859 
4,850 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,343 
3,343 
1 0 to 49 acres 
14,425 
- 
14,425 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
4,620 
- 
- 
4,620 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
4,749 
- 
- 
- 
4,749 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,576 
- 
- 
- 
- 
4,576 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,905 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
2,207 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
1,481 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
4,176 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
2,173 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,009 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
366 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,210 
28 
305 
139 
134 
208 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
831 
201 
359 
69 
62 
43 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
1,038 
156 
447 
120 
101 
71 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,460 
378 
580 
116 
109 
84 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
11,506 
270 
3,658 
1,427 
1,384 
1,289 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
399 
16 
49 
23 
38 
22 
Cotton farming (11192) 
112 
8 
10 
6 
5 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) . 
10,995 
246 
3,599 
1,398 
1,341 
1,267 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
18,149 
688 
4,151 
1,792 
2,128 
2,145 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
373 
1 
43 
33 
30 
54 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
691 
11 
47 
21 
49 
69 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
323 
47 
152 
16 
38 
18 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,668 
253 
666 
131 
146 
133 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,564 
374 
779 
137 
110 
76 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,217 
936 
3,238 
619 
458 
386 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
23,911 
779 
5,031 
2,253 
2,694 
2,802 
number 
1,631,882 
8,270 
67,928 
49,972 
75,821 
101,723 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,723 
587 
2,428 
583 
443 
331 
1 0 to 49 
11,270 
169 
2,497 
1,506 
1,908 
1,837 
50 to 99 
3,749 
8 
74 
120 
272 
508 
100 to 199 
2,297 
13 
24 
30 
54 
106 
200 to 499 
1,483 
2 
7 
13 
17 
19 
500 or more 
389 
- 
1 
1 
- 
1 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
20,326 
554 
3,776 
1,894 
2,316 
2,488 
number 
751,425 
3,746 
33,360 
24,040 
39,209 
53,613 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
72 Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
