Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
37,370 
690 
794 
862 
1,309 
1,800 
Not on farm operated 
8,660 
140 
142 
184 
310 
420 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
17,648 
608 
639 
687 
872 
1,011 
Any 
28,382 
222 
297 
359 
747 
1,209 
1 to 49 days 
3,563 
60 
72 
69 
136 
154 
50 to 99 days 
2,182 
18 
32 
45 
70 
109 
100 to 199 days 
3,761 
22 
41 
40 
117 
166 
200 days or more 
18,876 
122 
152 
205 
424 
780 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,344 
5 
10 
10 
29 
40 
3 or 4 years 
2,226 
11 
12 
18 
38 
69 
5 to 9 years 
6,629 
59 
57 
54 
120 
222 
1 0 years or more 
35,831 
755 
857 
964 
1,432 
1,889 
Average years on present farm 
22.6 
27.8 
28.2 
29.7 
28.8 
27.3 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,002 
3 
5 
3 
8 
25 
3 or 4 years 
1,802 
5 
9 
13 
23 
53 
5 to 9 years 
5,603 
43 
39 
32 
101 
163 
10 years or more 
37,623 
779 
883 
998 
1,487 
1,979 
Average years operating any farm 
24.7 
29.9 
30.3 
32.2 
31.4 
30.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
175 
3 
- 
2 
8 
11 
25 to 34 years 
1,906 
16 
56 
48 
60 
96 
35 to 44 years 
3,877 
101 
88 
98 
149 
221 
45 to 49 years 
3,932 
83 
91 
103 
104 
150 
50 to 54 years 
5,960 
152 
155 
157 
245 
269 
55 to 59 years 
6,713 
160 
192 
154 
263 
338 
60 to 64 years 
6,970 
122 
137 
200 
257 
326 
65 to 69 years 
5,852 
85 
94 
106 
185 
277 
70 years and over 
10,645 
108 
123 
178 
348 
532 
Average age 
59.5 
56.8 
56.2 
57.8 
59.0 
59.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
470 
5 
7 
5 
14 
13 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
180 
1 
2 
1 
3 
5 
Asian 
134 
12 
2 
2 
- 
2 
Black or African American 
1,496 
1 
9 
15 
26 
68 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
44,084 
816 
923 
1,027 
1,589 
2,137 
More than one race reported 
129 
- 
- 
1 
1 
8 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,638 
78 
70 
127 
223 
293 
2 people 
24,376 
367 
421 
477 
817 
1,176 
3 people 
7,009 
130 
166 
196 
240 
383 
4 people 
4,903 
127 
139 
113 
171 
223 
5 or more people 
3,104 
128 
140 
133 
168 
145 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
36,188 
95 
149 
212 
553 
1,113 
25 to 49 percent 
3,366 
55 
93 
126 
259 
361 
50 to 74 percent 
3,004 
158 
188 
243 
312 
379 
75 to 99 percent 
1,823 
282 
248 
217 
260 
201 
1 00 percent 
1,649 
240 
258 
248 
235 
166 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,030 
104 
85 
89 
95 
79 
acres 
538,862 
141,599 
80,388 
73,960 
95,903 
33,773 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
31,421 
653 
673 
686 
1,123 
1,453 
Dial-up service 
3,633 
66 
72 
71 
135 
169 
DSL service 
10,602 
275 
216 
229 
458 
512 
Cable modem service 
4,762 
76 
98 
87 
140 
219 
Fiber-optic service 
1,398 
22 
9 
29 
37 
67 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
7,002 
195 
185 
218 
214 
344 
Satellite service 
5,851 
92 
113 
122 
223 
264 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
881 
22 
23 
6 
19 
34 
Other Internet service 
850 
20 
18 
20 
25 
39 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
37,729 
478 
554 
665 
1,170 
1,654 
2 households 
6,757 
207 
244 
281 
337 
444 
3 households 
973 
81 
85 
70 
85 
83 
4 households 
359 
37 
27 
19 
11 
28 
5 or more households 
212 
27 
26 
11 
16 
11 
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 
44,714 
735 
883 
975 
1,535 
2,115 
acres 
7,755,594 
809,755 
688,792 
631,400 
804,272 
754,326 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
3,140 
182 
136 
131 
187 
204 
acres 
936,026 
256,518 
107,241 
75,253 
138,279 
72,618 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
