Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
38,377 
820 
890 
991 
1,614 
2,141 
Female 
7,653 
42 
54 
69 
109 
192 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
20,740 
780 
851 
897 
1,296 
1,493 
Other 
25,290 
82 
93 
163 
427 
840 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
37,370 
716 
801 
882 
1,397 
1,888 
Not on farm operated 
8,660 
146 
143 
178 
326 
445 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
17,648 
635 
646 
703 
889 
1,065 
Any 
28,382 
227 
298 
357 
834 
1,268 
1 to 49 days 
3,563 
61 
72 
68 
154 
155 
50 to 99 days 
2,182 
18 
32 
45 
78 
116 
100 to 199 days 
3,761 
24 
40 
39 
131 
169 
200 days or more 
18,876 
124 
154 
205 
471 
828 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
1,344 
5 
10 
10 
31 
46 
3 or 4 years 
2,226 
11 
12 
20 
37 
76 
5 to 9 years 
6,629 
61 
55 
56 
151 
208 
10 years or more 
35,831 
785 
867 
974 
1,504 
2,003 
Average years on present farm 
22.6 
28.0 
28.4 
29.6 
28.4 
28.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,002 
3 
5 
3 
8 
33 
3 or 4 years 
1,802 
5 
9 
13 
23 
60 
5 to 9 years 
5,603 
44 
38 
33 
125 
157 
10 years or more 
37,623 
810 
892 
1,011 
1,567 
2,083 
Average years operating any farm 
24.7 
30.1 
30.5 
32.1 
31.2 
30.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
175 
3 
- 
2 
8 
11 
25 to 34 years 
1,906 
17 
55 
49 
67 
99 
35 to 44 years 
3,877 
105 
85 
102 
167 
210 
45 to 49 years 
3,932 
84 
92 
105 
106 
151 
50 to 54 years 
5,960 
155 
157 
161 
260 
276 
55 to 59 years 
6,713 
174 
187 
150 
290 
335 
60 to 64 years 
6,970 
123 
146 
204 
265 
342 
65 to 69 years 
5,852 
87 
93 
110 
196 
302 
70 years and over 
10,645 
114 
129 
177 
364 
607 
Average age 
59.5 
56.8 
56.5 
57.6 
58.8 
60.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
470 
5 
7 
6 
14 
16 
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 
11 
22 
27 
81 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
44,084 
848 
929 
1,034 
1,692 
2,237 
More than one race reported 
129 
- 
- 
1 
1 
8 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,638 
80 
72 
132 
232 
307 
2 people 
24,376 
379 
434 
473 
878 
1,260 
3 people 
7,009 
141 
161 
201 
252 
416 
4 people 
4,903 
131 
138 
115 
187 
213 
5 or more people 
3,104 
131 
139 
139 
174 
137 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
36,188 
100 
149 
212 
599 
1,180 
25 to 49 percent 
3,366 
55 
95 
129 
276 
414 
50 to 74 percent 
3,004 
162 
194 
246 
326 
398 
75 to 99 percent 
1,823 
293 
251 
217 
281 
185 
1 00 percent 
1,649 
252 
255 
256 
241 
156 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,030 
105 
85 
88 
107 
78 
acres 
538,862 
142,693 
80,175 
73,079 
101,729 
31,618 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
31,421 
683 
671 
694 
1,181 
1,498 
Dial-up service 
3,633 
74 
68 
74 
140 
188 
DSL service 
10,602 
283 
218 
228 
480 
518 
Cable modem service 
4,762 
79 
98 
87 
143 
227 
Fiber-optic service 
1,398 
22 
10 
30 
39 
68 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
7,002 
206 
186 
216 
230 
347 
Satellite service 
5,851 
95 
112 
130 
232 
273 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
881 
23 
22 
6 
21 
36 
Other Internet service 
850 
20 
18 
20 
25 
40 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
37,729 
494 
557 
691 
1,254 
1,705 
2 households 
6,757 
216 
250 
272 
350 
497 
3 households 
973 
86 
85 
68 
85 
89 
4 households 
359 
38 
27 
18 
14 
35 
5 or more households 
212 
28 
25 
11 
20 
7 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
