Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
2,045 
1,818 
1,796 
227 
210 
337 
Female 
505 
426 
412 
79 
76 
113 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
1,507 
1,366 
1,347 
141 
131 
225 
Other 
1,043 
878 
861 
165 
155 
225 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
1,917 
1,718 
1,689 
199 
187 
274 
Not on farm operated 
633 
526 
519 
107 
99 
176 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,167 
1,046 
1,026 
121 
111 
200 
Any 
1,383 
1,198 
1,182 
185 
175 
250 
1 to 49 days 
187 
168 
166 
19 
18 
55 
50 to 99 days 
136 
123 
121 
13 
13 
18 
100 to 199 days 
212 
187 
185 
25 
23 
30 
200 days or more 
848 
720 
710 
128 
121 
147 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
68 
60 
60 
8 
8 
20 
3 or 4 years 
96 
86 
84 
10 
10 
23 
5 to 9 years 
371 
317 
313 
54 
49 
86 
10 years or more 
2,015 
1,781 
1,751 
234 
219 
321 
Average years on present farm 
22.0 
22.6 
22.6 
17.8 
17.8 
19.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
54 
47 
47 
7 
7 
15 
3 or 4 years 
68 
62 
60 
6 
6 
15 
5 to 9 years 
315 
272 
268 
43 
42 
69 
10 years or more 
2,113 
1,863 
1,833 
250 
231 
351 
Average years operating any farm 
24.1 
24.6 
24.6 
20.0 
19.9 
22.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
6 
6 
6 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
89 
82 
80 
7 
7 
16 
35 to 44 years 
219 
174 
170 
45 
42 
37 
45 to 49 years 
232 
193 
190 
39 
38 
43 
50 to 54 years 
422 
370 
359 
52 
49 
44 
55 to 59 years 
436 
386 
380 
50 
47 
48 
60 to 64 years 
412 
368 
365 
44 
37 
74 
65 to 69 years 
297 
256 
256 
41 
39 
58 
70 years and over 
437 
409 
402 
28 
27 
129 
Average age 
58.1 
58.5 
58.6 
55.5 
55.4 
61.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
31 
26 
26 
5 
5 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
13 
13 
13 
- 
- 
1 
Asian 
17 
15 
15 
2 
2 
- 
Black or African American 
52 
49 
49 
3 
- 
25 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
2,463 
2,162 
2,126 
301 
284 
422 
More than one race reported 
5 
5 
5 
- 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
261 
214 
207 
47 
44 
87 
2 people 
1,328 
1,182 
1,172 
146 
136 
223 
3 people 
381 
339 
332 
42 
41 
76 
4 people 
369 
319 
311 
50 
49 
38 
5 or more people 
211 
190 
186 
21 
16 
26 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
1,541 
1,337 
1,310 
204 
192 
373 
25 to 49 percent 
227 
215 
213 
12 
12 
26 
50 to 74 percent 
256 
220 
219 
36 
34 
24 
75 to 99 percent 
247 
226 
223 
21 
20 
10 
100 percent 
279 
246 
243 
33 
28 
17 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
303 
240 
235 
63 
59 
76 
acres 
201,675 
177,560 
152,629 
24,115 
(D) 
75,164 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
2,124 
1,867 
1,834 
257 
240 
326 
Dial-up service 
179 
161 
157 
18 
16 
32 
DSL service 
679 
600 
586 
79 
72 
98 
Cable modem service 
334 
303 
298 
31 
29 
43 
Fiber-optic service 
95 
77 
74 
18 
18 
25 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
554 
490 
480 
64 
59 
92 
Satellite service 
447 
372 
368 
75 
71 
61 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
65 
64 
62 
1 
1 
14 
Other Internet service 
70 
59 
56 
11 
11 
15 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
1,894 
1,644 
1,611 
250 
233 
374 
2 households 
440 
397 
396 
43 
41 
52 
3 households 
112 
105 
104 
7 
7 
13 
4 households 
58 
53 
53 
5 
4 
8 
5 or more households 
46 
45 
44 
1 
1 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Virginia 149 
