Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
40,156 
2,133 
1,551 
acres 
7,755,594 
6,053,568 
817,058 
616,281 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
3,140 
2,054 
1,013 
937 
acres 
936,026 
476,304 
401,852 
371,248 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
40,156 
40,156 
- 
- 
acres 
6,053,568 
6,053,568 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
2,874 
- 
2,874 
1,984 
acres 
1,100,586 
- 
1,100,586 
809,390 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,984 
- 
1,984 
1,984 
acres 
809,390 
809,390 
809,390 
Corporation 
farms 
2,550 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
998,274 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
2,244 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
899,220 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
36 
- 
- 
- 
10 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,208 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
306 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
99,054 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
20 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
286 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
450 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
150,016 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
12,718 
9,733 
1,292 
973 
workers 
46,561 
28,246 
6,234 
5,018 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
5,164 
3,194 
752 
622 
workers 
16,171 
7,126 
2,721 
2,285 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
9,714 
7,714 
899 
658 
workers 
30,390 
21,120 
3,513 
2,733 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
466 
278 
73 
62 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
56 
46 
7 
6 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
21,418 
18,729 
1,384 
954 
workers 
48,244 
41,922 
3,285 
2,314 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,343 
3,003 
124 
84 
1 0 to 49 acres 
14,425 
13,129 
558 
425 
50 to 69 acres 
4,620 
4,145 
223 
165 
70 to 99 acres 
4,749 
4,266 
251 
174 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,576 
4,093 
248 
149 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,905 
2,577 
173 
113 
180 to 219 acres 
2,207 
1,926 
188 
107 
220 to 259 acres 
1,481 
1,248 
142 
96 
260 to 499 acres 
4,176 
3,421 
394 
244 
500 to 999 acres 
2,173 
1,569 
299 
203 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,009 
606 
178 
145 
2,000 acres or more 
366 
173 
96 
79 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,210 
1,760 
222 
172 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
831 
709 
56 
48 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,038 
761 
116 
111 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,460 
1,080 
107 
90 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
11,506 
10,268 
657 
402 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
399 
341 
32 
12 
Cotton farming (11192) 
112 
81 
13 
8 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
10,995 
9,846 
612 
382 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
18,149 
16,464 
1,003 
572 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
373 
325 
37 
18 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
691 
446 
145 
121 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
323 
274 
17 
16 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,668 
1,351 
133 
107 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,564 
1,458 
47 
27 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,217 
5,260 
334 
300 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
23,911 
21,203 
1,593 
1,002 
number 
1,631,882 
1,187,616 
231,836 
156,954 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,723 
4,454 
145 
97 
1 0 to 49 
11,270 
10,419 
544 
333 
50 to 99 
3,749 
3,269 
296 
161 
100 to 199 
2,297 
1,850 
284 
197 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
150 Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
