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. 
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 
2,147 
1,937 
1,906 
210 
200 
278 
acres 
825,527 
755,455 
730,970 
70,072 
68,950 
59,441 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
73 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
57,870 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
" 
- 
- 
“ 
Corporation 
farms 
2,550 
2,244 
2,208 
306 
286 
- 
acres 
998,274 
899,220 
866,838 
99,054 
94,951 
- 
Family held 
farms 
2,244 
2,244 
2,208 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
899,220 
899,220 
866,838 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
36 
36 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,208 
2,208 
2,208 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
306 
- 
- 
306 
286 
- 
acres 
99,054 
- 
- 
99,054 
94,951 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
20 
- 
- 
20 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
286 
- 
" 
286 
286 
" 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
450 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
150,016 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,505 
1,331 
1,304 
174 
163 
188 
workers 
11,292 
9,611 
9,190 
1,681 
1,512 
789 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
1,089 
952 
931 
137 
128 
129 
workers 
5,880 
4,772 
4,523 
1,108 
962 
444 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,005 
888 
873 
117 
110 
96 
workers 
5,412 
4,839 
4,667 
573 
550 
345 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
110 
104 
101 
6 
6 
5 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
3 
2 
2 
1 
1 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,135 
1,021 
1,001 
114 
104 
170 
workers 
2,618 
2,345 
2,279 
273 
251 
419 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
168 
145 
144 
23 
21 
48 
1 0 to 49 acres 
634 
533 
524 
101 
93 
104 
50 to 69 acres 
195 
171 
169 
24 
24 
57 
70 to 99 acres 
204 
162 
160 
42 
37 
28 
100 to 139 acres 
196 
174 
166 
22 
22 
39 
140 to 1 79 acres 
131 
113 
113 
18 
17 
24 
180 to 219 acres 
71 
68 
68 
3 
3 
22 
220 to 259 acres 
76 
72 
72 
4 
4 
15 
260 to 499 acres 
314 
287 
281 
27 
26 
47 
500 to 999 acres 
260 
243 
240 
17 
15 
45 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
217 
199 
196 
18 
17 
8 
2,000 acres or more 
84 
77 
75 
7 
7 
13 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
200 
191 
191 
9 
8 
28 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
59 
53 
53 
6 
6 
7 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
155 
139 
135 
16 
15 
6 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
253 
210 
209 
43 
42 
20 
Other crop farming (1119) 
429 
389 
382 
40 
35 
152 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
26 
24 
24 
2 
2 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
13 
13 
13 
- 
- 
5 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
390 
352 
345 
38 
33 
147 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
559 
517 
509 
42 
41 
123 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
7 
6 
6 
1 
1 
4 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
96 
91 
91 
5 
5 
4 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
26 
26 
26 
- 
6 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
172 
152 
150 
20 
16 
12 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
41 
35 
35 
6 
6 
18 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
553 
435 
421 
118 
111 
70 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
957 
883 
872 
74 
72 
158 
number 
190,375 
179,172 
173,956 
1 1 ,203 
(D) 
22,055 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
99 
85 
85 
14 
14 
25 
10 to 49 
250 
232 
226 
18 
17 
57 
50 to 99 
155 
143 
143 
12 
12 
29 
1 00 to 1 99 
151 
143 
143 
8 
8 
12 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Virginia 151 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
