Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.. number 
46,030 
2,210 
831 
1,038 
1,460 
11,506 
399 
percent 
100.0 
4.8 
1.8 
2.3 
3.2 
25.0 
0.9 
Land in farms 
acres 
8,302,444 
1,257,608 
75,584 
94,437 
112,401 
1,891,841 
173,016 
Average size of farm 
acres 
180 
569 
91 
91 
77 
164 
434 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
46,030 
2,210 
831 
1,038 
1,460 
11,506 
399 
$1,000 
3,835,604 
594,441 
87,997 
64,695 
254,535 
353,410 
113,442 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
83,328 
268,978 
105,893 
62,327 
174,339 
30,715 
284,316 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
11,043 
44 
29 
277 
202 
2,833 
$1,000 to $2,499 
5,350 
64 
72 
76 
156 
2,201 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
5,318 
113 
148 
116 
124 
1,772 
8 
$5,000 to $9,999 
6,552 
218 
182 
167 
178 
1,818 
29 
$10,000 to $24,999 
7,029 
280 
163 
195 
346 
1,451 
55 
$25,000 to $49,999 
3,816 
322 
103 
93 
141 
624 
43 
$50,000 to $99,999 
2,333 
255 
57 
44 
104 
309 
59 
$100,000 to $249,999 
1,723 
328 
35 
29 
93 
204 
61 
$250,000 to $499,999 
1,060 
236 
19 
19 
44 
122 
66 
$500,000 to $999,999 
944 
197 
10 
9 
32 
111 
64 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
862 
153 
13 
13 
40 
61 
14 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
685 
131 
9 
9 
20 
56 
12 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
123 
17 
- 
3 
9 
4 
2 
$5,000,000 or more 
54 
5 
4 
1 
11 
1 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
46,030 
2,210 
831 
1,038 
1,460 
11,506 
399 
$1,000 
3,753,287 
567,126 
87,033 
64,195 
254,184 
333,765 
108,867 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
4,821 
2,209 
65 
23 
43 
700 
176 
$1,000 
633,652 
489,143 
5,764 
(D) 
2,339 
57,886 
14,690 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,629 
1,068 
13 
4 
6 
192 
64 
$1,000 
588,884 
469,598 
5,284 
618 
2,040 
52,306 
13,289 
Corn 
farms 
3,390 
1,418 
41 
18 
32 
370 
31 
$1,000 
239,717 
176,442 
1,755 
456 
1,759 
11,350 
876 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
911 
608 
6 
4 
2 
60 
4 
$1,000 
206,972 
163,521 
1,532 
407 
(D) 
8,560 
557 
Wheat 
farms 
1,589 
1,006 
19 
5 
7 
296 
132 
$1,000 
92,333 
73,765 
1,242 
(D) 
177 
11,532 
4,175 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
477 
373 
8 
1 
73 
25 
$1,000 
75,022 
62,744 
1,111 
- 
(D) 
8,530 
2,720 
Soybeans 
farms 
2,492 
1,653 
34 
3 
9 
341 
94 
$1,000 
286,085 
228,212 
2,653 
(D) 
376 
33,964 
8,992 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1,060 
807 
8 
2 
3 
148 
44 
$1,000 
260,235 
211,765 
2,323 
(D) 
(D) 
30,962 
8,043 
Sorghum 
farms 
180 
72 
- 
1 
6 
22 
12 
$1,000 
2,557 
1,410 
- 
(D) 
4 
276 
188 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
11 
9 
- 
- 
1 
1 
$1,000 
918 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Barley 
farms 
568 
265 
6 
1 
4 
37 
8 
$1,000 
10,860 
8,658 
(D) 
(D) 
19 
262 
82 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
52 
48 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
5,769 
5,356 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
266 
82 
3 
2 
4 
57 
12 
$1,000 
2,101 
656 
(D) 
(D) 
4 
502 
378 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
11 
3 
- 
3 
3 
$1,000 
1,082 
257 
- 
- 
- 
303 
303 
Tobacco 
.... farms 
557 
34 
1 
_ 
2 
456 
399 
$1,000 
100,901 
2,457 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
95,534 
88,555 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
283 
10 
- 
261 
239 
$1,000 
96,542 
2,081 
- 
- 
- 
92,196 
85,544 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
265 
74 
2 
- 
1 
185 
3 
$1,000 
67,875 
17,854 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
49,579 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
192 
62 
- 
1 
127 
2 
$1,000 
66,659 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
48,703 
(D) 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
1 ,665 
73 
822 
87 
142 
278 
10 
$1,000 
92,323 
9,274 
72,470 
1,035 
706 
4,313 
217 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
162 
18 
110 
3 
- 
22 
2 
$1,000 
79,857 
8,705 
64,730 
643 
- 
2,710 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
1,354 
35 
186 
792 
59 
163 
4 
$1,000 
65,820 
926 
990 
60,145 
763 
2,257 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
132 
8 
5 
108 
2 
5 
$1,000 
55,782 
682 
383 
52,448 
(D) 
1,413 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
847 
16 
34 
641 
22 
70 
2 
$1,000 
61,147 
647 
229 
57,432 
565 
1,643 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
119 
6 
1 
104 
1 
3 
$1,000 
53,483 
505 
(D) 
50,914 
(D) 
1,214 
- 
Berries 
farms 
621 
26 
167 
215 
41 
107 
2 
$1,000 
4,673 
279 
761 
2,713 
198 
614 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
160 Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
