Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[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) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
5,960 
265 
121 
150 
206 
1,330 
70 
55 to 59 years 
6,713 
313 
112 
170 
243 
1,720 
67 
60 to 64 years 
6,970 
336 
111 
165 
258 
1,823 
75 
65 to 69 years 
5,852 
258 
112 
127 
198 
1,637 
35 
70 years and over 
10,645 
544 
117 
223 
283 
3,054 
45 
Average age 
59.5 
59.2 
55.9 
59.2 
59.3 
61.4 
55.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) .. 
470 
22 
22 
11 
18 
73 
8 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
180 
8 
2 
14 
14 
36 
- 
Asian 
134 
1 
8 
8 
11 
32 
- 
Black or African American 
1,496 
186 
63 
22 
19 
529 
53 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander .. 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
- 
White 
44,084 
2,011 
752 
986 
1,414 
10,866 
340 
More than one race reported 
129 
4 
6 
8 
2 
36 
6 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
6,638 
285 
94 
118 
184 
1,923 
47 
2 people 
24,376 
1,142 
426 
581 
816 
6,277 
168 
3 people 
7,009 
364 
154 
164 
195 
1,640 
89 
4 people 
4,903 
279 
95 
91 
149 
1,045 
68 
5 or more people 
3,104 
140 
62 
84 
116 
621 
27 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
36,188 
1,068 
603 
846 
1,041 
9,928 
117 
25 to 49 percent 
3,366 
253 
75 
62 
88 
546 
33 
50 to 74 percent 
3,004 
368 
57 
59 
139 
505 
72 
75 to 99 percent 
1,823 
297 
44 
36 
89 
256 
65 
100 percent 
1,649 
224 
52 
35 
103 
271 
112 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
1,030 
96 
23 
33 
66 
196 
10 
acres 
538,862 
98,879 
6,214 
7,400 
12,505 
85,593 
9,353 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
31,421 
1,412 
670 
889 
1,207 
7,436 
224 
Dial-up service 
3,633 
180 
88 
75 
107 
988 
36 
DSL service 
10,602 
390 
207 
280 
407 
2,494 
67 
Cable modem service 
4,762 
189 
120 
128 
204 
1,117 
29 
Fiber-optic service 
1,398 
41 
39 
34 
63 
380 
7 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
7,002 
458 
169 
192 
251 
1,553 
50 
Satellite service 
5,851 
253 
134 
222 
236 
1,360 
39 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
881 
51 
18 
21 
52 
210 
4 
Other Internet service 
850 
30 
10 
36 
34 
213 
7 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
37,729 
1,652 
697 
862 
1,215 
9,599 
257 
2 households 
6,757 
407 
100 
133 
205 
1,533 
104 
3 households 
973 
88 
21 
28 
26 
243 
28 
4 households 
359 
40 
9 
7 
7 
89 
6 
5 or more households 
212 
23 
4 
8 
7 
42 
4 
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 
2,115 
815 
993 
1,393 
11,149 
378 
acres 
7,755,594 
1,171,757 
72,258 
80,784 
93,951 
1,784,493 
158,780 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
3,140 
201 
79 
200 
187 
589 
10 
acres 
936,026 
228,454 
4,797 
25,377 
13,649 
169,302 
3,817 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
40,156 
1,760 
709 
761 
1,080 
10,268 
341 
acres 
6,053,568 
747,331 
49,110 
52,071 
66,419 
1,477,906 
128,694 
Partnership 
.. farms 
2,874 
222 
56 
116 
107 
657 
32 
acres 
1,100,586 
256,168 
10,710 
21,619 
8,179 
217,997 
20,599 
Registered under state law 
.. farms 
1,984 
172 
48 
111 
90 
402 
12 
acres 
809,390 
232,661 
9,861 
20,888 
7,159 
157,146 
11,318 
Corporation 
.. farms 
2,550 
200 
59 
155 
253 
429 
26 
acres 
998,274 
240,998 
15,207 
20,119 
36,877 
162,243 
23,723 
Family held 
.. farms 
2,244 
191 
53 
139 
210 
389 
24 
acres 
899,220 
211,618 
14,839 
18,167 
31,666 
148,361 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
.. farms 
36 
- 
- 
4 
1 
7 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
2,208 
191 
53 
135 
209 
382 
24 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
306 
9 
6 
16 
43 
40 
2 
acres 
99,054 
29,380 
368 
1,952 
5,211 
13,882 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
