Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Other crop farming - con. 
(1119) 
Animal 
aquaculture 
and 
other animal 
production 
(1125,1129) 
Item 
Cotton 
farming 
(11192) 
Sugarcane 
farming, hay 
farming, and 
all other 
crop farming 
(11193, 11194 
11199) 
Beef cattle 
ranching 
and farming 
(112111) 
Cattle 
feed lots 
(112112) 
Dairy cattle 
and milk 
production 
(11212) 
Hog and pig 
farming 
(1122) 
Poultry and 
egg production 
(1123) 
Sheep and 
goat 
farming 
(1124) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
17 
1,243 
2,134 
43 
98 
62 
304 
241 
1,006 
55 to 59 years 
14 
1,639 
2,439 
39 
120 
47 
283 
257 
970 
60 to 64 years 
17 
1,731 
2,636 
57 
91 
17 
258 
222 
996 
65 to 69 years 
13 
1,589 
2,387 
49 
56 
27 
153 
124 
724 
70 years and over 
16 
2,993 
4,827 
125 
104 
28 
191 
219 
930 
Average age 
55.2 
61.6 
60.4 
62.9 
54.8 
51.1 
55.4 
54.8 
57.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) .. 
- 
65 
148 
7 
3 
4 
26 
20 
116 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
36 
42 
3 
3 
- 
- 
8 
50 
Asian 
- 
32 
14 
- 
- 
- 
21 
11 
28 
Black or African American 
7 
469 
545 
8 
5 
7 
20 
31 
61 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander ... 
- 
7 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
105 
10,421 
17,512 
362 
683 
316 
1,617 
1,508 
6,057 
More than one race reported 
- 
30 
36 
- 
- 
- 
10 
6 
21 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
15 
1,861 
2,646 
78 
59 
28 
143 
187 
893 
2 people 
59 
6,050 
9,911 
215 
251 
138 
717 
732 
3,170 
3 people 
22 
1,529 
2,711 
38 
139 
55 
290 
278 
981 
4 people 
13 
964 
1,870 
29 
77 
66 
245 
232 
725 
5 or more people 
3 
591 
1,011 
13 
165 
36 
273 
135 
448 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
49 
9,762 
14,189 
231 
190 
276 
898 
1,436 
5,482 
25 to 49 percent 
13 
500 
1,830 
50 
73 
26 
95 
46 
222 
50 to 74 percent 
19 
414 
1,239 
60 
99 
6 
202 
48 
222 
75 to 99 percent 
22 
169 
539 
18 
150 
8 
259 
16 
111 
1 00 percent 
9 
150 
352 
14 
179 
7 
214 
18 
180 
Operator is a hired manager 
.. farms 
10 
176 
303 
7 
41 
16 
70 
23 
156 
acres 
11,355 
64,885 
236,358 
2,261 
35,907 
5,699 
14,467 
3,581 
29,998 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
88 
7,124 
11,338 
227 
374 
239 
1,234 
1,265 
5,130 
Dial-up service 
15 
937 
1,347 
23 
36 
14 
128 
127 
520 
DSL service 
13 
2,414 
4,171 
82 
127 
73 
448 
402 
1,521 
Cable modem service 
4 
1,084 
1,696 
49 
39 
22 
167 
194 
837 
Fiber-optic service 
4 
369 
530 
18 
23 
2 
35 
40 
193 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
45 
1,458 
2,246 
46 
118 
85 
302 
302 
1,280 
Satellite service 
15 
1,306 
1,939 
35 
69 
42 
208 
271 
1,082 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
3 
203 
319 
10 
3 
13 
34 
25 
125 
Other Internet service 
1 
205 
276 
3 
15 
8 
36 
31 
158 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
71 
9,271 
14,530 
269 
386 
284 
1,317 
1,384 
5,534 
2 households 
22 
1,407 
3,051 
94 
192 
33 
275 
151 
583 
3 households 
17 
198 
384 
4 
63 
1 
45 
15 
55 
4 households 
1 
82 
118 
6 
26 
4 
20 
9 
24 
5 or more households 
1 
37 
66 
- 
24 
1 
11 
5 
21 
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 
104 
10,667 
17,727 
357 
642 
318 
1,616 
1,545 
6,044 
acres 
83,368 
1,542,345 
3,516,407 
93,284 
279,656 
33,822 
194,746 
66,454 
367,982 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.. farms 
16 
563 
752 
38 
127 
38 
205 
72 
652 
acres 
16,190 
149,295 
306,095 
15,059 
79,908 
4,393 
34,169 
4,485 
50,338 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.. farms 
81 
9,846 
16,464 
325 
446 
274 
1,351 
1,458 
5,260 
acres 
58,874 
1,290,338 
2,938,085 
84,515 
139,271 
18,927 
125,080 
61,696 
293,157 
Partnership 
.. farms 
13 
612 
1,003 
37 
145 
17 
133 
47 
334 
acres 
15,167 
182,231 
374,376 
11,163 
115,592 
3,738 
48,914 
3,250 
28,880 
Registered under state law 
.. farms 
8 
382 
572 
18 
121 
16 
107 
27 
300 
acres 
9,813 
136,015 
215,722 
7,001 
93,549 
3,538 
34,496 
1,748 
25,621 
Corporation 
.. farms 
13 
390 
559 
7 
96 
26 
172 
41 
553 
acres 
9,601 
128,919 
337,144 
(D) 
(D) 
11,491 
39,052 
2,590 
60,720 
Family held 
.. farms 
13 
352 
517 
6 
91 
26 
152 
35 
435 
acres 
9,601 
(D) 
311,056 
2,521 
64,908 
11,491 
36,678 
2,432 
45,483 
More than 10 stockholders 
.. farms 
- 
7 
8 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
14 
10 or less stockholders 
.. farms 
13 
345 
509 
6 
91 
26 
150 
35 
421 
Other than family held 
.. farms 
- 
38 
42 
1 
5 
_ 
20 
6 
118 
acres 
- 
(D) 
26,088 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
2,374 
158 
15,237 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
Virginia 177 
