Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
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 
30,236 
12,135 
2,343 
25,545 
19,169 
acres 
7,755,594 
3,167,622 
4,125,269 
462,703 
4,466,147 
3,289,447 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
3,140 
2,064 
856 
220 
1,401 
1,739 
acres 
936,026 
314,377 
542,634 
79,015 
434,914 
501,112 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
40,156 
27,473 
10,711 
1,972 
23,858 
16,298 
acres 
6,053,568 
2,619,145 
3,142,420 
292,003 
3,850,707 
2,202,861 
Partnership 
farms 
2,874 
1,678 
996 
200 
896 
1,978 
acres 
1,100,586 
334,475 
670,954 
95,157 
282,185 
818,401 
Registered under state law 
farms 
1,984 
1,192 
634 
158 
602 
1,382 
acres 
809,390 
241,187 
480,545 
87,658 
208,089 
601,301 
Corporation 
farms 
2,550 
1,527 
771 
252 
1,094 
1,456 
acres 
998,274 
326,550 
563,146 
108,578 
445,057 
553,217 
Family held 
farms 
2,244 
1,317 
710 
217 
941 
1,303 
acres 
899,220 
289,919 
508,421 
100,880 
386,834 
512,386 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
36 
25 
10 
1 
16 
20 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
2,208 
1,292 
700 
216 
925 
1,283 
Other than family held 
farms 
306 
210 
61 
35 
153 
153 
acres 
99,054 
36,631 
54,725 
7,698 
58,223 
40,831 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
20 
18 
2 
- 
15 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
286 
192 
59 
35 
138 
148 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
450 
347 
69 
34 
245 
205 
acres 
150,016 
81,213 
59,942 
8,861 
96,323 
53,693 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
12,718 
6,993 
4,940 
785 
6,810 
5,908 
workers 
46,561 
22,905 
19,660 
3,996 
22,041 
24,520 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
5,164 
2,532 
2,219 
413 
2,433 
2,731 
workers 
16,171 
7,321 
7,251 
1,599 
6,641 
9,530 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
9,714 
5,441 
3,732 
541 
5,305 
4,409 
workers 
30,390 
15,584 
12,409 
2,397 
15,400 
14,990 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
466 
130 
283 
53 
257 
209 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
56 
26 
26 
4 
30 
26 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
21,418 
14,400 
5,948 
1,070 
9,944 
1 1 ,474 
workers 
48,244 
32,068 
13,749 
2,427 
19,644 
28,600 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
3,343 
2,934 
149 
260 
1,806 
1,537 
1 0 to 49 acres 
14,425 
12,097 
1,664 
664 
7,699 
6,726 
50 to 69 acres 
4,620 
3,480 
923 
217 
2,591 
2,029 
70 to 99 acres 
4,749 
3,336 
1,221 
192 
2,799 
1,950 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
4,576 
2,969 
1,362 
245 
2,751 
1,825 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
2,905 
1,746 
1,007 
152 
1,825 
1,080 
180 to 219 acres 
2,207 
1,173 
893 
141 
1,306 
901 
220 to 259 acres 
1,481 
727 
643 
111 
896 
585 
260 to 499 acres 
4,176 
1,661 
2,298 
217 
2,427 
1,749 
500 to 999 acres 
2,173 
592 
1,422 
159 
1,271 
902 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,009 
223 
703 
83 
539 
470 
2,000 acres or more 
366 
87 
262 
17 
183 
183 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,210 
729 
1,169 
312 
1,491 
719 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
831 
618 
153 
60 
400 
431 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1,038 
877 
122 
39 
447 
591 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1,460 
1,209 
132 
119 
770 
690 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
11,506 
8,733 
2,335 
438 
7,103 
4,403 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
399 
114 
254 
31 
282 
117 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
112 
45 
41 
26 
76 
36 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
10,995 
8,574 
2,040 
381 
6,745 
4,250 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
18,149 
10,493 
6,717 
939 
11,112 
7,037 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
373 
182 
175 
16 
243 
130 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
691 
207 
427 
57 
274 
417 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
323 
248 
55 
20 
174 
149 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
1,668 
1,249 
362 
57 
686 
982 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,564 
1,326 
187 
51 
753 
811 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
6,217 
5,154 
713 
350 
2,640 
3,577 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
23,911 
12,986 
9,617 
1,308 
14,003 
9,908 
number 
1,631,882 
476,315 
1,057,678 
97,889 
884,687 
747,195 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,723 
3,741 
799 
183 
2,576 
2,147 
10 to 49 
11,270 
6,761 
3,840 
669 
6,863 
4,407 
50 to 99 
3,749 
1,500 
2,054 
195 
2,265 
1,484 
100 to 199 
2,297 
637 
1,514 
146 
1,349 
948 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
222 Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
