Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Scott 
Shenandoah 
Smyth 
Southampton 
Spotsylvania 
Stafford 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
1,292 
980 
792 
335 
369 
215 
2007 
1,396 
1,043 
761 
342 
359 
233 
acres, 2012 
158,324 
133,519 
1 66,656 
153,831 
42,191 
15,260 
2007 
153,881 
141,286 
127,307 
161,650 
52,230 
19,816 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
982 
700 
596 
204 
227 
127 
2007 
1,008 
692 
519 
187 
235 
132 
acres, 2012 
25,549 
47,041 
31,258 
87,902 
16,296 
5,948 
TENURE 
2007 
25,036 
47,687 
22,096 
79,449 
18,355 
8,543 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
959 
622 
514 
201 
276 
159 
2007 
1,004 
593 
520 
202 
239 
185 
acres, 2012 
93,624 
46,628 
45,624 
49,561 
17,816 
6,453 
2007 
94,304 
47,229 
43,828 
58,366 
21,695 
10,624 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
685 
400 
361 
82 
151 
84 
2007 
669 
344 
323 
70 
127 
89 
acres, 2012 
12,888 
12,030 
9,415 
16,086 
3,577 
1,542 
2007 
11,914 
11,696 
7,952 
8,354 
3,295 
1,928 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
299 
305 
238 
95 
68 
40 
2007 
340 
389 
202 
96 
108 
39 
acres, 2012 
61,661 
78,471 
114,884 
84,399 
21,754 
6,726 
2007 
55,243 
86,560 
80,627 
86,950 
29,507 
6,845 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
30,505 
35,461 
44,433 
36,873 
1 1 ,453 
2,913 
2007 
28,571 
39,841 
33,434 
29,832 
1 1 ,724 
1,564 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
31,156 
43,010 
70,451 
47,526 
10,301 
3,813 
2007 
26,672 
46,719 
47,193 
57,118 
17,783 
5,281 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
269 
266 
206 
85 
60 
29 
2007 
295 
316 
179 
88 
101 
36 
acres, 2012 
11,908 
31,307 
20,753 
53,823 
11,717 
2,829 
2007 
12,197 
33,783 
13,911 
58,252 
14,620 
4,991 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
34 
53 
40 
39 
25 
16 
2007 
52 
61 
39 
44 
12 
9 
acres, 2012 
3,039 
8,420 
6,148 
19,871 
2,621 
2,081 
2007 
4,334 
7,497 
2,852 
16,334 
1,028 
2,347 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
28 
34 
29 
37 
16 
14 
2007 
44 
32 
17 
29 
7 
7 
acres, 2012 
753 
3,704 
1,090 
17,993 
1,002 
1,577 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
925 
2,208 
233 
12,843 
440 
1,624 
Total operators 
number 
1,906 
1,524 
1,146 
472 
617 
326 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
781 
536 
477 
221 
162 
122 
2 operators 
444 
358 
277 
97 
176 
78 
3 operators 
51 
78 
37 
13 
25 
12 
4 operators 
12 
6 
1 
2 
2 
3 
5 or more operators 
4 
2 
- 
2 
4 
" 
Total women operators 
number 
518 
460 
303 
100 
244 
115 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
471 
412 
293 
83 
178 
89 
2 operators 
16 
24 
5 
4 
30 
13 
3 operators 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
3 
- 
" 
" 
" 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
2,094 
1,637 
1,159 
495 
562 
328 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
852 
599 
454 
219 
184 
151 
2 operators 
440 
334 
241 
103 
156 
70 
3 operators 
72 
85 
52 
12 
14 
11 
4 operators 
23 
21 
5 
7 
4 
1 
5 or more operators 
9 
4 
9 
1 
1 
- 
Total women operators 
number 
562 
510 
304 
126 
195 
114 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
477 
419 
281 
116 
180 
108 
2 operators 
32 
32 
7 
5 
4 
3 
3 operators 
7 
7 
3 
- 
1 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
1 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
1,184 
838 
715 
294 
294 
170 
2007 
1,250 
873 
674 
287 
284 
172 
acres, 2012 
149,229 
119,983 
153,549 
148,928 
38,153 
13,940 
2007 
138,349 
127,931 
120,307 
154,540 
42,686 
17,995 
Female 
farms, 2012 
108 
142 
77 
41 
75 
45 
2007 
146 
170 
87 
55 
75 
61 
acres, 2012 
9,095 
13,536 
13,107 
4,903 
4,038 
1,320 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
15,532 
13,355 
7,000 
7,110 
9,544 
1,821 
Farming 
2012 
535 
491 
326 
201 
161 
90 
2007 
531 
455 
310 
171 
153 
112 
Other 
2012 
757 
489 
466 
134 
208 
125 
Place of residence: 
2007 
865 
588 
451 
171 
206 
121 
On farm operated 
2012 
944 
818 
601 
223 
316 
174 
2007 
996 
905 
562 
220 
304 
204 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
348 
162 
191 
112 
53 
41 
2007 
400 
138 
199 
122 
55 
29 
-continued 
724 Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
