Table 46. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Land in farms 
Harvested cropland 
Market 
value of 
agricultural 
products 
sold 
($1,000) 
Farms by economic class and primary occupation 
Farming 
Other than farming 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
State Total 
Virginia 
7,653 
780,688 
3,764 
148,663 
238,765 
1,557 
762 
1,032 
2,389 
1,200 
713 
Counties 
Accomack 
34 
1,334 
17 
302 
9,214 
10 
2 
10 
3 
4 
5 
Albemarle 
282 
34,948 
150 
5,655 
3,870 
70 
31 
34 
66 
48 
33 
Alleghany 
41 
5,380 
29 
671 
127 
4 
- 
1 
22 
11 
3 
Amelia 
54 
9,850 
23 
1,251 
3,950 
2 
9 
6 
30 
6 
1 
Amherst 
72 
9,399 
34 
935 
325 
17 
5 
10 
25 
13 
2 
Appomattox 
61 
8,004 
33 
1,869 
1,074 
12 
4 
15 
8 
17 
5 
Arlington 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Augusta 
213 
16,154 
114 
3,728 
24,557 
33 
14 
27 
71 
34 
34 
Bath 
13 
2,809 
6 
360 
137 
2 
- 
2 
7 
- 
2 
Bedford 
174 
15,836 
98 
3,429 
1,596 
56 
23 
16 
48 
16 
15 
Bland 
38 
5,724 
27 
796 
390 
7 
1 
6 
13 
9 
2 
Botetourt 
76 
8,566 
41 
1,948 
1,576 
14 
6 
10 
28 
10 
8 
Brunswick 
68 
9,871 
19 
303 
96 
15 
8 
1 
27 
14 
3 
Buchanan 
6 
941 
4 
85 
30 
2 
1 
- 
2 
- 
1 
Buckingham 
56 
7,917 
23 
2,082 
5,489 
18 
6 
13 
8 
9 
2 
Campbell 
90 
8,819 
31 
1,210 
787 
13 
12 
5 
39 
10 
11 
Caroline 
51 
5,537 
21 
654 
325 
14 
4 
4 
26 
2 
1 
Carroll 
123 
12,773 
78 
3,045 
2,438 
7 
12 
25 
40 
21 
18 
Charles City 
5 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
(D) 
2 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
Charlotte 
68 
8,201 
42 
928 
524 
12 
5 
5 
27 
7 
12 
Chesterfield 
73 
4,500 
23 
629 
256 
19 
5 
6 
34 
8 
1 
Clarke 
131 
10,305 
46 
2,144 
1,934 
37 
14 
19 
30 
12 
19 
Craig 
33 
5,945 
19 
1,004 
732 
1 
2 
7 
13 
6 
4 
Culpeper 
155 
9,858 
61 
2,014 
1,436 
23 
19 
26 
58 
16 
13 
Cumberland 
53 
9,347 
20 
1,100 
17,974 
10 
5 
7 
24 
2 
5 
Dickenson 
13 
1,029 
7 
133 
74 
2 
3 
3 
5 
- 
- 
Dinwiddie 
78 
5,737 
27 
351 
658 
18 
3 
8 
27 
16 
6 
Essex 
22 
3,391 
10 
90 
181 
- 
- 
4 
13 
5 
- 
Fairfax 
44 
626 
8 
34 
230 
17 
3 
5 
10 
4 
5 
Fauquier 
379 
40,639 
126 
5,193 
4,165 
79 
32 
53 
119 
61 
35 
Floyd 
116 
14,214 
88 
3,890 
1,845 
16 
33 
25 
24 
6 
12 
Fluvanna 
82 
13,376 
46 
2,952 
1,048 
15 
8 
8 
25 
16 
10 
Franklin 
119 
12,624 
68 
2,771 
4,248 
17 
9 
23 
40 
26 
4 
Frederick 
142 
11,994 
66 
2,401 
2,235 
36 
6 
17 
45 
26 
12 
Giles 
50 
5,879 
32 
617 
357 
5 
7 
4 
16 
13 
5 
Gloucester 
27 
545 
8 
54 
343 
10 
- 
2 
10 
2 
3 
Goochland 
96 
6,480 
31 
527 
509 
26 
8 
2 
46 
7 
7 
Grayson 
68 
5,925 
43 
1,020 
612 
6 
6 
12 
24 
17 
3 
Greene 
44 
5,080 
28 
717 
343 
9 
10 
7 
10 
5 
3 
Greensville 
21 
5,739 
4 
149 
79 
2 
2 
- 
9 
7 
1 
Halifax 
85 
12,271 
45 
2,004 
863 
8 
16 
11 
35 
12 
3 
Hanover 
154 
1 1 ,672 
64 
4,167 
6,753 
53 
10 
18 
48 
18 
7 
Henrico 
22 
818 
12 
442 
54 
7 
2 
1 
8 
3 
1 
Henry 
34 
1,853 
15 
206 
101 
3 
3 
- 
17 
9 
2 
Highland 
31 
14,796 
16 
968 
2,312 
4 
3 
7 
8 
7 
2 
Isle of Wight 
44 
5,200 
22 
1,983 
3,207 
13 
6 
7 
12 
3 
3 
James City 
20 
757 
9 
173 
(D) 
6 
- 
1 
6 
1 
6 
King and Queen 
27 
1,983 
11 
237 
171 
4 
6 
- 
9 
6 
2 
King George 
38 
3,627 
14 
1,077 
506 
4 
2 
6 
13 
11 
2 
King William 
24 
1 1 ,544 
12 
2,753 
(D) 
6 
2 
2 
13 
- 
1 
Lancaster 
15 
242 
5 
11 
133 
4 
2 
3 
3 
_ 
3 
Lee 
140 
15,113 
83 
3,163 
3,493 
17 
19 
20 
47 
26 
11 
Loudoun 
502 
25,109 
226 
5,265 
5,485 
108 
53 
41 
178 
72 
50 
Louisa 
93 
8,544 
45 
1,726 
721 
10 
4 
17 
33 
21 
8 
Lunenburg 
54 
6,706 
25 
440 
283 
10 
14 
3 
16 
6 
5 
Madison 
111 
15,276 
44 
1,699 
2,191 
24 
7 
17 
17 
21 
25 
Mathews 
15 
441 
7 
38 
(D) 
4 
- 
2 
8 
1 
- 
Mecklenburg 
84 
10,858 
45 
2,174 
830 
9 
7 
11 
39 
16 
2 
Middlesex 
12 
2,522 
5 
(D) 
(D) 
5 
2 
3 
2 
- 
- 
Montgomery 
88 
8,339 
48 
1,474 
533 
14 
9 
5 
37 
14 
9 
Nelson 
80 
11,901 
56 
2,164 
1,975 
5 
8 
5 
23 
23 
16 
New Kent 
41 
1,545 
17 
298 
51 
19 
2 
- 
12 
8 
- 
Northampton 
14 
2,090 
8 
2,040 
4,827 
2 
- 
6 
- 
2 
4 
Northumberland 
11 
1,852 
2 
(D) 
(D) 
3 
2 
2 
3 
1 
- 
Nottoway 
56 
5,739 
32 
1,639 
2,912 
20 
10 
8 
9 
5 
4 
Orange 
90 
12,049 
34 
2,252 
969 
12 
4 
21 
32 
10 
11 
Page 
80 
4,042 
36 
1,040 
11,358 
12 
6 
17 
28 
6 
11 
Patrick 
60 
6,135 
39 
1,167 
518 
11 
7 
10 
16 
14 
2 
Pittsylvania 
124 
16,960 
53 
2,066 
1,323 
44 
14 
20 
27 
14 
5 
Powhatan 
54 
4,056 
21 
480 
308 
9 
11 
6 
21 
5 
2 
Prince Edward 
85 
8,658 
28 
1,038 
1,107 
16 
3 
7 
32 
18 
9 
Prince George 
47 
4,753 
24 
330 
336 
12 
12 
6 
8 
4 
5 
Prince William 
138 
4,442 
48 
792 
734 
57 
12 
14 
42 
4 
9 
Pulaski 
73 
7,142 
53 
2,016 
1,290 
14 
10 
6 
15 
19 
9 
Rappahannock 
101 
12,592 
62 
3,541 
2,079 
17 
16 
22 
18 
22 
6 
Richmond 
10 
1,665 
8 
578 
(D) 
5 
1 
1 
- 
2 
1 
Roanoke 
71 
6,014 
37 
716 
290 
29 
3 
2 
19 
16 
2 
Rockbridge 
110 
12,836 
52 
2,279 
1,963 
28 
13 
17 
16 
17 
19 
Rockingham 
236 
17,840 
150 
5,630 
35,467 
22 
28 
67 
43 
41 
35 
Russell 
95 
25,811 
64 
2,830 
3,062 
9 
6 
19 
21 
25 
15 
Scott 
108 
9,095 
75 
1,738 
456 
25 
7 
4 
32 
31 
9 
Shenandoah 
142 
13,536 
83 
3,193 
19,867 
21 
12 
30 
40 
30 
9 
Smyth 
77 
13,107 
53 
3,334 
2,197 
19 
2 
12 
21 
13 
10 
Southampton 
41 
4,903 
14 
718 
2,178 
5 
1 
12 
15 
7 
1 
744 Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
