Table 1. Historical Highlights: 2012 and Earlier Census Years (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
2002 
1997 
Not adjusted for coverage 
1997 
1992 
1987 
1982 
Livestock and poultry: - Con. 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
2,991 
2,580 
1,799 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
number 
1,113,238 
1,220,280 
1,383,009 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Broilers and other meat- 
type chickens sold 
farms 
273 
216 
246 
206 
186 
136 
99 
185 
number 
93,749,081 
88,778,413 
88,699,422 
81,115,311 
79,193,428 
50,669,811 
29,226,871 
22,991,789 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
702 
686 
663 
1,235 
1,150 
1,517 
2,097 
3,670 
acres 
35,268 
26,618 
29,123 
35,872 
35,499 
44,564 
48,953 
82,176 
bushels 
4,554,125 
2,916,834 
3,057,437 
3,291,931 
3,270,197 
4,668,501 
3,257,345 
7,416,016 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
447 
550 
594 
921 
929 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
15,341 
19,408 
18,964 
27,185 
27,642 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
248,685 
272,039 
304,619 
375,826 
380,942 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
97 
122 
148 
195 
191 
307 
376 
408 
acres 
4,200 
5,960 
6,408 
7,630 
7,620 
9,058 
7,339 
7,141 
bushels 
271,542 
336,553 
303,924 
423,176 
421,453 
438,877 
316,337 
244,165 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
96 
122 
148 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
5,960 
6,408 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
(D) 
336,553 
303,924 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
(D) 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
(D) 
- 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Oats for grain 
farms 
77 
121 
164 
342 
321 
406 
516 
790 
acres 
642 
1,494 
1,515 
2,818 
2,720 
3,677 
4,605 
7,594 
bushels 
32,369 
74,953 
74,403 
136,644 
132,249 
201,339 
227,284 
383,792 
Barley for grain 
farms 
52 
61 
79 
73 
71 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
1,480 
1,328 
1,430 
1,560 
1,577 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
92,203 
92,942 
92,232 
106,337 
107,582 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
17 
3 
3 
6 
6 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
434 
(D) 
(□) 
17 
17 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
26,072 
(D) 
(D) 
660 
660 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sorghum for silage or greenchop 
farms 
26 
23 
46 
57 
57 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
592 
409 
727 
600 
603 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons 
7,933 
2,539 
8,227 
5,458 
5,471 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
141 
115 
126 
164 
157 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
20,425 
13,717 
16,359 
13,216 
13,132 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
bushels 
1,002,947 
480,186 
621,463 
487,373 
482,228 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Tobacco 
farms 
13 
68 
544 
789 
744 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
60 
248 
1,373 
1,692 
1,630 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
112,308 
478,054 
1,874,110 
2,817,779 
2,737,090 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Forage-land used for all hay and 
haylage, grass silage, and greenchop 
(see text) 
farms 
15,543 
16,449 
14,679 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
608,458 
614,794 
562,810 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
tons, dry 
972,238 
986,097 
957,776 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sunflower seed, all 
farms 
- 
4 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
- 
8 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
pounds 
- 
1,500 
- 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Vegetables harvested for sale 
(see text) 7 
farms 
729 
726 
365 
401 
362 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
2,257 
2,210 
1,707 
1,720 
1,588 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Potatoes 
farms 
342 
277 
182 
498 
416 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
335 
275 
186 
720 
610 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Sweet potatoes 
farms 
17 
7 
8 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
acres 
3 
1 
2 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
613 
613 
550 
662 
530 
558 
646 
775 
acres 
6,691 
6,909 
9,495 
13,242 
12,446 
15,014 
19,513 
22,878 
Data for 2002 and prior years are based on a sample of farms. 
2 Data for 1982 exclude abnormal farms. 
3 Data for 1997 and prior years do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
4 Data for 1982 exclude cost of custom applications. 
6 Data for 1997 and prior years exclude cost of lime and manure. 
6 Data for 1982 do not include imputation for item nonresponse. 
7 Data for 2002 and prior years exclude potatoes, sweet potatoes, and ginseng. 
8 West Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
