Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
21,489 
23,618 
44 
38 
20 
19 
29 
35 
Land in farms 
acres 
3,606,674 
3,697,606 
4,314 
6,547 
(D) 
2,747 
3,584 
(D) 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
956 
1,207 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
10 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,128 
5,749 
8 
11 
12 
11 
10 
16 
50 to 179 acres 
9,692 
10,739 
33 
23 
4 
4 
13 
5 
1 80 to 499 acres 
4,457 
4,681 
1 
- 
4 
3 
5 
3 
500 acres or more 
1,256 
1,242 
1 
2 
- 
1 
1 
1 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
20,890 
22,953 
44 
38 
17 
17 
29 
35 
acres 
2,703,634 
2,805,133 
3,869 
6,082 
1,626 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
5,105 
5,924 
6 
7 
3 
4 
3 
7 
acres 
903,040 
892,473 
445 
465 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
16,384 
17,694 
38 
31 
17 
15 
26 
28 
acres 
1,981,293 
2,050,782 
3,129 
(D) 
1,626 
(D) 
(D) 
1,809 
Part owners 
farms 
4,506 
5,259 
6 
7 
- 
2 
3 
7 
acres 
1,502,545 
1,540,110 
1,185 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
599 
665 
- 
3 
2 
acres 
122,836 
106,714 
- 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
21,489 
23,618 
44 
38 
20 
19 
29 
35 
$1,000 
813,809 
594,594 
523 
316 
(D) 
2,535 
(D) 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
21,489 
23,618 
44 
38 
20 
19 
29 
35 
$1,000 
806,775 
591,665 
(D) 
316 
(D) 
2,535 
(D) 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
11,494 
9,086 
24 
12 
10 
2 
14 
10 
$1,000 
139,092 
78,308 
(D) 
96 
(D) 
(D) 
78 
75 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
12,752 
14,261 
24 
18 
11 
13 
19 
21 
$1,000 
667,683 
513,357 
(D) 
220 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
2,196 
2,173 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 
7,034 
2,929 
(D) 
- 
" 
1 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
4,870 
7,503 
18 
16 
3 
7 
4 
14 
$1,000 to $2,499 
3,841 
4,871 
4 
10 
2 
6 
8 
11 
$2,500 to $4,999 
3,625 
3,534 
6 
2 
7 
- 
3 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,595 
2,932 
13 
2 
2 
1 
1 
2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,008 
2,554 
- 
5 
2 
1 
7 
2 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,154 
1,038 
- 
2 
2 
1 
6 
2 
$50,000 or more 
1,396 
1,186 
3 
1 
2 
3 
" 
1 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
16 
42 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
951 
255 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
247 
225 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
427 
305 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
2,072 
2,105 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 
6,607 
2,623 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
296 
175 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
470 
339 
1 
- 
- 
- 
3 
2 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
438 
258 
2 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
412 
403 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
6,744 
6,449 
13 
9 
6 
2 
8 
6 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
6 
44 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
6,738 
6,405 
13 
9 
6 
2 
8 
6 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,430 
10,481 
10 
7 
7 
8 
8 
15 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
153 
297 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
155 
165 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
170 
335 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
680 
1,113 
3 
4 
2 
3 
- 
3 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
693 
968 
- 
2 
- 
- 
3 
3 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,848 
2,635 
12 
14 
2 
6 
1 
6 
-continued 
46 West Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
