Table 61. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race: 2012 
[Data were collected for a maximum of three operators. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
American Indian 
or Alaska Native 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Asian 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Black or African 
American 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Native Hawaiian 
or Other Pacific 
Islander alone or 
in combination with 
other races 
White 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
. number 
130 
46 
41 
3 
21,438 
179 
Land in farms 
acres 
14,218 
5,937 
5,029 
510 
3,601,303 
28,663 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4 
3 
- 
- 
956 
11 
1 0 to 49 acres 
32 
16 
13 
- 
5,108 
61 
50 to 1 79 acres 
75 
16 
19 
2 
9,666 
60 
180 to 499 acres 
17 
9 
7 
1 
4,454 
38 
500 acres or more 
2 
2 
2 
1,254 
9 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
128 
41 
41 
3 
20,839 
168 
acres 
11,956 
5,788 
4,622 
510 
2,698,795 
20,649 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
25 
9 
6 
- 
5,098 
31 
acres 
2,262 
149 
407 
- 
902,508 
8,014 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
105 
37 
35 
3 
16,340 
148 
acres 
8,613 
3,896 
4,268 
510 
1,977,268 
14,429 
Part owners 
farms 
23 
4 
6 
- 
4,499 
20 
acres 
(D) 
1,911 
761 
- 
1,501,199 
12,988 
Tenants 
farms 
2 
5 
- 
- 
599 
11 
acres 
(D) 
130 
- 
- 
122,836 
1,246 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
130 
46 
41 
3 
21,438 
179 
$1,000 
2,968 
3,002 
509 
12 
810,424 
9,342 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
130 
46 
41 
3 
21,438 
179 
$1,000 
2,874 
(D) 
509 
12 
803,390 
9,293 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
62 
24 
23 
3 
11,467 
95 
$1,000 
609 
(D) 
188 
12 
138,673 
1,353 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
75 
28 
28 
- 
12,727 
104 
$1,000 
2,265 
2,754 
321 
- 
664,717 
7,940 
Government payments 
farms 
24 
1 
- 
- 
2,196 
26 
$1,000 
95 
(D) 
- 
- 
7,034 
49 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
36 
7 
8 
_ 
4,861 
47 
$1,000 to $2,499 
20 
10 
9 
2 
3,832 
31 
$2,500 to $4,999 
18 
9 
5 
- 
3,619 
26 
$5,000 to $9,999 
27 
5 
4 
1 
3,587 
27 
$10,000 to $24,999 
21 
4 
7 
- 
3,002 
26 
$25,000 to $49,999 
4 
7 
8 
- 
1,146 
10 
$50,000 or more 
4 
4 
" 
- 
1,391 
12 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
16 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
951 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
3 
1 
- 
- 
247 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
427 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
22 
- 
- 
- 
2,072 
25 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
6,607 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3 
- 
- 
- 
296 
1 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
5 
3 
3 
1 
466 
8 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
6 
5 
5 
- 
433 
3 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
412 
4 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
38 
10 
13 
2 
6,729 
51 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
6 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
38 
10 
13 
2 
6,723 
51 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
44 
17 
9 
- 
9,417 
66 
Cattle feedlots (1 121 12) 
- 
- 
5 
- 
148 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
155 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
5 
- 
- 
- 
170 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
6 
3 
2 
- 
678 
9 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
2 
3 
3 
- 
690 
7 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
21 
5 
1 
- 
1,844 
28 
-continued 
50 West Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
