Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
100 to 139 
acres 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.... number 
21,489 
956 
5,128 
2,244 
2,746 
2,841 
percent 
100.0 
4.4 
23.9 
10.4 
12.8 
13.2 
Land in farms 
acres 
3,606,674 
4,694 
143,638 
131,020 
229,253 
329,686 
Average size of farm 
acres 
168 
5 
28 
58 
83 
116 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
21,489 
956 
5,128 
2,244 
2,746 
2,841 
$1,000 
813,809 
42,480 
102,990 
35,132 
27,052 
32,751 
Average per farm 
dollars 
37,871 
44,435 
20,084 
15,656 
9,851 
1 1 ,528 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
4,870 
399 
1,925 
632 
623 
549 
$1,000 to $2,499 
3,841 
219 
1,314 
507 
601 
522 
$2,500 to $4,999 
3,625 
124 
933 
480 
603 
537 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,595 
85 
548 
337 
538 
668 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,008 
52 
238 
199 
279 
410 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,154 
35 
75 
50 
60 
106 
$50,000 to $99,999 
530 
14 
14 
8 
21 
21 
$100,000 to $249,999 
366 
11 
14 
10 
8 
8 
$250,000 to $499,999 
147 
8 
8 
6 
3 
7 
$500,000 to $999,999 
171 
4 
31 
9 
6 
10 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
182 
5 
28 
6 
4 
3 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
135 
4 
20 
3 
4 
3 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
42 
- 
6 
3 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
5 
1 
2 
- 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
21,489 
956 
5,128 
2,244 
2,746 
2,841 
$1,000 
806,775 
42,427 
102,653 
34,881 
26,748 
32,256 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
823 
7 
70 
49 
67 
87 
$1,000 
37,427 
5 
224 
234 
552 
677 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
125 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
$1,000 
32,366 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Corn 
farms 
708 
5 
49 
42 
60 
78 
$1,000 
23,204 
(D) 
(D) 
105 
334 
440 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
88 
- 
1 
1 
$1,000 
19,062 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Wheat 
farms 
91 
- 
4 
6 
6 
5 
$1,000 
1,790 
- 
10 
(D) 
(D) 
24 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
868 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
136 
2 
2 
7 
7 
9 
$1,000 
11,528 
(D) 
(D) 
107 
112 
193 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
62 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
9,827 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
28 
- 
4 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
276 
- 
3 
(D) 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
50 
- 
8 
- 
1 
6 
$1,000 
450 
- 
17 
- 
(D) 
9 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
90 
. 
9 
1 
6 
13 
$1,000 
178 
- 
8 
(D) 
(D) 
11 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
13 
_ 
1 
2 
_ 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
7 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
729 
84 
233 
83 
87 
85 
$1,000 
(D) 
619 
2,086 
561 
733 
733 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
28 
- 
9 
1 
1 
3 
$1,000 
4,598 
- 
699 
(D) 
(D) 
219 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
548 
45 
179 
79 
54 
51 
$1,000 
26,772 
140 
995 
950 
327 
704 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
32 
- 
1 
3 
1 
4 
$1,000 
23,893 
- 
(D) 
400 
(D) 
476 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
275 
17 
94 
41 
25 
15 
$1,000 
25,237 
67 
568 
782 
137 
515 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
29 
- 
1 
3 
1 
3 
$1,000 
23,572 
- 
(D) 
399 
(D) 
422 
Berries 
farms 
338 
31 
108 
54 
36 
38 
$1,000 
1,535 
72 
427 
168 
190 
189 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
378 
95 
115 
38 
32 
19 
$1,000 
31,338 
3,148 
23,428 
897 
437 
439 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
47 
20 
12 
4 
3 
2 
$1,000 
27,466 
1,863 
22,390 
557 
206 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
54 West Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
