Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[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 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
18,080 
817 
4,365 
1,870 
2,310 
2,361 
Not on farm operated 
3,409 
139 
763 
374 
436 
480 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
8,092 
330 
1,695 
769 
983 
1,084 
Any 
13,397 
626 
3,433 
1,475 
1,763 
1,757 
1 to 49 days 
1,563 
58 
418 
179 
225 
199 
50 to 99 days 
1,062 
46 
266 
123 
136 
144 
100 to 199 days 
2,022 
98 
449 
218 
237 
295 
200 days or more 
8,750 
424 
2,300 
955 
1,165 
1,119 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
583 
47 
183 
74 
85 
64 
3 or 4 years 
1,006 
89 
343 
134 
119 
108 
5 to 9 years 
2,936 
239 
918 
315 
375 
350 
10 years or more 
16,964 
581 
3,684 
1,721 
2,167 
2,319 
Average years on present farm 
23.7 
15.8 
19.9 
22.2 
23.6 
24.4 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
454 
39 
126 
66 
72 
44 
3 or 4 years 
850 
76 
307 
106 
102 
93 
5 to 9 years 
2,566 
213 
846 
275 
332 
306 
10 years or more 
17,619 
628 
3,849 
1,797 
2,240 
2,398 
Average years operating any farm 
25.4 
17.4 
21.4 
23.9 
25.2 
26.0 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
60 
9 
7 
9 
6 
13 
25 to 34 years 
834 
82 
272 
47 
109 
69 
35 to 44 years 
1,988 
140 
597 
222 
223 
260 
45 to 49 years 
1,728 
103 
495 
203 
198 
218 
50 to 54 years 
2,506 
147 
620 
261 
325 
331 
55 to 59 years 
3,102 
119 
776 
346 
434 
396 
60 to 64 years 
3,207 
131 
708 
368 
405 
403 
65 to 69 years 
2,951 
90 
635 
307 
363 
415 
70 years and over 
5,113 
135 
1,018 
481 
683 
736 
Average age 
59.7 
54.3 
57.7 
59.4 
60.2 
60.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
122 
7 
44 
9 
13 
8 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
44 
1 
8 
13 
7 
5 
Asian 
20 
- 
12 
2 
2 
- 
Black or African American 
29 
- 
10 
2 
6 
2 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
21,340 
955 
5,081 
2,217 
2,726 
2,829 
More than one race reported 
54 
- 
17 
10 
5 
5 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
2,911 
107 
656 
263 
362 
454 
2 people 
11,595 
426 
2,668 
1,260 
1,535 
1,518 
3 people 
3,355 
180 
848 
385 
392 
429 
4 people 
2,289 
140 
622 
215 
302 
293 
5 or more people 
1,339 
103 
334 
121 
155 
147 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
18,539 
871 
4,834 
2,074 
2,537 
2,545 
25 to 49 percent 
1,263 
33 
93 
78 
110 
155 
50 to 74 percent 
921 
23 
108 
46 
70 
78 
75 to 99 percent 
414 
10 
36 
24 
12 
26 
100 percent 
352 
19 
57 
22 
17 
37 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
329 
38 
59 
23 
20 
34 
acres 
108,528 
85 
1,767 
1,390 
1,697 
4,007 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
13,133 
682 
3,320 
1,372 
1,634 
1,733 
Dial-up service 
1,617 
46 
347 
157 
192 
254 
DSL service 
5,883 
324 
1,530 
610 
727 
725 
Cable modem service 
2,239 
156 
667 
242 
272 
267 
Fiber-optic service 
360 
16 
75 
35 
47 
38 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,338 
82 
366 
128 
156 
173 
Satellite service 
2,506 
86 
519 
286 
329 
366 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
289 
28 
94 
36 
19 
29 
Other Internet service 
143 
5 
37 
22 
17 
14 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
17,829 
869 
4,470 
1,848 
2,261 
2,383 
2 households 
3,021 
59 
575 
314 
420 
397 
3 households 
396 
10 
42 
49 
37 
36 
4 households 
136 
12 
19 
24 
12 
15 
5 or more households 
107 
6 
22 
9 
16 
10 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption farms 
21,075 
923 
5,051 
2,212 
2,718 
2,796 
acres 
3,501,214 
4,571 
141,694 
129,124 
226,962 
324,466 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
68 West Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
