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 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
721 
54 
144 
57 
71 
67 
acres 
202,950 
239 
4,111 
3,215 
6,039 
7,849 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
20,009 
844 
4,871 
2,115 
2,621 
2,698 
acres 
3,194,583 
4,290 
136,617 
123,567 
218,879 
313,250 
Partnership 
farms 
893 
47 
156 
78 
78 
86 
acres 
256,458 
220 
4,228 
4,506 
6,396 
9,864 
Registered under state law 
farms 
626 
42 
109 
49 
56 
50 
acres 
192,770 
198 
2,932 
2,762 
4,558 
5,734 
Corporation 
farms 
429 
30 
80 
32 
36 
41 
acres 
123,053 
122 
2,168 
(D) 
3,082 
4,727 
Family held 
farms 
382 
28 
66 
27 
30 
40 
acres 
110,458 
(D) 
1,726 
(D) 
2,570 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
11 
- 
4 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
371 
28 
66 
23 
30 
40 
Other than family held 
farms 
47 
2 
14 
5 
6 
1 
acres 
12,595 
(D) 
442 
(D) 
512 
(D) 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
5 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
42 
2 
14 
5 
4 
1 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
158 
35 
21 
19 
11 
16 
acres 
32,580 
62 
625 
(D) 
896 
1,845 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
3,452 
139 
527 
305 
367 
397 
workers 
10,153 
466 
1,988 
839 
870 
935 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
882 
51 
123 
57 
68 
64 
workers 
2,284 
131 
567 
105 
96 
94 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,921 
109 
455 
264 
314 
351 
workers 
7,869 
335 
1,421 
734 
774 
841 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
30 
. 
. 
1 
2 
3 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
10,867 
448 
2,456 
1,150 
1,357 
1,480 
workers 
26,567 
1,109 
5,807 
2,817 
3,282 
3,684 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
956 
956 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,128 
- 
5,128 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
2,244 
- 
- 
2,244 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
2,746 
- 
- 
- 
2,746 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,841 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,841 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
1,861 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
1,322 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
955 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
2,180 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
894 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
279 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
83 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
296 
5 
40 
19 
32 
39 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
470 
65 
172 
61 
49 
50 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
438 
34 
157 
77 
40 
45 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
412 
103 
136 
28 
26 
32 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
6,744 
46 
1,510 
833 
1,048 
1,108 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
6 
- 
1 
2 
- 
2 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1199) . 
6,738 
46 
1,509 
831 
1,048 
1,106 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,430 
231 
1,783 
880 
1,191 
1,210 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
153 
- 
10 
10 
18 
30 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
155 
3 
12 
9 
4 
14 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
170 
32 
71 
19 
14 
17 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
680 
71 
240 
67 
47 
46 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
693 
107 
293 
78 
77 
51 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,848 
259 
704 
163 
200 
199 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
12,067 
281 
2,146 
1,125 
1,460 
1,622 
number 
414,908 
1,564 
18,249 
13,055 
20,388 
28,732 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,145 
251 
1,497 
574 
621 
494 
1 0 to 49 
6,104 
29 
635 
541 
804 
1,072 
50 to 99 
1,032 
- 
14 
8 
34 
52 
100 to 199 
490 
1 
- 
2 
1 
4 
200 to 499 
232 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 or more 
64 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
10,388 
212 
1,653 
954 
1,251 
1,421 
number 
201,493 
977 
9,250 
7,278 
11,148 
15,876 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
70 West Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
