Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
21,489 
182 
170 
146 
364 
505 
percent 
100.0 
0.8 
0.8 
0.7 
1.7 
2.4 
Land in farms 
acres 
3,606,674 
156,464 
113,736 
106,464 
237,494 
254,301 
Average size of farm 
acres 
168 
860 
669 
729 
652 
504 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
21,489 
182 
170 
146 
364 
505 
$1,000 
813,809 
414,736 
117,789 
51,863 
60,389 
35,968 
Average per farm 
dollars 
37,871 
2,278,767 
692,876 
355,224 
165,904 
71,223 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
4,870 
. 
. 
. 
. 
_ 
$1,000 to $2,499 
3,841 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
3,625 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,595 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,008 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,154 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
530 
- 
- 
- 
- 
501 
$100,000 to $249,999 
366 
- 
- 
- 
362 
4 
$250,000 to $499,999 
147 
- 
145 
2 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
171 
- 
170 
1 
- 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
182 
182 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
135 
135 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
42 
42 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
5 
5 
" 
- 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
21,489 
182 
170 
146 
364 
505 
$1,000 
806,775 
413,921 
117,293 
51,346 
59,613 
35,478 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
823 
48 
34 
41 
99 
74 
$1,000 
37,427 
13,851 
7,217 
6,369 
5,241 
1,853 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
125 
25 
20 
28 
37 
15 
$1,000 
32,366 
13,520 
7,068 
6,178 
4,632 
968 
Corn 
farms 
708 
41 
27 
39 
80 
63 
$1,000 
23,204 
9,945 
3,247 
3,970 
2,909 
1,100 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
88 
20 
16 
25 
21 
6 
$1,000 
19,062 
9,664 
3,155 
3,740 
2,121 
382 
Wheat 
farms 
91 
8 
8 
11 
17 
10 
$1,000 
1,790 
742 
227 
254 
292 
95 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7 
4 
1 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
868 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
136 
18 
17 
20 
29 
18 
$1,000 
11,528 
2,863 
3,575 
2,059 
1,863 
603 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
62 
15 
13 
16 
16 
2 
$1,000 
9,827 
2,747 
3,463 
1,928 
(D) 
(D) 
Sorghum 
farms 
28 
5 
3 
1 
9 
$1,000 
276 
162 
(D) 
(D) 
27 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
50 
5 
7 
4 
7 
5 
$1,000 
450 
(D) 
101 
(D) 
94 
30 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
90 
2 
3 
2 
13 
11 
$1,000 
178 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
56 
24 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
13 
_ 
_ 
2 
1 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
729 
2 
5 
4 
21 
34 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
350 
1,583 
850 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
28 
2 
2 
2 
13 
9 
$1,000 
4,598 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,524 
520 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
548 
10 
5 
7 
15 
16 
$1,000 
26,772 
19,059 
2,252 
1,265 
963 
668 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
32 
10 
4 
4 
6 
8 
$1,000 
23,893 
19,059 
(D) 
(D) 
814 
533 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
275 
9 
4 
5 
9 
13 
$1,000 
25,237 
18,900 
(D) 
(D) 
868 
607 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
29 
9 
4 
3 
6 
7 
$1,000 
23,572 
18,900 
(D) 
(D) 
788 
477 
Berries 
farms 
338 
3 
2 
3 
8 
10 
$1,000 
1,535 
159 
(D) 
(D) 
94 
61 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
1 
1 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
378 
5 
5 
5 
25 
26 
$1,000 
31,338 
20,282 
2,605 
1,143 
2,372 
1,376 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
47 
4 
4 
4 
18 
17 
$1,000 
27,466 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
2,287 
1,197 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
80 West Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
