Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[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 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
18,080 
157 
144 
112 
313 
411 
Not on farm operated 
3,409 
25 
26 
34 
51 
94 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
8,092 
118 
111 
81 
206 
243 
Any 
13,397 
64 
59 
65 
158 
262 
1 to 49 days 
1,563 
4 
8 
10 
29 
28 
50 to 99 days 
1,062 
3 
4 
1 
11 
19 
100 to 199 days 
2,022 
7 
11 
11 
39 
39 
200 days or more 
8,750 
50 
36 
43 
79 
176 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
583 
- 
3 
- 
6 
9 
3 or 4 years 
1,006 
1 
1 
4 
5 
19 
5 to 9 years 
2,936 
17 
7 
6 
23 
36 
10 years or more 
16,964 
164 
159 
136 
330 
441 
Average years on present farm 
23.7 
28.1 
28.8 
28.3 
29.4 
28.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
454 
- 
2 
- 
6 
8 
3 or 4 years 
850 
1 
1 
2 
4 
7 
5 to 9 years 
2,566 
7 
7 
7 
14 
27 
10 years or more 
17,619 
174 
160 
137 
340 
463 
Average years operating any farm 
25.4 
30.8 
30.2 
31.2 
32.5 
30.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
60 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
25 to 34 years 
834 
5 
3 
6 
19 
21 
35 to 44 years 
1,988 
25 
17 
10 
43 
43 
45 to 49 years 
1,728 
14 
20 
18 
26 
30 
50 to 54 years 
2,506 
30 
25 
20 
27 
50 
55 to 59 years 
3,102 
22 
29 
22 
50 
91 
60 to 64 years 
3,207 
29 
27 
22 
61 
69 
65 to 69 years 
2,951 
25 
22 
18 
49 
85 
70 years and over 
5,113 
32 
27 
30 
89 
115 
Average age 
59.7 
58.2 
58.4 
58.8 
59.6 
60.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
122 
2 
- 
3 
- 
2 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
44 
- 
- 
- 
2 
1 
Asian 
20 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Black or African American 
29 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
21,340 
179 
170 
146 
362 
502 
More than one race reported 
54 
1 
- 
- 
2 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
2,911 
20 
18 
15 
30 
63 
2 people 
11,595 
81 
81 
75 
199 
265 
3 people 
3,355 
21 
35 
27 
71 
94 
4 people 
2,289 
31 
22 
18 
32 
52 
5 or more people 
1,339 
29 
14 
11 
32 
31 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
18,539 
46 
24 
36 
121 
253 
25 to 49 percent 
1,263 
15 
15 
23 
54 
100 
50 to 74 percent 
921 
44 
37 
43 
90 
71 
75 to 99 percent 
414 
41 
53 
28 
52 
50 
1 00 percent 
352 
36 
41 
16 
47 
31 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
329 
27 
13 
7 
17 
10 
acres 
108,528 
17,264 
15,482 
(D) 
15,000 
6,855 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
13,133 
148 
123 
102 
242 
303 
Dial-up service 
1,617 
10 
9 
4 
33 
40 
DSL service 
5,883 
112 
77 
59 
120 
150 
Cable modem service 
2,239 
18 
9 
10 
38 
41 
Fiber-optic service 
360 
5 
3 
3 
10 
12 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,338 
25 
9 
16 
28 
40 
Satellite service 
2,506 
21 
27 
15 
45 
53 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
289 
1 
3 
6 
12 
6 
Other Internet service 
143 
- 
- 
- 
2 
4 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
17,829 
106 
118 
102 
267 
365 
2 households 
3,021 
51 
39 
27 
74 
105 
3 households 
396 
16 
7 
13 
16 
21 
4 households 
136 
5 
3 
1 
3 
12 
5 or more households 
107 
4 
3 
3 
4 
2 
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 
161 
164 
138 
340 
488 
acres 
3,501,214 
139,345 
108,069 
104,937 
223,643 
247,646 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
721 
31 
15 
21 
29 
31 
acres 
202,950 
42,756 
6,688 
16,021 
19,138 
21,090 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
94 West Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
