Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
171 
147 
366 
530 
percent 
100.0 
0.8 
0.8 
0.7 
1.7 
2.5 
Land in farms 
acres 
3,606,674 
156,464 
114,431 
107,817 
237,672 
267,968 
Average size of farm 
acres 
168 
860 
669 
733 
649 
506 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
21,489 
182 
171 
147 
366 
530 
$1,000 
813,809 
414,736 
118,300 
51,869 
60,323 
37,126 
Average per farm 
dollars 
37,871 
2,278,767 
691,815 
352,852 
164,816 
70,050 
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 
- 
- 
- 
- 
530 
$100,000 to $249,999 
366 
- 
- 
- 
366 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
147 
- 
- 
147 
- 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
171 
- 
171 
- 
- 
- 
$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 
171 
147 
366 
530 
$1,000 
806,775 
413,921 
117,765 
51,342 
59,526 
36,323 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
823 
48 
35 
42 
98 
78 
$1,000 
37,427 
13,851 
7,223 
6,617 
4,995 
1,906 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
125 
25 
20 
29 
36 
15 
$1,000 
32,366 
13,520 
7,068 
6,418 
4,392 
968 
Corn 
farms 
708 
41 
28 
40 
79 
67 
$1,000 
23,204 
9,945 
3,253 
4,103 
2,777 
1,130 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
88 
20 
16 
26 
20 
6 
$1,000 
19,062 
9,664 
3,155 
3,878 
1,983 
382 
Wheat 
farms 
91 
8 
8 
12 
16 
10 
$1,000 
1,790 
742 
227 
(D) 
280 
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 
21 
28 
19 
$1,000 
11,528 
2,863 
3,575 
2,161 
1,761 
617 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
62 
15 
13 
17 
15 
2 
$1,000 
9,827 
2,747 
3,463 
2,030 
(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 
6 
$1,000 
450 
(D) 
101 
(D) 
94 
40 
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 
2 
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 
35 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,583 
853 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
28 
2 
2 
2 
13 
9 
$1,000 
4,598 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,524 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
548 
10 
5 
7 
15 
20 
$1,000 
26,772 
19,059 
2,252 
1,265 
963 
674 
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 
14 
$1,000 
25,237 
18,900 
(D) 
(D) 
868 
611 
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 
13 
$1,000 
1,535 
159 
(D) 
(D) 
94 
62 
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 
26 
30 
$1,000 
31,338 
20,282 
2,605 
1,143 
2,377 
1,419 
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 
106 West Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
