Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
18,784 
168 
156 
137 
348 
501 
Female 
2,705 
14 
15 
10 
18 
29 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
9,164 
153 
142 
106 
280 
361 
Other 
12,325 
29 
29 
41 
86 
169 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
18,080 
157 
145 
111 
317 
433 
Not on farm operated 
3,409 
25 
26 
36 
49 
97 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
8,092 
118 
111 
81 
207 
251 
Any 
13,397 
64 
60 
66 
159 
279 
1 to 49 days 
1,563 
4 
8 
10 
30 
30 
50 to 99 days 
1,062 
3 
4 
2 
10 
20 
100 to 199 days 
2,022 
7 
11 
11 
39 
40 
200 days or more 
8,750 
50 
37 
43 
80 
189 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
583 
- 
3 
- 
6 
9 
3 or 4 years 
1,006 
1 
1 
4 
6 
19 
5 to 9 years 
2,936 
17 
7 
6 
23 
37 
10 years or more 
16,964 
164 
160 
137 
331 
465 
Average years on present farm 
23.7 
28.1 
28.8 
28.2 
29.4 
28.5 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
454 
- 
2 
- 
6 
8 
3 or 4 years 
850 
1 
1 
2 
4 
8 
5 to 9 years 
2,566 
7 
7 
7 
14 
28 
10 years or more 
17,619 
174 
161 
138 
342 
486 
Average years operating any farm 
25.4 
30.8 
30.2 
31.1 
32.6 
31.0 
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 
44 
45 to 49 years 
1,728 
14 
20 
18 
27 
31 
50 to 54 years 
2,506 
30 
26 
20 
26 
54 
55 to 59 years 
3,102 
22 
29 
23 
49 
93 
60 to 64 years 
3,207 
29 
27 
22 
61 
81 
65 to 69 years 
2,951 
25 
22 
18 
50 
89 
70 years and over 
5,113 
32 
27 
30 
91 
116 
Average age 
59.7 
58.2 
58.4 
58.7 
59.7 
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 
171 
147 
364 
527 
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 
31 
65 
2 people 
11,595 
81 
82 
74 
201 
280 
3 people 
3,355 
21 
35 
28 
71 
98 
4 people 
2,289 
31 
22 
18 
32 
56 
5 or more people 
1,339 
29 
14 
12 
31 
31 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
18,539 
46 
24 
36 
123 
263 
25 to 49 percent 
1,263 
15 
15 
24 
53 
107 
50 to 74 percent 
921 
44 
38 
43 
90 
78 
75 to 99 percent 
414 
41 
53 
28 
53 
50 
1 00 percent 
352 
36 
41 
16 
47 
32 
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 
124 
102 
244 
322 
Dial-up service 
1,617 
10 
9 
4 
34 
39 
DSL service 
5,883 
112 
78 
59 
120 
161 
Cable modem service 
2,239 
18 
9 
10 
38 
47 
Fiber-optic service 
360 
5 
3 
3 
10 
13 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,338 
25 
9 
16 
29 
40 
Satellite service 
2,506 
21 
27 
15 
46 
56 
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 
119 
102 
269 
383 
2 households 
3,021 
51 
39 
27 
75 
112 
3 households 
396 
16 
7 
13 
16 
21 
4 households 
136 
5 
3 
1 
3 
12 
5 or more households 
107 
4 
3 
4 
3 
2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
120 West Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
