Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
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 
20,009 
640 
467 
acres 
3,501,214 
3,194,583 
190,200 
141,992 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
721 
528 
184 
173 
acres 
202,950 
145,213 
54,017 
52,614 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
20,009 
20,009 
- 
- 
acres 
3,194,583 
3,194.583 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
893 
- 
893 
626 
acres 
256,458 
- 
256,458 
192,770 
Registered under state law 
farms 
626 
- 
626 
626 
acres 
192,770 
192,770 
192,770 
Corporation 
farms 
429 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
123,053 
- 
- 
- 
Family held 
farms 
382 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
110,458 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
11 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
371 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
47 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
12,595 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
42 
- 
- 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
158 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
32,580 
- 
- 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
3,452 
2,965 
252 
192 
workers 
10,153 
7,425 
710 
545 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
882 
611 
113 
95 
workers 
2,284 
1,030 
239 
207 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,921 
2,587 
177 
128 
workers 
7,869 
6,395 
471 
338 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
30 
15 
3 
2 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
6 
4 
1 
1 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
10,867 
10,070 
498 
361 
workers 
26,567 
24,486 
1,275 
915 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
956 
844 
47 
42 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,128 
4,871 
156 
109 
50 to 69 acres 
2,244 
2,115 
78 
49 
70 to 99 acres 
2,746 
2,621 
78 
56 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,841 
2,698 
86 
50 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
1,861 
1,744 
75 
51 
180 to 219 acres 
1,322 
1,218 
60 
45 
220 to 259 acres 
955 
879 
44 
30 
260 to 499 acres 
2,180 
1,996 
127 
84 
500 to 999 acres 
894 
739 
96 
70 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
279 
224 
31 
27 
2,000 acres or more 
83 
60 
15 
13 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
296 
262 
17 
15 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
470 
434 
18 
13 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
438 
383 
18 
16 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
412 
318 
37 
30 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
6,744 
6,392 
209 
132 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
6 
6 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
6,738 
6,386 
209 
132 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,430 
8,842 
426 
281 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
153 
137 
12 
11 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
155 
126 
17 
14 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
170 
157 
4 
4 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
680 
594 
44 
35 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
693 
669 
20 
13 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,848 
1,695 
71 
62 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
12,067 
11,267 
562 
382 
number 
414,908 
351,587 
43,005 
34,797 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,145 
3,967 
131 
90 
1 0 to 49 
6,104 
5,740 
238 
141 
50 to 99 
1,032 
944 
74 
55 
100 to 199 
490 
402 
68 
55 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
148 West Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
