Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
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 
330 
307 
299 
23 
23 
96 
acres 
93,552 
88,634 
84,388 
4,918 
4,918 
22,879 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
9 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3,720 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
“ 
Corporation 
farms 
429 
382 
371 
47 
42 
- 
acres 
123,053 
110,458 
104,062 
12,595 
10,375 
- 
Family held 
farms 
382 
382 
371 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
110,458 
110,458 
104,062 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
11 
11 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
371 
371 
371 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
47 
- 
- 
47 
42 
- 
acres 
12,595 
- 
- 
12,595 
10,375 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
42 
- 
" 
42 
42 
" 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
158 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
32,580 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
168 
154 
147 
14 
14 
67 
workers 
1,754 
1,060 
995 
694 
694 
264 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
118 
107 
104 
11 
11 
40 
workers 
893 
453 
443 
440 
440 
122 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
114 
103 
98 
11 
11 
43 
workers 
861 
607 
552 
254 
254 
142 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
12 
11 
9 
1 
1 
. 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
219 
195 
188 
24 
20 
80 
workers 
466 
413 
402 
53 
45 
340 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
30 
28 
28 
2 
2 
35 
1 0 to 49 acres 
80 
66 
66 
14 
14 
21 
50 to 69 acres 
32 
27 
23 
5 
5 
19 
70 to 99 acres 
36 
30 
30 
6 
4 
11 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
41 
40 
40 
1 
1 
16 
140 to 1 79 acres 
32 
30 
30 
2 
2 
10 
180 to 219 acres 
31 
30 
30 
1 
- 
13 
220 to 259 acres 
25 
22 
20 
3 
3 
7 
260 to 499 acres 
48 
46 
44 
2 
2 
9 
500 to 999 acres 
46 
38 
37 
8 
7 
13 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
21 
18 
17 
3 
2 
3 
2,000 acres or more 
7 
7 
6 
- 
- 
1 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
16 
16 
16 
1 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
9 
6 
6 
3 
3 
9 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
31 
31 
29 
- 
- 
6 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
26 
24 
24 
2 
2 
31 
Other crop farming (1119) 
85 
70 
65 
15 
13 
58 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
85 
70 
65 
15 
13 
58 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
131 
122 
119 
9 
6 
31 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
11 
11 
11 
- 
- 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
9 
9 
9 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
41 
38 
38 
3 
3 
1 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
64 
49 
48 
15 
15 
18 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
189 
173 
170 
16 
13 
49 
number 
16,431 
16,059 
(D) 
372 
318 
3,885 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
35 
28 
27 
7 
5 
12 
10 to 49 
100 
92 
91 
8 
7 
26 
50 to 99 
14 
14 
13 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
17 
16 
16 
1 
1 
3 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data West Virginia 149 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
