Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
2,506 
17 
46 
54 
59 
731 
- 
55 to 59 years 
3,102 
32 
95 
69 
68 
962 
- 
60 to 64 years 
3,207 
55 
67 
82 
69 
1,023 
- 
65 to 69 years 
2,951 
49 
70 
56 
54 
996 
- 
70 years and over 
5,113 
74 
99 
79 
89 
1,797 
5 
Average age 
59.7 
59.7 
59.5 
58.5 
59.6 
61.1 
67.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
122 
1 
5 
3 
2 
38 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
44 
- 
1 
2 
- 
13 
- 
Asian 
20 
- 
- 
3 
- 
6 
- 
Black or African American 
29 
- 
3 
1 
- 
8 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
White 
21,340 
293 
464 
427 
412 
6,696 
6 
More than one race reported 
54 
3 
2 
5 
- 
19 
" 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
2,911 
33 
55 
64 
56 
1,076 
- 
2 people 
11,595 
156 
253 
234 
229 
3,643 
5 
3 people 
3,355 
50 
76 
68 
63 
950 
- 
4 people 
2,289 
36 
42 
44 
41 
705 
1 
5 or more people 
1,339 
21 
44 
28 
23 
370 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
18,539 
208 
406 
393 
318 
6,303 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
1,263 
25 
22 
12 
36 
203 
3 
50 to 74 percent 
921 
32 
25 
14 
27 
157 
3 
75 to 99 percent 
414 
20 
9 
13 
9 
35 
- 
100 percent 
352 
11 
8 
6 
22 
46 
" 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
329 
12 
13 
15 
33 
65 
- 
acres 
108,528 
10,641 
3,618 
4,211 
2,507 
12,195 
" 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
13,133 
179 
330 
323 
305 
3,919 
2 
Dial-up service 
1,617 
17 
37 
29 
31 
472 
- 
DSL service 
5,883 
95 
147 
154 
161 
1,732 
- 
Cable modem service 
2,239 
28 
51 
54 
61 
707 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
360 
3 
8 
7 
14 
93 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,338 
34 
38 
38 
29 
391 
2 
Satellite service 
2,506 
23 
76 
66 
34 
736 
1 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
289 
7 
10 
13 
6 
56 
- 
Other Internet service 
143 
2 
5 
1 
3 
49 
- 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
17,829 
229 
387 
376 
355 
5,743 
6 
2 households 
3,021 
56 
73 
43 
44 
839 
- 
3 households 
396 
7 
6 
13 
7 
100 
- 
4 households 
136 
2 
2 
5 
5 
27 
- 
5 or more households 
107 
2 
2 
1 
1 
35 
- 
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 
288 
459 
425 
387 
6,624 
6 
acres 
3,501,214 
96,956 
35,074 
40,177 
34,474 
903,128 
766 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
721 
17 
20 
26 
36 
161 
- 
acres 
202,950 
8,970 
1,148 
1,185 
3,161 
36,021 
" 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
20,009 
262 
434 
383 
318 
6,392 
6 
acres 
3,194,583 
75,292 
31,550 
33,332 
28,705 
860,159 
766 
Partnership farms 
893 
17 
18 
18 
37 
209 
- 
acres 
256,458 
15,746 
1,543 
1,582 
4,385 
37,797 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
626 
15 
13 
16 
30 
132 
- 
acres 
192,770 
13,521 
1,049 
1,462 
2,863 
28,009 
- 
Corporation farms 
429 
16 
9 
31 
26 
85 
- 
acres 
123,053 
(D) 
4,044 
9,989 
2,839 
18,497 
- 
Family held farms 
382 
16 
6 
31 
24 
70 
- 
acres 
110,458 
(D) 
1,983 
9,989 
(D) 
13,139 
- 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
11 
- 
2 
5 
- 
10 or less stockholders farms 
371 
16 
6 
29 
24 
65 
- 
Other than family held farms 
47 
- 
3 
- 
2 
15 
- 
acres 
12,595 
- 
2,061 
- 
(D) 
5,358 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 West Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
