Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Total farming 
and other 
occupations 
Farming 
Item 
Total 
Age of operator (years) 
Under 25 
25 to 34 
35 to 44 
45 to 54 
55 to 64 
65 and over 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
21,489 
9,164 
28 
231 
509 
1,119 
2,440 
4,837 
percent 
100.0 
42.6 
0.1 
1.1 
2.4 
5.2 
11.4 
22.5 
Land in farms 
acres 
3,606,674 
1,956,797 
4,679 
61,777 
124,434 
257,721 
522,374 
985,812 
Average size of farm 
acres 
168 
214 
167 
267 
244 
230 
214 
204 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
21,489 
9,164 
28 
231 
509 
1,119 
2,440 
4,837 
$1,000 
813,809 
618,297 
204 
15,075 
65,204 
127,381 
201,148 
209,286 
Average per farm 
dollars 
37,871 
67,470 
7,282 
65,260 
128,102 
113,834 
82,438 
43,268 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
4,870 
1,667 
3 
52 
103 
228 
465 
816 
$1,000 to $2,499 
3,841 
1,300 
11 
34 
68 
151 
315 
721 
$2,500 to $4,999 
3,625 
1,366 
- 
25 
68 
126 
343 
804 
$5,000 to $9,999 
3,595 
1,621 
8 
23 
75 
161 
437 
917 
$10,000 to $24,999 
3,008 
1,506 
4 
36 
58 
182 
378 
848 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,154 
662 
2 
22 
37 
86 
194 
321 
$50,000 to $99,999 
530 
361 
- 
14 
27 
46 
108 
166 
$100,000 to $249,999 
366 
280 
- 
12 
34 
42 
83 
109 
$250,000 to $499,999 
147 
106 
" 
6 
6 
26 
28 
40 
$500,000 to $999,999 
171 
142 
_ 
3 
14 
36 
45 
44 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
182 
153 
- 
4 
19 
35 
44 
51 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
135 
108 
- 
4 
12 
28 
30 
34 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
42 
41 
- 
- 
7 
4 
13 
17 
$5,000,000 or more 
5 
4 
- 
- 
- 
3 
1 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
21,489 
9,164 
28 
231 
509 
1,119 
2,440 
4,837 
$1,000 
806,775 
613,714 
204 
14,942 
64,846 
126,597 
199,734 
207,390 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
823 
485 
28 
28 
61 
128 
240 
$1,000 
37,427 
30,230 
- 
1,194 
3,036 
4,074 
5,758 
16,169 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
125 
96 
- 
4 
8 
13 
25 
46 
$1,000 
32,366 
26,803 
- 
913 
2,844 
3,552 
4,810 
14,684 
Corn 
farms 
708 
425 
- 
25 
21 
52 
112 
215 
$1,000 
23,204 
18,239 
- 
(D) 
2,292 
(D) 
3,698 
9,940 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
88 
68 
- 
3 
8 
8 
14 
35 
$1,000 
19,062 
15,362 
- 
608 
2,124 
1,042 
2,827 
8,761 
Wheat 
farms 
91 
65 
- 
1 
2 
8 
18 
36 
$1,000 
1,790 
1,428 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
237 
972 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7 
5 
- 
1 
- 
4 
$1,000 
868 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Soybeans 
farms 
136 
97 
- 
7 
5 
11 
23 
51 
$1,000 
11,528 
9,808 
- 
405 
679 
2,189 
1,678 
4,856 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
62 
51 
- 
1 
3 
6 
14 
27 
$1,000 
9,827 
8,684 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
2,036 
(D) 
4,367 
Sorghum 
farms 
28 
19 
- 
6 
4 
2 
7 
$1,000 
276 
254 
- 
- 
(D) 
84 
(D) 
159 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
50 
33 
- 
- 
2 
6 
6 
19 
$1,000 
450 
368 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
102 
155 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(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 
51 
. 
1 
1 
7 
14 
28 
$1,000 
178 
133 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
86 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
13 
7 
_ 
_ 
_ 
1 
2 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
162 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
(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 
366 
3 
13 
16 
65 
114 
155 
$1,000 
(D) 
6,481 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,324 
1,841 
1,637 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
28 
23 
2 
1 
3 
10 
7 
$1,000 
4,598 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
908 
1,072 
608 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
548 
234 
- 
7 
15 
42 
72 
98 
$1,000 
26,772 
23,134 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
8,764 
3,173 
10,934 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
32 
25 
- 
1 
1 
6 
6 
11 
$1,000 
23,893 
21,908 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
8,566 
(D) 
10,432 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
275 
122 
- 
5 
6 
15 
37 
59 
$1,000 
25,237 
22,250 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
8,568 
2,872 
10,707 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
29 
23 
- 
1 
6 
5 
11 
$1,000 
23,572 
21,667 
- 
- 
(D) 
8,505 
(D) 
10,430 
Berries 
farms 
338 
151 
- 
2 
9 
35 
51 
54 
$1,000 
1,535 
884 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
196 
301 
227 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
1 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
378 
204 
. 
9 
8 
44 
76 
67 
$1,000 
31,338 
27,682 
- 
288 
872 
22,910 
1,671 
1,941 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
47 
36 
- 
1 
4 
12 
7 
12 
$1,000 
27,466 
25,809 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
22,474 
935 
1,369 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
186 West Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
