Table 69. Summary by Age and Primary Occupation of Principal Operator: 2012 (continued) 
[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 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 
8,962 
28 
224 
497 
1,089 
2,396 
4,728 
acres 
3,501,214 
1,890,531 
4,679 
57,070 
118,498 
251,798 
510,356 
948,130 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
721 
344 
- 
12 
30 
63 
103 
136 
acres 
202,950 
117,440 
1,662 
12,826 
21,891 
27,590 
53,471 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
20,009 
8,433 
25 
207 
462 
989 
2,243 
4,507 
acres 
3,194,583 
1,699,847 
4,589 
53,717 
95,999 
214,227 
460,141 
871,174 
Partnership 
farms 
893 
429 
3 
16 
26 
81 
96 
207 
acres 
256,458 
157,756 
90 
2,896 
20,487 
31,956 
30,439 
71,888 
Registered under state law 
farms 
626 
307 
3 
6 
16 
69 
67 
146 
acres 
192,770 
117,726 
90 
1,429 
10,624 
26,650 
23,076 
55,857 
Corporation 
farms 
429 
245 
- 
7 
16 
40 
81 
101 
acres 
123,053 
80,291 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
7,926 
23,084 
39,355 
Family held 
farms 
382 
218 
- 
7 
14 
33 
70 
94 
acres 
110,458 
73,875 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
19,840 
37,714 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
11 
6 
- 
2 
4 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
371 
212 
- 
7 
14 
33 
68 
90 
Other than family held 
farms 
47 
27 
- 
- 
2 
7 
11 
7 
acres 
12,595 
6,416 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
3,244 
1,641 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
5 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
42 
24 
- 
- 
2 
6 
11 
5 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
158 
57 
1 
5 
9 
20 
22 
acres 
32,580 
18,903 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
3,612 
8,710 
3,395 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
3,452 
1,850 
2 
63 
102 
232 
500 
951 
workers 
10,153 
5,873 
(D) 
(D) 
318 
1,442 
1,498 
2,473 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
882 
594 
25 
45 
85 
175 
264 
workers 
2,284 
1,717 
- 
38 
113 
645 
393 
528 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,921 
1,517 
2 
51 
80 
185 
414 
785 
workers 
7,869 
4,156 
(D) 
(D) 
205 
797 
1,105 
1,945 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
30 
25 
1 
6 
3 
15 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
6 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
10,867 
4,613 
21 
120 
304 
584 
1,280 
2,304 
workers 
26,567 
10,995 
98 
319 
897 
1,487 
2,892 
5,302 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
956 
363 
26 
39 
76 
96 
126 
1 0 to 49 acres 
5,128 
1,787 
3 
61 
134 
253 
482 
854 
50 to 69 acres 
2,244 
800 
2 
13 
40 
113 
231 
401 
70 to 99 acres 
2,746 
1,122 
3 
28 
48 
120 
304 
619 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
2,841 
1,178 
13 
13 
59 
104 
301 
688 
140 to 179 acres 
1,861 
848 
3 
11 
30 
86 
227 
491 
180 to 219 acres 
1,322 
615 
2 
17 
13 
71 
147 
365 
220 to 259 acres 
955 
468 
- 
3 
18 
47 
141 
259 
260 to 499 acres 
2,180 
1,175 
- 
32 
61 
139 
303 
640 
500 to 999 acres 
894 
545 
- 
14 
39 
61 
139 
292 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
279 
200 
2 
8 
20 
38 
53 
79 
2,000 acres or more 
83 
63 
" 
5 
8 
11 
16 
23 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
296 
158 
14 
9 
12 
40 
83 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
470 
223 
- 
4 
7 
45 
68 
99 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
438 
151 
- 
5 
8 
29 
49 
60 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (11 14) 
412 
191 
_ 
3 
9 
36 
67 
76 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
6,744 
2,318 
7 
53 
90 
225 
587 
1,356 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
6 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
3 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (11193,11194,11199) 
6,738 
2,315 
7 
53 
90 
225 
587 
1,353 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,430 
4,508 
18 
82 
217 
504 
1,152 
2,535 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
153 
75 
- 
2 
2 
2 
21 
48 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
155 
119 
- 
16 
5 
21 
43 
34 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
170 
52 
- 
- 
14 
13 
9 
16 
Poultry and egg production (1 123) 
680 
396 
- 
13 
51 
78 
121 
133 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
693 
256 
3 
13 
33 
49 
53 
105 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
1,848 
717 
- 
26 
64 
105 
230 
292 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
12,067 
5,774 
25 
140 
328 
703 
1,510 
3,068 
number 
414,908 
272,197 
380 
8,133 
20,050 
46,227 
75,707 
121,700 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,145 
1,582 
8 
44 
103 
214 
403 
810 
1 0 to 49 
6,104 
2,937 
17 
56 
132 
302 
757 
1,673 
50 to 99 
1,032 
670 
- 
15 
30 
86 
186 
353 
100 to 199 
490 
348 
- 
15 
43 
51 
100 
139 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
202 West Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
