Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
18,784 
14,057 
4,177 
550 
11,144 
7,640 
Female 
2,705 
2,327 
329 
49 
1,304 
1,401 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
9,164 
6,612 
2,288 
264 
5,310 
3,854 
Other 
12,325 
9,772 
2,218 
335 
7,138 
5,187 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
18,080 
13,787 
3,978 
315 
10,139 
7,941 
Not on farm operated 
3,409 
2,597 
528 
284 
2,309 
1,100 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
8,092 
6,290 
1,635 
167 
5,003 
3,089 
Any 
13,397 
10,094 
2,871 
432 
7,445 
5,952 
1 to 49 days 
1,563 
1,247 
270 
46 
1,000 
563 
50 to 99 days 
1,062 
806 
217 
39 
588 
474 
100 to 199 days 
2,022 
1,522 
448 
52 
1,014 
1,008 
200 days or more 
8,750 
6,519 
1,936 
295 
4,843 
3,907 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
583 
460 
93 
30 
300 
283 
3 or 4 years 
1,006 
751 
174 
81 
511 
495 
5 to 9 years 
2,936 
2,287 
495 
154 
1,437 
1,499 
10 years or more 
16,964 
12,886 
3,744 
334 
10,200 
6,764 
Average years on present farm 
23.7 
23.5 
25.5 
15.2 
25.0 
22.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
454 
346 
79 
29 
252 
202 
3 or 4 years 
850 
652 
136 
62 
429 
421 
5 to 9 years 
2,566 
2,032 
392 
142 
1,276 
1,290 
10 years or more 
17,619 
13,354 
3,899 
366 
10,491 
7,128 
Average years operating any farm 
25.4 
25.1 
27.7 
17.5 
26.5 
23.9 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
60 
41 
8 
11 
33 
27 
25 to 34 years 
834 
486 
225 
123 
398 
436 
35 to 44 years 
1,988 
1,380 
504 
104 
923 
1,065 
45 to 49 years 
1,728 
1,249 
424 
55 
927 
801 
50 to 54 years 
2,506 
1,894 
540 
72 
1,314 
1,192 
55 to 59 years 
3,102 
2,407 
621 
74 
1,743 
1,359 
60 to 64 years 
3,207 
2,394 
758 
55 
1,849 
1,358 
65 to 69 years 
2,951 
2,311 
596 
44 
1,875 
1,076 
70 years and over 
5,113 
4,222 
830 
61 
3,386 
1,727 
Average age 
59.7 
60.6 
57.9 
49.5 
61.1 
57.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
122 
100 
13 
9 
93 
29 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
44 
38 
6 
- 
10 
34 
Asian 
20 
17 
- 
3 
12 
8 
Black or African American 
29 
26 
3 
- 
19 
10 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
2 
White 
21,340 
16,261 
4,485 
594 
12,381 
8,959 
More than one race reported 
54 
40 
12 
2 
26 
28 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
2,911 
2,326 
486 
99 
2,476 
435 
2 people 
11,595 
9,035 
2,307 
253 
6,449 
5,146 
3 people 
3,355 
2,406 
841 
108 
1,724 
1,631 
4 people 
2,289 
1,676 
527 
86 
1,179 
1,110 
5 or more people 
1,339 
941 
345 
53 
620 
719 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
18,539 
14,709 
3,347 
483 
10,835 
7,704 
25 to 49 percent 
1,263 
733 
493 
37 
693 
570 
50 to 74 percent 
921 
543 
338 
40 
518 
403 
75 to 99 percent 
414 
202 
191 
21 
215 
199 
1 00 percent 
352 
197 
137 
18 
187 
165 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
329 
242 
79 
8 
181 
148 
acres 
108,528 
54,189 
53,429 
910 
53,748 
54,780 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
13,133 
9,867 
2,895 
371 
6,740 
6,393 
Dial-up service 
1,617 
1,174 
406 
37 
819 
798 
DSL service 
5,883 
4,344 
1,371 
168 
2,915 
2,968 
Cable modem service 
2,239 
1,725 
451 
63 
1,264 
975 
Fiber-optic service 
360 
259 
90 
11 
177 
183 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
1,338 
1,029 
268 
41 
676 
662 
Satellite service 
2,506 
1,914 
538 
54 
1,212 
1,294 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
289 
217 
59 
13 
134 
155 
Other Internet service 
143 
116 
25 
2 
81 
62 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
17,829 
13,816 
3,540 
473 
10,911 
6,918 
2 households 
3,021 
2,152 
770 
99 
1,275 
1,746 
3 households 
396 
248 
128 
20 
145 
251 
4 households 
136 
94 
41 
1 
65 
71 
5 or more households 
107 
74 
27 
6 
52 
55 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
218 West Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
