Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hardy 
Harrison 
Jackson 
Jefferson 
Kanawha 
Lewis 
Lincoln 
Logan 
Farms 
number 
494 
778 
732 
501 
210 
476 
149 
11 
Land in farms 
acres 
155,316 
117,029 
104,742 
66,965 
26,009 
82,460 
25,657 
831 
Average size of farm 
acres 
314 
150 
143 
134 
124 
173 
172 
76 
Median size of farm 
acres 
110 
93 
93 
47 
98 
121 
120 
28 
Estimated market value of land and buildings: 
Average per farm 
dollars 
891,816 
318,696 
315,789 
918,730 
268,153 
341,070 
348,012 
147,273 
Average per acre 
dollars 
2,837 
2,119 
2,207 
6,873 
2,165 
1,969 
2,021 
1,949 
Estimated market value of all machinery and 
equipment 
$1,000 
43,285 
35,579 
31,242 
37,338 
6,591 
20,437 
5,729 
379 
Average per farm 
dollars 
87,621 
45,731 
42,680 
74,528 
31,388 
43,117 
38,448 
34,498 
Farms by size: 
1 to 9 acres 
38 
31 
29 
75 
10 
6 
3 
3 
1 0 to 49 acres 
129 
173 
148 
184 
63 
92 
19 
3 
50 to 179 acres 
158 
399 
365 
156 
87 
223 
87 
4 
180 to 499 acres 
103 
141 
164 
58 
48 
129 
34 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
31 
20 
19 
17 
2 
22 
5 
1 
1 ,000 acres or more 
35 
14 
7 
11 
- 
4 
1 
- 
Total cropland 
farms 
346 
633 
609 
348 
149 
402 
117 
7 
acres 
29,200 
25,745 
25,773 
41,372 
4,080 
16,168 
3,308 
32 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
334 
610 
577 
327 
134 
383 
98 
5 
acres 
27,240 
22,679 
20,637 
39,164 
3,387 
14,143 
2,404 
(D) 
Irrigated land 
farms 
13 
12 
11 
30 
4 
2 
7 
2 
acres 
21 
21 
30 
301 
5 
(D) 
9 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural products sold (see text) .... 
$1,000 
188,970 
9,541 
7,369 
35,531 
1,325 
7,014 
907 
59 
Average per farm 
dollars 
382,531 
12,263 
10,066 
70,920 
6,309 
14,736 
6,086 
5,408 
Crops, including nursery and greenhouse crops 
$1,000 
5,164 
2,401 
2,119 
15,997 
441 
985 
341 
53 
Livestock, poultry, and their products 
$1,000 
183,806 
7,139 
5,249 
19,534 
884 
6,029 
566 
6 
Farms by value of sales: 
Less than $2,500 
158 
382 
315 
201 
107 
166 
87 
9 
$2,500 to $4,999 
40 
119 
144 
59 
34 
84 
21 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
66 
119 
121 
57 
30 
59 
22 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
57 
96 
98 
77 
28 
91 
14 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
22 
26 
35 
34 
10 
44 
2 
2 
$50,000 to $99,999 
14 
20 
10 
25 
- 
25 
1 
- 
$100,000 or more 
137 
16 
9 
48 
1 
7 
2 
- 
Government payments 
farms 
76 
26 
65 
124 
17 
17 
37 
- 
$1,000 
336 
71 
256 
852 
25 
73 
63 
- 
Total income from farm-related sources, 
gross before taxes and expenses (see text) 
farms 
153 
166 
142 
142 
22 
114 
22 
2 
$1,000 
1,317 
187 
1,054 
3,846 
312 
379 
122 
(D) 
Total farm production expenses 
$1,000 
169,820 
11,299 
9,130 
32,287 
2,318 
7,769 
1,222 
70 
Average per farm 
dollars 
343,764 
14,523 
12,472 
64,444 
11,040 
16,322 
8,203 
6,336 
Net cash farm income of operation (see text) 
farms 
494 
778 
732 
501 
210 
476 
149 
11 
$1,000 
20,804 
-1,500 
-451 
7,942 
-657 
-303 
-130 
-10 
Average per farm 
dollars 
42,112 
-1,928 
-616 
15,853 
-3,129 
-637 
-873 
-894 
Principal operator by primary occupation: 
Farming 
number 
261 
271 
305 
254 
86 
204 
71 
5 
Other 
number 
233 
507 
427 
247 
124 
272 
78 
6 
Principal operator by days worked off farm: 
Any 
number 
322 
544 
474 
272 
119 
334 
85 
3 
200 days or more 
number 
186 
385 
366 
182 
79 
229 
50 
2 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
295 
439 
401 
239 
108 
297 
64 
4 
number 
25,798 
11,933 
9,387 
15,596 
1,663 
9,189 
1,126 
18 
Beef cows 
farms 
245 
379 
369 
205 
94 
207 
52 
4 
number 
10,514 
(D) 
5,364 
5,403 
847 
(D) 
(D) 
8 
Milk cows 
farms 
8 
6 
9 
18 
5 
2 
1 
- 
number 
68 
(D) 
247 
2,373 
9 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Cattle and calves sold 
farms 
244 
352 
329 
211 
87 
265 
51 
2 
number 
15,322 
7,491 
5,487 
7,113 
936 
6,526 
579 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs inventory 
farms 
22 
16 
29 
22 
11 
10 
5 
number 
155 
38 
126 
473 
108 
67 
25 
- 
Hogs and pigs sold 
farms 
20 
8 
21 
27 
11 
6 
3 
- 
number 
340 
25 
131 
756 
120 
31 
(D) 
- 
Sheep and lambs inventory 
farms 
35 
19 
31 
34 
12 
13 
2 
2 
number 
887 
401 
510 
798 
110 
342 
(D) 
(D) 
Layers inventory (see text) 
farms 
79 
107 
77 
91 
44 
46 
16 
2 
number 
473,931 
2,183 
1,648 
2,560 
960 
1,019 
817 
(D) 
Broilers and other meat-type chickens sold 
farms 
68 
2 
2 
9 
- 
- 
2 
number 
40,984,698 
(D) 
(D) 
1,481 
- 
(D) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
50 
4 
18 
56 
5 
- 
3 
2 
acres 
4,226 
(D) 
287 
10,990 
18 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
bushels 
618,202 
(D) 
30,899 
1,372,703 
1,270 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
Corn for silage or greenchop 
farms 
48 
5 
7 
22 
- 
2 
1 
acres 
2,554 
122 
289 
2,220 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
tons 
51,187 
2,560 
4,175 
36,703 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Wheat for grain, all 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
31 
- 
- 
acres 
174 
- 
- 
2,559 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
11,460 
- 
- 
178,937 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Winter wheat for grain 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
31 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
174 
- 
- 
2,559 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
11,460 
- 
- 
178,937 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Spring wheat for grain 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
bushels 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
-continued 
226 West Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
