Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
West Virginia 
Barbour 
Berkeley 
Boone 
Braxton 
Brooke 
Cabell 
Calhoun 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
3,452 
86 
115 
- 
i** r bi 
12 
42 
25 
workers 
10,153 
232 
762 
- 
(D) 
109 
82 
$1 ,000 payroll 
43,344 
214 
4,351 
- 
43 
459 
120 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
1,370 
35 
48 
- 
15 
6 
18 
5 
workers 
1,370 
35 
48 
- 
15 
6 
18 
5 
2 workers 
farms 
899 
22 
20 
- 
20 
- 
9 
6 
workers 
1,798 
44 
40 
- 
40 
- 
18 
12 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
727 
13 
21 
_ 
21 
6 
9 
6 
workers 
2,441 
(D) 
71 
- 
72 
(D) 
(D) 
20 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
366 
14 
13 
- 
8 
5 
8 
workers 
2,176 
87 
73 
- 
49 
- 
33 
45 
10 workers or more 
farms 
90 
2 
13 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
workers 
2,368 
(D) 
530 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
882 
19 
46 
- 
6 
7 
12 
7 
workers 
2,284 
27 
191 
- 
7 
7 
18 
10 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
515 
11 
24 
- 
5 
7 
9 
4 
workers 
515 
11 
24 
- 
5 
7 
9 
4 
2 workers 
farms 
197 
8 
12 
- 
1 
- 
- 
3 
workers 
394 
16 
24 
- 
2 
- 
- 
6 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
107 
_ 
5 
_ 
_ 
_ 
3 
_ 
workers 
350 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
9 
- 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
46 
- 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
282 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
10 workers or more 
farms 
17 
- 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
743 
- 
115 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,921 
74 
87 
- 
61 
10 
35 
20 
workers 
7,869 
205 
571 
- 
169 
(D) 
91 
72 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
1,125 
25 
30 
- 
12 
4 
12 
3 
workers 
1,125 
25 
30 
- 
12 
4 
12 
3 
2 workers 
farms 
817 
20 
19 
- 
22 
5 
10 
5 
workers 
1,634 
40 
38 
- 
44 
10 
20 
10 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
649 
20 
14 
_ 
19 
1 
9 
4 
workers 
2,188 
72 
45 
- 
64 
(D) 
28 
14 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
262 
7 
11 
- 
8 
4 
8 
workers 
1,536 
(D) 
62 
- 
49 
- 
31 
45 
10 workers or more 
farms 
68 
2 
13 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
1,386 
(D) 
396 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
531 
12 
28 
- 
3 
2 
7 
5 
workers 
875 
14 
34 
- 
3 
(D) 
7 
7 
$1 ,000 payroll 
11,150 
67 
409 
- 
50 
(D) 
67 
5 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
2,570 
67 
69 
- 
58 
5 
30 
18 
workers 
6,247 
177 
264 
- 
162 
(D) 
75 
69 
$1 ,000 payroll 
6,941 
92 
315 
- 
118 
(D) 
147 
(D) 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
351 
7 
18 
- 
3 
5 
5 
2 
1 50 days or more, workers 
1,409 
13 
157 
- 
4 
5 
11 
(D) 
less than 150 days, workers 
1,622 
28 
307 
- 
7 
10 
16 
(D) 
$1 ,000 payroll 
25,253 
55 
3,627 
- 
24 
33 
246 
(D) 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
36 
- 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
737 
- 
299 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
30 
- 
10 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
668 
" 
299 
- 
- 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
69 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
10,867 
293 
304 
10 
189 
43 
191 
131 
workers 
26,567 
737 
703 
17 
462 
95 
460 
283 
-continued 
270 West Virginia 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
