Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Hardy 
Harrison 
Jackson 
Jefferson 
Kanawha 
Lewis 
Lincoln 
Logan 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
494 
778 
732 
501 
210 
476 
149 
11 
2007 
514 
774 
950 
546 
256 
507 
215 
34 
acres, 2012 
155,316 
117,029 
104,742 
66,965 
26,009 
82,460 
25,657 
831 
2007 
134,357 
111,657 
129,466 
72,091 
23,755 
92,160 
32,393 
1,393 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
334 
610 
577 
327 
134 
383 
98 
5 
2007 
345 
584 
743 
346 
110 
391 
126 
12 
acres, 2012 
27,240 
22,679 
20,637 
39,164 
3,387 
14,143 
2,404 
(D) 
TENURE 
2007 
22,891 
20,042 
23,915 
38,351 
2,457 
14,600 
2,771 
(D) 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
324 
571 
586 
347 
183 
333 
124 
11 
2007 
334 
571 
750 
390 
221 
383 
172 
32 
acres, 2012 
62,594 
61,993 
63,104 
21,147 
21,120 
43,917 
18,658 
831 
2007 
51,298 
58,791 
80,234 
27,140 
17,594 
51,202 
19,200 
(D) 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
198 
434 
445 
199 
110 
254 
77 
5 
2007 
197 
412 
561 
235 
84 
276 
86 
11 
acres, 2012 
9,853 
10,649 
10,443 
8,027 
2,182 
6,164 
1,452 
(D) 
2007 
6,872 
9,712 
12,582 
10,755 
1,392 
7,153 
1,221 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
149 
178 
130 
104 
20 
119 
23 
_ 
2007 
168 
176 
185 
106 
31 
109 
36 
- 
acres, 2012 
87,447 
49,710 
38,324 
35,868 
4,407 
31,284 
(D) 
- 
2007 
81,206 
47,178 
45,449 
34,220 
6,111 
38,199 
12,221 
- 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
41,244 
20,138 
17,130 
16,224 
2,953 
12,803 
5,422 
- 
2007 
40,182 
21,332 
23,542 
17,090 
3,698 
16,571 
9,526 
- 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
46,203 
29,572 
21,194 
1,454 
18,481 
(D) 
- 
2007 
41,024 
25,846 
21,907 
2,413 
21,628 
2,695 
- 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
123 
160 
122 
90 
20 
109 
20 
- 
2007 
139 
149 
169 
87 
26 
103 
33 
- 
acres, 2012 
16,550 
11,215 
9,530 
24,162 
1,163 
6,972 
(D) 
- 
2007 
15,669 
9,089 
10,627 
20,007 
1,065 
6,735 
1,418 
- 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
21 
29 
16 
50 
7 
24 
2 
_ 
2007 
12 
27 
15 
50 
4 
15 
7 
2 
acres, 2012 
5,275 
5,326 
3,314 
9,950 
482 
7,259 
(D) 
- 
2007 
1,853 
5,688 
3,783 
10,731 
50 
2,759 
972 
(D) 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
13 
16 
10 
38 
4 
20 
1 
2007 
9 
23 
13 
24 
- 
12 
7 
1 
acres, 2012 
837 
815 
664 
6,975 
42 
1,007 
(D) 
- 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
350 
1,241 
706 
7,589 
' 
712 
132 
(D) 
Total operators 
number 
787 
1,178 
1,095 
767 
319 
705 
207 
13 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
256 
441 
418 
285 
123 
274 
97 
9 
2 operators 
201 
287 
277 
174 
69 
179 
46 
2 
3 operators 
29 
39 
27 
36 
14 
19 
6 
- 
4 operators 
4 
9 
8 
4 
4 
4 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
4 
2 
2 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Total women operators 
number 
243 
359 
322 
242 
105 
177 
60 
3 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
206 
315 
292 
223 
81 
167 
53 
3 
2 operators 
14 
22 
15 
5 
12 
5 
2 
- 
3 operators 
3 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
“ 
- 
" 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
817 
1,078 
1,410 
827 
373 
743 
306 
55 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
284 
504 
551 
321 
157 
307 
141 
14 
2 operators 
182 
240 
348 
183 
82 
178 
60 
19 
3 operators 
33 
26 
42 
34 
16 
13 
11 
1 
4 operators 
10 
4 
8 
6 
1 
6 
3 
- 
5 or more operators 
5 
“ 
1 
2 
- 
3 
" 
Total women operators 
number 
237 
314 
462 
258 
147 
199 
80 
8 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
187 
294 
414 
238 
119 
168 
70 
8 
2 operators 
16 
10 
24 
10 
14 
14 
5 
- 
3 operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
4 operators 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
420 
675 
662 
402 
187 
432 
134 
8 
2007 
440 
663 
801 
452 
208 
447 
192 
30 
acres, 2012 
136,923 
104,904 
97,508 
62,997 
23,378 
78,416 
24,229 
(D) 
2007 
118,210 
96,121 
116,825 
66,951 
19,946 
86,290 
29,405 
(D) 
Female 
farms, 2012 
74 
103 
70 
99 
23 
44 
15 
3 
2007 
74 
111 
149 
94 
48 
60 
23 
4 
acres, 2012 
18,393 
12,125 
7,234 
3,968 
2,631 
4,044 
1,428 
(D) 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
16,147 
15,536 
12,641 
5,140 
3,809 
5,870 
2,988 
(D) 
Farming 
2012 
261 
271 
305 
254 
86 
204 
71 
5 
2007 
256 
326 
355 
280 
106 
175 
68 
19 
Other 
2012 
233 
507 
427 
247 
124 
272 
78 
6 
Place of residence: 
2007 
258 
448 
595 
266 
150 
332 
147 
15 
On farm operated 
2012 
418 
671 
619 
423 
174 
375 
122 
9 
2007 
443 
671 
827 
454 
228 
409 
175 
32 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
76 
107 
113 
78 
36 
101 
27 
2 
2007 
71 
103 
123 
92 
28 
98 
40 
2 
-continued 
442 West Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
