Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Clay 
Doddridge 
Fayette 
Gilmer 
Grant 
Greenbrier 
Hampshire 
Hancock 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
40 
150 
94 
93 
181 
282 
281 
35 
2007 
51 
189 
84 
83 
163 
288 
210 
49 
Any 
2012 
74 
202 
138 
142 
305 
537 
517 
61 
2007 
94 
301 
181 
180 
308 
593 
467 
60 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
15 
26 
31 
22 
34 
67 
49 
5 
2007 
10 
59 
27 
31 
53 
95 
54 
6 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
- 
20 
12 
11 
23 
22 
37 
1 
2007 
6 
30 
15 
26 
32 
27 
48 
- 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
9 
33 
20 
22 
37 
69 
129 
8 
2007 
8 
44 
20 
22 
37 
71 
50 
7 
200 days or more 
2012 
50 
123 
75 
87 
211 
379 
302 
47 
2007 
70 
168 
119 
101 
186 
400 
315 
47 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
3 
11 
13 
4 
7 
31 
35 
1 
2007 
- 
19 
8 
8 
15 
22 
30 
4 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
3 
8 
8 
6 
27 
34 
51 
4 
2007 
17 
33 
12 
24 
19 
59 
46 
14 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
26 
54 
26 
32 
50 
112 
143 
16 
2007 
20 
50 
52 
46 
78 
147 
126 
19 
10 years or more 
2012 
82 
279 
185 
193 
402 
642 
569 
75 
2007 
108 
388 
193 
185 
359 
653 
475 
72 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
21.7 
23.9 
25.1 
25.5 
24.0 
23.4 
21.9 
25.2 
2007 
21.9 
21.4 
21.8 
20.3 
22.1 
21.7 
20.2 
24.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
1 
10 
9 
4 
5 
21 
34 
1 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
5 
6 
7 
6 
23 
26 
41 
2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
25 
44 
24 
25 
45 
90 
130 
14 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
83 
292 
192 
200 
413 
682 
593 
79 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
22.6 
25.8 
26.1 
27.4 
25.6 
26.1 
23.3 
26.4 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
. 
2 
3 
_ 
. 
3 
4 
. 
2007 
- 
- 
3 
4 
- 
7 
4 
- 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
9 
7 
10 
10 
19 
49 
36 
- 
2007 
4 
4 
7 
13 
5 
32 
31 
7 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
11 
44 
21 
13 
31 
85 
92 
11 
2007 
17 
60 
14 
28 
65 
93 
94 
9 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
21 
61 
25 
33 
105 
150 
141 
17 
2007 
34 
134 
72 
64 
101 
213 
142 
30 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
15 
43 
42 
40 
33 
142 
104 
10 
2007 
23 
62 
55 
44 
62 
156 
88 
11 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
14 
63 
39 
37 
97 
129 
101 
13 
2007 
25 
64 
43 
25 
95 
99 
115 
7 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
21 
53 
34 
28 
107 
99 
156 
12 
2007 
15 
51 
27 
30 
55 
120 
95 
6 
70 years and over 
2012 
23 
79 
58 
74 
94 
162 
164 
33 
2007 
27 
115 
44 
55 
88 
161 
108 
39 
Average age 
2012 
58.2 
59.7 
60.6 
62.0 
60.5 
58.2 
58.8 
62.7 
2007 
58.0 
58.8 
58.0 
57.5 
58.9 
57.8 
56.9 
59.6 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
64 
186 
116 
127 
247 
535 
527 
58 
2007 
64 
205 
116 
110 
195 
458 
354 
60 
Dial-up service 
.farms, 2012 
2 
30 
23 
31 
28 
66 
20 
6 
DSL service 
.farms, 2012 
39 
70 
33 
32 
188 
242 
439 
11 
Cable modem service 
.farms, 2012 
13 
11 
35 
12 
16 
68 
24 
30 
Fiber-optic service 
.farms, 2012 
2 
7 
- 
1 
2 
15 
9 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
.farms, 2012 
7 
19 
2 
8 
83 
44 
9 
Satellite service 
.farms, 2012 
7 
62 
14 
56 
16 
113 
26 
4 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
.farms, 2012 
1 
9 
4 
2 
4 
5 
4 
2 
Other Internet service 
.farms, 2012 
- 
2 
1 
5 
4 
- 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption farms, 2012 
112 
347 
227 
234 
471 
801 
779 
95 
acres, 2012 
19,887 
63,862 
21,323 
70,053 
108,197 
184,620 
135,440 
8,721 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms, 2012 
2 
2 
5 
10 
20 
29 
37 
2 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
190 
5,178 
10,037 
21,692 
13,784 
(D) 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms, 2012 
110 
333 
214 
222 
433 
745 
730 
89 
2007 
140 
470 
256 
250 
437 
833 
635 
105 
acres, 2012 
19,374 
58,817 
20,493 
66,161 
90,391 
168,542 
123,209 
8,255 
2007 
19,295 
75,826 
24,840 
61,665 
96,283 
156,997 
111,636 
9,402 
Partnership 
.farms, 2012 
4 
12 
13 
8 
32 
48 
35 
5 
2007 
5 
18 
9 
12 
24 
33 
30 
4 
acres, 2012 
699 
(D) 
2,270 
(D) 
13,242 
13,119 
10,464 
(D) 
2007 
652 
(D) 
1,837 
(D) 
10,548 
14,369 
10,389 
246 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
.farms, 2012 
3 
5 
4 
12 
21 
20 
1 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
7 
12 
7 
- 
acres, 2012 
- 
367 
400 
477 
7,860 
7,154 
6,596 
(D) 
2007 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
4,482 
Other than family held 
.farms, 2012 
- 
1 
- 
- 
1 
1 
3 
- 
2007 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
3 
- 
acres, 2012 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
278 
- 
2007 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
.farms, 2012 
3 
1 
8 
4 
10 
1 
2007 
- 
1 
- 
1 
3 
2 
2 
- 
acres, 2012 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
1,528 
(D) 
2007 
" 
(D) 
" 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
-continued 
448 West Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
