Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
All farms with a woman operator 1 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
West Virginia 
8,944 
9,320 
1,250,268 
2,705 
336,900 
Counties 
Barbour 
198 
212 
25,478 
39 
5,193 
Berkeley 
297 
321 
21,107 
103 
7,151 
Boone 
8 
8 
863 
2 
(D) 
Braxton 
151 
155 
29,716 
30 
5,668 
Brooke 
23 
25 
2,295 
8 
971 
Cabell 
118 
132 
12,243 
46 
6,391 
Calhoun 
105 
109 
19,214 
21 
1,484 
Clay 
41 
41 
5,335 
9 
1,127 
Doddridge 
170 
177 
25,128 
52 
6,503 
Fayette 
80 
82 
7,458 
24 
2,140 
Gilmer 
94 
102 
19,728 
25 
4,617 
Grant 
219 
226 
53,573 
80 
18,706 
Greenbrier 
345 
357 
59,000 
113 
16,674 
Hampshire 
334 
347 
38,474 
102 
11,108 
Hancock 
33 
36 
2,019 
13 
800 
Hardy 
223 
237 
44,605 
74 
18,393 
Harrison 
337 
352 
40,492 
103 
12,125 
Jackson 
307 
316 
41,898 
70 
7,234 
Jefferson 
230 
241 
15,997 
99 
3,968 
Kanawha 
93 
103 
10,361 
23 
2,631 
Lewis 
172 
177 
25,937 
44 
4,044 
Lincoln 
56 
60 
6,645 
15 
1,428 
Logan 
3 
3 
(D) 
3 
(D) 
McDowell 
1 
1 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Marion 
240 
248 
19,405 
93 
6,433 
Marshall 
331 
339 
39,142 
102 
10,276 
Mason 
317 
326 
36,624 
130 
12,538 
Mercer 
155 
158 
13,940 
40 
4,428 
Mineral 
179 
187 
27,194 
63 
11,548 
Mingo 
4 
4 
(D) 
1 
(D) 
Monongalia 
183 
193 
22,153 
59 
5,188 
Monroe 
316 
325 
52,266 
99 
10,759 
Morgan 
85 
90 
5,632 
37 
2,387 
Nicholas 
148 
153 
18,638 
36 
3,552 
Ohio 
69 
71 
7,331 
38 
4,750 
Pendleton 
256 
264 
72,743 
71 
21,020 
Pleasants 
75 
79 
9,149 
14 
1,388 
Pocahontas 
167 
176 
39,758 
63 
13,319 
Preston 
451 
470 
55,423 
124 
12,963 
Putnam 
223 
234 
21,885 
60 
5,733 
Raleigh 
152 
156 
16,580 
33 
2,878 
Randolph 
153 
156 
32,727 
44 
6,363 
Ritchie 
199 
206 
34,773 
66 
8,172 
Roane 
245 
257 
41,517 
47 
4,932 
Summers 
139 
148 
19,547 
40 
5,382 
Taylor 
155 
167 
17,818 
41 
5,076 
Tucker 
72 
77 
12,729 
19 
3,824 
Tyler 
124 
124 
22,036 
35 
4,656 
Upshur 
189 
197 
21,494 
53 
5,771 
Wayne 
80 
81 
12,396 
20 
5,862 
Webster 
39 
39 
4,180 
15 
1,505 
Wetzel 
122 
129 
19,220 
35 
5,192 
Wirt 
93 
96 
13,280 
41 
4,824 
Wood 
336 
341 
30,882 
81 
5,886 
Wyoming 
9 
9 
1,299 
6 
1,048 
Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
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