Table A. Summary of U.S. Coverage, Nonresponse, and Misclassification Adjustments: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Standard 
error 
Adjustment 
Percent of total 
Percent of total 
Percent of total 
Item 
Total 
as percent 
adjustment 
adjustment from 
adjustment from 
of total 
from coverage 
nonresponse 
misclassification 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: - Con. 
Corporation: 
Family held 
farms 
95,142 
1,506 
27.3 
8.1 
14.5 
4.7 
acres 
118,795,904 
842,669 
14.0 
2.1 
10.3 
1.6 
Other than family held 
farms 
11,574 
316 
30.6 
11.1 
14.3 
5.2 
acres 
12,476,988 
239,672 
11.1 
2.9 
6.9 
1.4 
Other - cooperative, estate or 
trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
35,654 
698 
29.9 
12.8 
10.9 
6.2 
acres 
64,744,294 
980,668 
5.7 
2.9 
2.2 
0.7 
Tenure: 
Full owners 
farms 
1,428,351 
25,953 
35.9 
14.7 
14.0 
7.2 
acres 
336,233,189 
3,263,795 
19.7 
5.4 
10.7 
3.5 
Part owners 
farms 
533,070 
5,120 
29.5 
6.0 
19.2 
4.3 
acres 
491,292,824 
3,882,071 
18.3 
1.9 
14.4 
2.0 
Tenants 
farms 
147,882 
4,094 
38.7 
11.9 
20.0 
6.8 
acres 
87,001,644 
1,456,015 
23.0 
3.0 
17.4 
2.7 
Principal operator characteristics by- 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms 
1,821,039 
25,329 
33.6 
11.4 
16.0 
6.2 
acres 
851,854,841 
7,388,429 
18.9 
3.1 
13.3 
2.5 
Female 
farms 
288,264 
1 1 ,336 
39.9 
18.4 
13.7 
7.8 
acres 
62,672,816 
1,345,461 
24.2 
6.9 
12.3 
5.0 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
farms 
1,007,904 
12,482 
31.4 
9.6 
16.1 
5.7 
Other 
farms 
1,101,399 
21,276 
37.3 
14.7 
15.5 
7.1 
Spanish, Flispanic, or 
Latino origin (see text) 
farms 
67,000 
5,502 
57.4 
19.0 
24.9 
13.5 
acres 
21,018,041 
2,475,629 
37.3 
7.3 
23.1 
6.9 
Race: 
American Indian or 
Alaska Native 
farms 
37,851 
3,084 
49.7 
15.9 
18.7 
15.1 
acres 
50,859,898 
890,267 
9.7 
3.5 
4.6 
1.5 
Asian 
farms 
13,669 
2,509 
51.1 
12.0 
22.5 
16.6 
acres 
1 ,453,328 
208,433 
31.1 
5.8 
18.1 
7.2 
Black or African American 
farms 
33,371 
3,952 
57.0 
26.4 
17.1 
13.5 
acres 
3,645,289 
237,819 
51.1 
17.8 
22.5 
10.8 
Native Flawaiian or 
Other Pacific Islander 
farms 
1,468 
298 
50.3 
11.1 
25.2 
14.0 
acres 
289,640 
34,612 
29.2 
4.5 
18.9 
5.9 
White 
farms 
2,012,652 
29,610 
33.7 
12.0 
15.6 
6.1 
acres 
854,850,891 
7,220,140 
19.7 
3.3 
13.7 
2.7 
More than one race reported 
farms 
10,292 
954 
31.2 
21.7 
12.0 
-2.6 
acres 
3,428,611 
137,597 
14.5 
5.9 
8.5 
0.2 
Reporting primary occupation as 
farming by age group: 
Under 25 years 
farms 
6,018 
518 
57.4 
22.2 
25.7 
9.5 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
49,376 
2,486 
49.8 
15.1 
27.2 
7.5 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
82,877 
3,282 
36.2 
8.6 
22.1 
5.5 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
182,301 
3,308 
32.6 
8.7 
20.1 
3.7 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
277,163 
3,969 
29.2 
9.1 
15.6 
4.5 
65 years and over 
farms 
410,169 
2,948 
28.8 
10.0 
11.2 
7.6 
Reporting primary occupation as 
other than farming by age group: 
Under 25 years 
farms 
4,696 
481 
59.6 
28.8 
20.2 
10.6 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
59,743 
4,815 
55.5 
23.0 
22.3 
10.2 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
131,229 
6,704 
43.4 
14.8 
20.6 
8.0 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
283,735 
6,989 
39.1 
14.8 
19.0 
5.3 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
330,889 
6,129 
34.3 
14.4 
13.8 
6.1 
65 years and over 
farms 
291,107 
3,082 
32.2 
13.6 
9.0 
9.6 
All operators by age group 
Under 25 years 
farms 
47,337 
1,788 
43.6 
16.8 
20.1 
6.7 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
210,117 
10,596 
46.6 
16.9 
21.8 
7.8 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
371,153 
14,187 
38.8 
12.5 
19.6 
6.7 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
739,512 
14,525 
35.9 
12.6 
18.4 
5.0 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
896,181 
14,328 
32.2 
12.2 
14.4 
5.6 
65 to 74 years 
farms 
600,945 
5,737 
30.6 
12.1 
10.4 
8.0 
75 years and over 
farms 
314,829 
2,365 
30.2 
10.3 
11.6 
8.4 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
913,246 
13,822 
33.7 
10.1 
18.0 
5.6 
number 
89,994,614 
919,931 
22.0 
3.2 
16.5 
2.3 
Beef cows inventory 
farms 
727,906 
10,287 
31.7 
9.3 
17.0 
5.4 
number 
28,956,553 
1,085,266 
21.9 
3.3 
15.9 
2.7 
Milk cows inventory 
frams 
64,098 
4,247 
29.7 
4.6 
22.3 
2.8 
number 
9,252,272 
113,839 
8.8 
0.4 
8.1 
0.3 
Flog and pigs inventory 
farms 
63,246 
2,751 
37.9 
17.0 
16.7 
4.2 
number 
66,026,785 
2,246,129 
14.7 
1.5 
12.5 
0.8 
Layers inventory 
farms 
198,272 
8,031 
41.8 
19.1 
16.4 
6.3 
number 
350,715,978 
14,469,147 
5.2 
2.9 
2.1 
0.1 
Broilers sold 
farms 
32,935 
1,113 
34.1 
16.3 
14.1 
3.6 
number 
8,463,194,794 
197,204,894 
22.8 
10.2 
12.6 
0.1 
Aquaculture sold 
farms 
5,533 
392 
21.4 
12.8 
6.2 
2.3 
$1,000 
1 ,552,375 
113,189 
6.4 
3.3 
2.8 
0.3 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
348,530 
3,225 
27.1 
4.0 
19.9 
3.2 
acres 
87,413,045 
371,110 
20.0 
1.6 
17.0 
1.4 
Wheat, winter 
farms 
126,085 
2,241 
26.0 
3.4 
19.8 
2.8 
acres 
34,723,361 
277,001 
20.2 
1.8 
16.9 
1.5 
Wheat, durum 
farms 
3,515 
335 
19.7 
1.6 
15.3 
2.8 
acres 
2,139,150 
171,824 
10.5 
0.7 
8.8 
1.0 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
201 2 Census of Agriculture APPENDIX A A - 21 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
