Table A. Summary of State 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 
5,345 
291 
29.1 
7.9 
16.4 
4.8 
acres 
4,209,678 
118,937 
19.1 
2.8 
14.4 
1.9 
Other than family held 
farms 
1,016 
68 
29.4 
10.2 
14.3 
4.9 
acres 
1,149,993 
39,808 
17.1 
4.8 
10.3 
2.0 
Other - cooperative, estate or 
trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
2,780 
228 
36.1 
15.4 
14.9 
5.8 
acres 
1,274,627 
64,700 
25.4 
5.4 
17.4 
2.6 
Tenure: 
Full owners 
farms 
60,492 
6,171 
41.8 
17.8 
15.8 
8.1 
acres 
10,081,540 
488,038 
25.7 
5.9 
16.7 
3.1 
Part owners 
farms 
9,490 
675 
29.5 
6.8 
18.8 
3.9 
acres 
11,310,115 
717,128 
15.7 
1.7 
12.7 
1.3 
Tenants 
farms 
7,875 
1,009 
42.2 
12.9 
22.2 
7.1 
acres 
4,177,346 
283,309 
24.0 
3.2 
18.5 
2.3 
Principal operator characteristics by- 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms 
63,873 
5,934 
39.2 
14.4 
17.6 
7.3 
acres 
23,292,124 
1,318,730 
20.6 
3.0 
15.5 
2.0 
Female 
farms 
13,984 
1,943 
45.4 
22.0 
15.1 
8.3 
acres 
2,276,877 
156,485 
25.5 
5.7 
17.0 
2.8 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
farms 
42,469 
3,390 
37.1 
13.1 
17.2 
6.8 
Other 
farms 
35,388 
4,448 
44.2 
18.9 
17.1 
8.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or 
Latino origin (see text) 
farms 
9,815 
1,057 
59.6 
15.2 
30.1 
14.3 
acres 
1,608,488 
90,154 
32.8 
3.4 
24.2 
5.2 
Race: 
American Indian or 
Alaska Native 
farms 
1,192 
189 
53.2 
12.0 
29.2 
12.0 
acres 
241,808 
49,572 
33.5 
3.0 
26.5 
4.0 
Asian 
farms 
4,802 
977 
52.5 
9.6 
26.0 
17.0 
acres 
593,187 
58,955 
31.1 
3.1 
21.9 
6.1 
Black or African American 
farms 
345 
89 
43.5 
14.7 
20.1 
8.7 
acres 
32,932 
5,752 
20.7 
3.2 
14.7 
2.8 
Native Hawaiian or 
Other Pacific Islander 
farms 
321 
65 
56.1 
12.9 
25.4 
17.8 
acres 
32,930 
8,625 
43.4 
3.9 
30.9 
8.6 
White 
farms 
70,537 
6,906 
39.2 
16.1 
16.3 
6.8 
acres 
24,500,865 
1,387,691 
20.7 
3.3 
15.5 
2.0 
More than one race reported 
farms 
660 
158 
39.7 
31.4 
12.3 
-4.0 
acres 
167,279 
12,787 
6.4 
2.8 
3.5 
0.1 
Reporting primary occupation as 
farming by age group: 
Under 25 years 
farms 
151 
32 
70.9 
24.5 
34.9 
11.5 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
1,663 
351 
62.3 
24.7 
25.6 
12.0 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
3,117 
504 
45.2 
11.9 
25.5 
7.9 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
7,658 
662 
39.0 
11.8 
22.4 
4.7 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
12,433 
854 
34.7 
11.9 
17.2 
5.7 
65 years and over 
farms 
17,447 
1,096 
33.8 
14.1 
11.4 
8.2 
Reporting primary occupation as 
other than farming by age group: 
Under 25 years 
farms 
102 
31 
71.6 
30.6 
28.8 
12.2 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
1,305 
403 
66.4 
28.6 
25.8 
11.9 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
3,138 
754 
54.7 
18.6 
25.5 
10.6 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
8,288 
1,468 
48.2 
19.8 
22.0 
6.4 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
10,949 
1,085 
41.8 
19.0 
15.4 
7.3 
65 years and over 
farms 
11,606 
936 
38.1 
17.8 
10.5 
9.8 
All operators by age group 2 : 
Under 25 years 
farms 
1,292 
250 
53.6 
22.4 
23.6 
7.6 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
6,329 
1,206 
52.4 
20.8 
22.3 
9.3 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
12,100 
2,044 
45.8 
14.6 
22.9 
8.2 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
26,896 
3,126 
42.4 
15.9 
20.6 
5.9 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
36,342 
3,030 
37.9 
15.3 
16.0 
6.5 
65 to 74 years 
farms 
25,653 
1,934 
36.4 
16.4 
11.4 
8.6 
75 years and over 
farms 
13,775 
911 
35.1 
13.9 
12.6 
8.6 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
16,764 
2,985 
44.3 
16.6 
21.4 
6.2 
number 
5,370,531 
180,596 
6.6 
0.9 
5.3 
0.4 
Beef cows inventory 
farms 
10,925 
2,137 
36.1 
13.4 
17.7 
5.0 
number 
583,594 
74,857 
2.5 
0.4 
1.9 
0.2 
Milk cows inventory 
frams 
1,931 
1,076 
28.2 
4.7 
20.6 
2.9 
number 
1,815,655 
61,345 
6.8 
0.2 
6.5 
(Z) 
Hog and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,437 
719 
57.8 
31.3 
19.9 
6.6 
number 
111,893 
5,917 
8.8 
3.6 
4.3 
0.8 
Layers inventory 
farms 
6,744 
1,406 
55.0 
28.4 
18.0 
8.6 
number 
19,000,779 
772,755 
0.4 
0.3 
0.1 
(Z) 
Broilers sold 
farms 
421 
110 
45.8 
25.0 
12.7 
8.2 
number 
273,277,272 
11,758,803 
0.8 
0.8 
(Z) 
(Z) 
Aquaculture sold 
farms 
229 
46 
38.9 
22.8 
11.5 
4.6 
$1,000 
103,016 
20,289 
21.7 
13.3 
7.2 
1.2 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
733 
36 
21.8 
4.2 
13.8 
3.9 
acres 
180,672 
3,425 
4.2 
0.4 
3.4 
0.4 
Wheat, winter 
farms 
1,020 
31 
24.3 
4.5 
16.4 
3.5 
acres 
316,109 
11,089 
21.8 
2.5 
16.9 
2.5 
Wheat, durum 
farms 
375 
15 
21.9 
3.1 
14.8 
3.9 
acres 
135,540 
7,261 
18.8 
2.5 
12.7 
3.6 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
201 2 Census of Agriculture APPENDIX A A - 21 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
