Table B. Reliability Estimates of State Totals: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Coefficient 
of variation 
(percent) 
Item 
Total 
Coefficient 
of variation 
(percent) 
Farms 
number 
77,857 
10.0 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: - Con. 
Land in farms 
acres 
25,569,001 
5.7 
Partnership 
farms 
8,984 
5.3 
Farms by size: 
acres 
6,934,159 
3.8 
1 to 9 acres 
farms 
24,637 
16.8 
Corporation: 
acres 
95,670 
16.2 
Family held 
farms 
5,345 
5.4 
1 0 to 49 acres 
farms 
25,811 
7.3 
acres 
4,209,678 
2.8 
acres 
584,643 
6.9 
Other than family held 
farms 
1,016 
6.7 
50 to 69 acres 
farms 
3,700 
7.7 
acres 
1,149,993 
3.5 
acres 
212,480 
7.7 
Other - cooperative, estate or 
70 to 99 acres 
farms 
3,601 
8.5 
trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
2,780 
8.2 
acres 
294,439 
8.5 
acres 
1,274,627 
5.1 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
farms 
3,222 
8.6 
acres 
369,985 
8.5 
Tenure: 
140 to 179 acres 
farms 
2,533 
8.0 
Full owners 
farms 
60,492 
10.2 
acres 
398,520 
8.0 
acres 
10,081,540 
4.8 
180 to 219 acres 
farms 
1,477 
6.5 
Part owners 
farms 
9,490 
7.1 
acres 
292,751 
6.5 
acres 
11,310,115 
6.3 
220 to 259 acres 
farms 
1,189 
6.8 
Tenants 
farms 
7,875 
12.8 
acres 
282,281 
6.8 
acres 
4,177,346 
6.8 
260 to 499 acres 
farms 
3,983 
7.3 
acres 
1,428,792 
7.2 
Principal operator characteristics by- 
500 to 999 acres 
farms 
3,230 
8.8 
Sex of operator: 
acres 
2,244,264 
8.7 
Male 
farms 
63,873 
9.3 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
farms 
2,040 
7.4 
acres 
23,292,124 
5.7 
acres 
2,800,180 
7.2 
Female 
farms 
13,984 
13.9 
2,000 acres or more 
farms 
2,434 
7.7 
acres 
2,276,877 
6.9 
acres 
16,564,996 
5.7 
Primary occupation: 
Irrigated land use: 
Farming 
farms 
42,469 
8.0 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
47,972 
6.6 
Other 
farms 
35,388 
12.6 
acres 
7,371,411 
1.9 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
7,884 
14.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or 
acres 
490,553 
9.3 
Latino origin (see text) 
farms 
9,815 
10.8 
acres 
1,608,488 
5.6 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
$1,000 
42,627,472 
1.7 
Race: 
American Indian or 
Farms by value of sales: 
Alaska Native 
farms 
1,192 
15.9 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
15,396 
23.0 
acres 
241,808 
20.5 
$1,000 
1,673 
33.6 
Asian 
farms 
4,802 
20.3 
$1,000 to $2,499 
farms 
15.1 
acres 
593,187 
9.9 
$1,000 
14.9 
Black or African American 
farms 
345 
25.9 
$2,500 to $4,999 
farms 
1 ! 
12.7 
acres 
32,932 
17.5 
$1,000 
20,356 
12.5 
Native Hawaiian or 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
7,718 
11.3 
Other Pacific Islander 
farms 
321 
20.4 
$1,000 
53,701 
11.3 
acres 
32,930 
26.2 
$10,000 to $19,999 
farms 
7,455 
11.7 
White 
farms 
70,537 
9.8 
$1,000 
103,217 
11.6 
acres 
24,500,865 
5.7 
$20,000 to $24,999 
farms 
2,682 
11.0 
More than one race reported 
farms 
660 
23.9 
1,000 
58,665 
11.0 
acres 
167,279 
7.6 
$25,000 to $39,999 
farms 
4,780 
7.3 
$1,000 
148,840 
7.2 
Reporting primary occupation as 
$40,000 to $49,999 
farms 
2,263 
7.4 
farming by age group: 
$1,000 
99,296 
7.5 
Linder 25 years 
farms 
151 
21.3 
$50,000 to $99,999 
farms 
6,679 
7.5 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
1,663 
21.1 
$1,000 
469,861 
7.5 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
3,117 
16.2 
$100,000 to $249,999 
farms 
6,922 
3.6 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
7,658 
8.6 
$1,000 
1,103,202 
3.6 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
12,433 
6.9 
$250,000 to $499,999 
farms 
4,117 
3.9 
65 years and over 
farms 
17,447 
6.3 
$1,000 
1,444,378 
3.9 
$500,000 to $999,999 
farms 
3,186 
5.3 
Reporting primary occupation as 
$1,000 
2,245,124 
5.2 
other than farming by age group: 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
farms 
6,333 
2.9 
Linder 25 years 
farms 
102 
30.7 
$1,000 
36,871,564 
1.5 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
1,305 
30.9 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
3,138 
24.0 
Net cash farm income of operations (see text): 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
8,288 
17.7 
Farms with gains of 1 - 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
10,949 
9.9 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
1,602 
12.8 
65 years and over 
farms 
11,606 
8.1 
$1,000 
762 
11.7 
$1,000 to $4,999 
farms 
4,785 
10.2 
All operators by age group 2 : 
$1,000 
13,480 
10.0 
Under 25 years 
farms 
1,292 
19.3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
3,597 
9.6 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
6,329 
19.1 
$1,000 
26,156 
9.5 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
12,100 
16.9 
$10,000 to $24,999 
farms 
5,723 
7.9 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
26,896 
11.6 
$1,000 
95,178 
7.7 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
36,342 
8.3 
$25,000 to $49,999 
farms 
4,813 
6.4 
65 to 74 years 
farms 
25,653 
7.5 
$1,000 
173,881 
6.3 
75 years and over 
farms 
13,775 
6.6 
$50,000 or more 
farms 
15,763 
2.8 
$1,000 
11,085,441 
2.2 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
16,764 
17.8 
Farms with losses of - 
number 
5,370,531 
3.4 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
1,982 
12.8 
Beef cows inventory 
farms 
10,925 
19.6 
1,000 
1,004 
13.1 
number 
583,594 
12.8 
$1,000 to $4,999 
farms 
8,924 
15.7 
Milk cows inventory 
frams 
1,931 
55.7 
1,000 
26,202 
16.0 
number 
1,815,655 
3.4 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
7,815 
22.0 
Hog and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,437 
50.0 
1,000 
57,166 
22.5 
number 
111,893 
5.3 
$10,000 to $24,999 
farms 
10,269 
15.4 
Layers inventory 
farms 
6,744 
20.8 
1,000 
164,982 
14.9 
number 
19,000,779 
4.1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
farms 
5,478 
11.9 
Broilers sold 
farms 
421 
26.2 
1,000 
192,542 
11.7 
number 
273,277,272 
4.3 
$50,000 or more 
farms 
7,106 
6.8 
Aquaculture sold 
farms 
229 
20.2 
1,000 
2,429,717 
3.4 
$1,000 
103,016 
19.7 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: 
Selected crops harvested: 
Family or individual 
farms 
59,732 
11.3 
Corn for grain 
farms 
733 
4.9 
acres 
12,000,544 
8.4 
acres 
180,672 
1.9 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
201 2 Census of Agriculture APPENDIX A A - 23 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
