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 
2,240 
80 
27.3 
6.9 
12.6 
7.8 
acres 
4,124,539 
96,764 
11.7 
1.1 
8.8 
1.8 
Other than family held 
farms 
282 
23 
29.8 
7.1 
12.6 
10.0 
acres 
361,583 
20,920 
9.5 
1.5 
6.5 
1.5 
Other - cooperative, estate or 
trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,063 
83 
27.4 
9.2 
9.2 
8.9 
acres 
2,058,591 
47,197 
7.6 
1.8 
4.2 
1.6 
Tenure: 
Full owners 
farms 
26,105 
951 
34.4 
11.9 
10.8 
11.8 
acres 
11,793,247 
245,417 
17.7 
3.3 
10.0 
4.4 
Part owners 
farms 
7,839 
302 
29.1 
4.7 
17.5 
6.9 
acres 
17,490,776 
440,473 
15.3 
1.0 
12.2 
2.0 
Tenants 
farms 
2,236 
98 
34.9 
8.1 
18.6 
8.2 
acres 
2,602,653 
121,522 
17.9 
1.5 
14.1 
2.3 
Principal operator characteristics by- 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms 
29,320 
884 
32.9 
9.3 
13.4 
10.3 
acres 
29,113,161 
686,570 
16.0 
1.6 
11.8 
2.6 
Female 
farms 
6,860 
438 
35.0 
13.8 
9.8 
11.4 
acres 
2,773,515 
97,789 
20.0 
3.9 
10.6 
5.5 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
farms 
17,962 
576 
30.7 
7.9 
13.5 
9.3 
Other 
farms 
18,218 
696 
35.9 
12.3 
12.0 
11.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or 
Latino origin (see text) 
farms 
2,318 
497 
58.8 
17.1 
20.9 
20.8 
acres 
914,640 
148,833 
44.0 
6.7 
27.9 
9.4 
Race: 
American Indian or 
Alaska Native 
farms 
270 
26 
48.9 
10.4 
21.9 
16.6 
acres 
873,312 
44,566 
3.4 
0.3 
2.5 
0.7 
Asian 
farms 
170 
162 
59.4 
13.9 
15.1 
30.4 
acres 
56,601 
35,715 
31.2 
15.3 
7.7 
8.2 
Black or African American 
farms 
47 
24 
40.4 
16.4 
10.8 
13.2 
acres 
7,368 
2,239 
34.8 
10.5 
15.5 
8.7 
Native Hawaiian or 
Other Pacific Islander 
farms 
32 
(H) 
59.4 
11.1 
20.3 
27.9 
acres 
16,349 
3,765 
8.0 
1.7 
3.3 
3.0 
White 
farms 
35,498 
1,200 
33.1 
10.1 
12.6 
10.4 
acres 
30,882,868 
777,284 
16.7 
1.8 
12.0 
2.9 
More than one race reported 
farms 
163 
11 
25.2 
19.4 
7.2 
-1.5 
acres 
50,178 
6,013 
12.3 
5.5 
7.0 
-0.2 
Reporting primary occupation as 
farming by age group: 
Under 25 years 
farms 
90 
13 
55.6 
15.8 
26.6 
13.1 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
910 
51 
52.4 
12.8 
27.2 
12.4 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
1,318 
92 
36.3 
7.2 
19.6 
9.5 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
3,236 
161 
32.1 
7.7 
18.0 
6.4 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
5,042 
149 
28.3 
7.4 
13.1 
7.9 
65 years and over 
farms 
7,366 
218 
27.7 
7.8 
8.6 
11.2 
Reporting primary occupation as 
other than farming by age group: 
Under 25 years 
farms 
57 
7 
56.1 
26.0 
16.5 
13.6 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
852 
61 
57.7 
18.2 
21.6 
18.0 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
1,864 
119 
42.2 
12.1 
17.3 
12.8 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
4,654 
277 
37.3 
12.8 
15.2 
9.4 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
5,831 
189 
32.9 
12.1 
10.1 
10.7 
65 years and over 
farms 
4,960 
180 
31.7 
11.1 
6.4 
14.1 
All operators by age group 2 : 
Under 25 years 
farms 
738 
37 
39.7 
12.0 
18.0 
9.7 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
3,619 
165 
47.2 
12.4 
21.8 
13.0 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
6,108 
326 
37.8 
10.0 
17.2 
10.7 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
13,737 
685 
34.9 
10.8 
15.4 
8.8 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
16,990 
511 
31.0 
10.0 
11.4 
9.6 
65 to 74 years 
farms 
11,341 
357 
29.2 
9.5 
7.9 
11.9 
75 years and over 
farms 
5,656 
174 
29.5 
8.2 
9.4 
11.9 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
13,970 
703 
30.3 
6.5 
15.9 
7.9 
number 
2,630,082 
38,837 
11.6 
1.2 
8.6 
1.7 
Beef cows inventory 
farms 
11,267 
1,142 
28.5 
5.6 
15.7 
7.2 
number 
683,291 
126,801 
14.5 
1.1 
11.2 
2.2 
Milk cows inventory 
frams 
517 
43 
33.1 
7.3 
17.3 
8.4 
number 
130,736 
10,822 
0.8 
0.1 
0.6 
0.1 
Hog and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,001 
60 
37.4 
15.5 
13.1 
8.7 
number 
727,301 
87,960 
0.6 
0.2 
0.3 
0.1 
Layers inventory 
farms 
4,271 
253 
37.7 
13.4 
13.0 
11.3 
number 
4,195,691 
20,512 
0.9 
0.5 
0.2 
0.2 
Broilers sold 
farms 
296 
30 
35.1 
13.2 
11.8 
10.2 
number 
37,956 
27,623 
13.7 
2.5 
8.7 
2.5 
Aquaculture sold 
farms 
68 
13 
11.8 
8.3 
1.5 
2.0 
$1,000 
14,475 
5,510 
0.2 
0.2 
(Z) 
(Z) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
2,562 
110 
25.1 
2.1 
19.4 
3.7 
acres 
1,011,151 
29,971 
11.8 
0.7 
10.2 
0.9 
Wheat, winter 
farms 
3,567 
188 
28.6 
2.2 
21.9 
4.4 
acres 
2,167,930 
93,824 
18.7 
1.1 
15.9 
1.7 
Wheat, durum 
farms 
8 
4 
12.5 
1.8 
5.4 
5.3 
acres 
1,462 
982 
9.6 
1.0 
5.1 
3.5 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
201 2 Census of Agriculture APPENDIX A A - 21 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
