Table A. Summary of State Coverage, Nonresponse, and Misclassification Adjustments: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Standard 
error 
Adjustment 
as percent 
of total 
Percent of total 
adjustment 
from coverage 
Percent of total 
adjustment from 
nonresponse 
Percent of total 
adjustment from 
misclassification 
Selected crops harvested: - Con. 
Wheat, spring 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans for beans 
farms 
181 
19 
30.4 
5.3 
20.0 
5.1 
acres 
19,409 
1,159 
20.6 
2.7 
15.0 
3.0 
Sorghum for grain 
farms 
31 
3 
19.4 
5.1 
10.7 
3.5 
acres 
3,541 
518 
16.8 
3.7 
10.1 
2.9 
Rice 
farms 
15 
4 
20.0 
5.7 
4.9 
9.4 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Cotton 
farms 
339 
25 
43.1 
4.7 
33.0 
5.4 
acres 
105,420 
6,750 
32.5 
2.1 
27.7 
2.7 
Peanuts 
farms 
698 
60 
38.5 
7.2 
23.8 
7.5 
acres 
196,320 
10,994 
26.0 
3.3 
18.0 
4.6 
Barley 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Oats 
farms 
62 
17 
35.5 
8.4 
18.9 
8.2 
acres 
4,631 
1,780 
40.0 
7.0 
24.9 
8.1 
Forage - land used for all hay and all 
haylage, grass silage, and 
greenchop (see text) 
farms 
6,554 
1,239 
35.4 
8.9 
18.3 
8.3 
acres 
398,231 
42,702 
27.8 
4.6 
18.1 
5.1 
Land in vegetables (see text) 
farms 
1,614 
172 
30.2 
11.9 
10.4 
7.9 
acres 
215,481 
8,217 
5.3 
1.3 
3.2 
0.8 
Potatoes 
farms 
322 
43 
31.1 
12.5 
10.1 
8.5 
acres 
35,251 
6,122 
13.2 
1.1 
10.5 
1.6 
Tomatoes in the open 
farms 
565 
67 
31.9 
13.7 
10.0 
8.2 
acres 
39,807 
319 
0.6 
0.2 
0.3 
0.1 
Sweet corn 
farms 
451 
46 
29.9 
11.4 
10.4 
8.1 
acres 
35,225 
873 
0.9 
0.4 
0.4 
0.1 
Lettuce 
farms 
87 
13 
31.0 
15.0 
7.8 
8.2 
acres 
9,827 
74 
0.2 
0.1 
0.1 
(Z) 
Land in orchards 
farms 
7,529 
1,167 
34.7 
11.1 
14.7 
8.9 
acres 
579,068 
18,377 
5.3 
1.1 
3.6 
0.5 
Apples 
farms 
223 
24 
53.4 
20.0 
20.8 
12.6 
acres 
160 
20 
52.5 
16.6 
24.8 
11.0 
Grapes 
farms 
558 
72 
50.4 
17.0 
20.8 
12.5 
acres 
1,478 
148 
43.0 
10.5 
23.7 
8.8 
Oranges 
farms 
3,123 
458 
3.6 
1.0 
1.7 
0.8 
acres 
465,001 
13,446 
(Z) 
(Z) 
(Z) 
(Z) 
Almonds 
farms 
3 
2 
66.7 
27.9 
7.5 
31.3 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Land in berries 
farms 
1,460 
163 
51.6 
18.0 
22.2 
11.5 
acres 
19,568 
1,873 
35.1 
8.7 
22.3 
4.1 
Farms with total production expenses equal to market value of agricultural products sold, government payments, and farm-related income are included as farms with gains of less than $1 ,000. 
2 Data were collected for a maximum of three operators per farm. 
A -22 APPENDIX A 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
