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 
61,773 
5.4 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: - Con. 
Land in farms 
acres 
46,137,295 
2.9 
Partnership 
farms 
3,860 
3.7 
Farms by size: 
acres 
6,853,518 
2.1 
1 to 9 acres 
farms 
1,975 
10.5 
Corporation: 
acres 
7,907 
10.6 
Family held 
farms 
2,584 
3.6 
1 0 to 49 acres 
farms 
9,776 
14.0 
acres 
5,193,969 
2.1 
acres 
272,150 
13.5 
Other than family held 
farms 
251 
8.5 
50 to 69 acres 
farms 
2,865 
7.8 
acres 
228,090 
14.4 
acres 
167,080 
7.8 
Other - cooperative, estate or 
70 to 99 acres 
farms 
5,844 
6.3 
trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,691 
8.8 
acres 
475,041 
6.3 
acres 
1,103,824 
8.3 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
farms 
3,651 
5.9 
acres 
425,130 
5.9 
Tenure: 
140 to 179 acres 
farms 
5,567 
5.4 
Full owners 
farms 
35,465 
6.0 
acres 
879,767 
5.4 
acres 
10,448,505 
6.2 
180 to 219 acres 
farms 
2,240 
5.2 
Part owners 
farms 
21,564 
4.6 
acres 
441,167 
5.2 
acres 
31,344,748 
2.8 
220 to 259 acres 
farms 
2,193 
6.3 
Tenants 
farms 
4,744 
5.8 
acres 
521,013 
6.3 
acres 
4,344,042 
12.2 
260 to 499 acres 
farms 
8,145 
4.6 
acres 
2,957,558 
4.6 
Principal operator characteristics by- 
500 to 999 acres 
farms 
7,208 
6.5 
Sex of operator: 
acres 
5,132,120 
5.9 
Male 
farms 
54,990 
5.3 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
farms 
6,098 
5.3 
acres 
43,966,009 
2.8 
acres 
8,547,752 
5.1 
Female 
farms 
6,783 
7.1 
2,000 acres or more 
farms 
6,211 
2.5 
acres 
2,171,286 
5.1 
acres 
26,310,610 
2.9 
Primary occupation: 
Irrigated land use: 
Farming 
farms 
29,857 
4.3 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
6,119 
7.8 
Other 
farms 
31,916 
6.6 
acres 
2,858,575 
1.6 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
225 
16.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or 
acres 
22,717 
15.9 
Latino origin (see text) 
farms 
693 
50.6 
acres 
347,688 
58.1 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
$1,000 
18,460,564 
15.0 
Race: 
American Indian or 
Farms by value of sales: 
Alaska Native 
farms 
395 
42.6 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
15,044 
9.2 
acres 
118,560 
35.0 
$1,000 
1,245 
11.1 
Asian 
farms 
71 
(H) 
$1,000 to $2,499 
farms 
3,415 
7.9 
acres 
10,557 
68.2 
$1,000 
5,762 
7.8 
Black or African American 
farms 
165 
42.3 
$2,500 to $4,999 
farms 
3,658 
7.2 
acres 
29,174 
35.1 
$1,000 
13,370 
7.2 
Native Hawaiian or 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
5,035 
9.3 
Other Pacific Islander 
farms 
17 
(H) 
$1,000 
36,566 
9.5 
acres 
17,451 
45.9 
$10,000 to $19,999 
farms 
5,169 
11.3 
White 
farms 
60,853 
5.1 
$1,000 
74,770 
11.8 
acres 
45,845,434 
2.8 
$20,000 to $24,999 
farms 
1,878 
6.6 
More than one race reported 
farms 
272 
15.2 
1,000 
41,831 
6.6 
acres 
116,119 
12.8 
$25,000 to $39,999 
farms 
4,103 
5.7 
$1,000 
129,854 
5.5 
Reporting primary occupation as 
$40,000 to $49,999 
farms 
2,044 
7.3 
farming by age group: 
$1,000 
91,368 
7.5 
Linder 25 years 
farms 
219 
9.4 
$50,000 to $99,999 
farms 
5,662 
5.5 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
1,802 
8.8 
$1,000 
412,533 
5.4 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
2,653 
7.8 
$100,000 to $249,999 
farms 
6,452 
4.4 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
5,335 
5.2 
$1,000 
1,081,516 
6.1 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
8,262 
4.1 
$250,000 to $499,999 
farms 
4,133 
4.2 
65 years and over 
farms 
11,586 
3.1 
$1,000 
1,512,874 
4.0 
$500,000 to $999,999 
farms 
2,864 
10.9 
Reporting primary occupation as 
$1,000 
2,049,623 
9.1 
other than farming by age group: 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
farms 
2,316 
29.9 
Linder 25 years 
farms 
133 
14.4 
$1,000 
13,009,251 
21.8 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
2,173 
13.4 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
3,730 
11.5 
Net cash farm income of operations (see text): 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
7,880 
7.6 
Farms with gains of 1 - 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
9,089 
5.5 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
2,076 
6.5 
65 years and over 
farms 
8,911 
5.5 
$1,000 
1,042 
6.2 
$1,000 to $4,999 
farms 
5,971 
4.9 
All operators by age group 2 : 
$1,000 
16,823 
4.8 
Under 25 years 
farms 
1,185 
7.7 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
4,392 
4.2 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
7,086 
10.0 
$1,000 
31,931 
4.2 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
10,550 
8.9 
$10,000 to $24,999 
farms 
6,430 
4.2 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
20,649 
6.4 
$1,000 
105,273 
4.2 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
25,319 
4.8 
$25,000 to $49,999 
farms 
4,562 
4.6 
65 to 74 years 
farms 
16,120 
3.6 
$1,000 
162,959 
4.6 
75 years and over 
farms 
10,747 
3.4 
$50,000 or more 
farms 
12,802 
8.3 
$1,000 
3,689,685 
18.6 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
27,568 
6.2 
Farms with losses of - 
number 
5,922,187 
9.2 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
1,994 
6.8 
Beef cows inventory 
farms 
23,272 
11.4 
1,000 
985 
6.7 
number 
1,270,538 
10.8 
$1,000 to $4,999 
farms 
6,976 
8.4 
Milk cows inventory 
frams 
858 
14.6 
1,000 
19,882 
8.5 
number 
131,688 
55.2 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
5,044 
8.3 
Hog and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,010 
8.1 
1,000 
36,828 
8.3 
number 
1,886,197 
3.5 
$10,000 to $24,999 
farms 
5,957 
8.1 
Layers inventory 
farms 
3,781 
8.2 
1,000 
94,225 
7.9 
number 
(□) 
(□) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
farms 
2,609 
6.7 
Broilers sold 
farms 
269 
29.3 
1,000 
90,892 
6.6 
number 
51,374 
16.8 
$50,000 or more 
farms 
2,960 
17.9 
Aquaculture sold 
farms 
19 
23.9 
1,000 
620,481 
20.2 
$1,000 
4,997 
99.0 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: 
Selected crops harvested: 
Family or individual 
farms 
53,387 
5.7 
Corn for grain 
farms 
1 1 ,684 
3.2 
acres 
32,757,894 
3.3 
acres 
3,948,462 
1.9 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
201 2 Census of Agriculture APPENDIX A A - 23 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
