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 
88,637 
2.7 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: - Con. 
Land in farms 
acres 
30,622,731 
1.6 
Partnership 
farms 
4,986 
4.9 
Farms by size: 
acres 
2,761,129 
5.3 
1 to 9 acres 
farms 
6,707 
14.6 
Corporation: 
acres 
32,614 
16.7 
Family held 
farms 
6,739 
2.3 
1 0 to 49 acres 
farms 
20,665 
18.2 
acres 
4,847,309 
1.9 
acres 
525,668 
17.2 
Other than family held 
farms 
450 
7.7 
50 to 69 acres 
farms 
4,762 
10.5 
acres 
191,996 
10.0 
acres 
277,572 
10.5 
Other - cooperative, estate or 
70 to 99 acres 
farms 
6,832 
5.7 
trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,789 
9.7 
acres 
556,647 
5.8 
acres 
355,797 
11.0 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
farms 
5,665 
13.2 
acres 
662,354 
13.6 
Tenure: 
140 to 179 acres 
farms 
5,529 
18.9 
Full owners 
farms 
49,525 
3.4 
acres 
870,654 
18.9 
acres 
6,538,547 
7.6 
180 to 219 acres 
farms 
3,603 
28.3 
Part owners 
farms 
30,025 
2.8 
acres 
710,968 
28.5 
acres 
20,867,251 
3.3 
220 to 259 acres 
farms 
3,227 
30.6 
Tenants 
farms 
9,087 
10.2 
acres 
767,187 
30.6 
acres 
3,216,933 
6.7 
260 to 499 acres 
farms 
11,824 
21.4 
acres 
4,312,506 
20.1 
Principal operator characteristics by- 
500 to 999 acres 
farms 
11,581 
7.0 
Sex of operator: 
acres 
8,121,461 
8.2 
Male 
farms 
81,529 
2.6 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
farms 
6,589 
11.8 
acres 
29,753,822 
1.5 
acres 
8,693,625 
10.1 
Female 
farms 
7,108 
4.6 
2,000 acres or more 
farms 
1,653 
10.7 
acres 
868,909 
9.3 
acres 
5,091,475 
8.7 
Primary occupation: 
Irrigated land use: 
Farming 
farms 
47,949 
2.6 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
1,483 
4.0 
Other 
farms 
40,688 
3.4 
acres 
170,542 
5.5 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
53 
11.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or 
acres 
1,114 
5.5 
Latino origin (see text) 
farms 
369 
16.6 
acres 
87,810 
23.4 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
$1,000 
30,821,532 
6.7 
Race: 
American Indian or 
Farms by value of sales: 
Alaska Native 
farms 
48 
20.5 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
21,843 
11.0 
acres 
7,860 
16.9 
$1,000 
1,204 
29.7 
Asian 
farms 
72 
17.2 
$1,000 to $2,499 
farms 
3,206 
6.7 
acres 
8,059 
48.9 
$1,000 
5,356 
6.7 
Black or African American 
farms 
28 
24.0 
$2,500 to $4,999 
farms 
3,613 
11.2 
acres 
3,332 
79.7 
$1,000 
13,101 
11.1 
Native Hawaiian or 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
4,328 
11.0 
Other Pacific Islander 
farms 
4 
58.1 
$1,000 
30,997 
11.3 
acres 
1,994 
63.9 
$10,000 to $19,999 
farms 
4,427 
5.3 
White 
farms 
88,402 
2.7 
$1,000 
63,582 
6.0 
acres 
30,589,356 
1.6 
$20,000 to $24,999 
farms 
1,614 
6.7 
More than one race reported 
farms 
83 
15.8 
1,000 
35,939 
6.7 
acres 
12,130 
12.9 
$25,000 to $39,999 
farms 
3,686 
8.3 
$1,000 
117,542 
8.3 
Reporting primary occupation as 
$40,000 to $49,999 
farms 
2,089 
13.4 
farming by age group: 
$1,000 
93,390 
13.5 
Linder 25 years 
farms 
351 
7.5 
$50,000 to $99,999 
farms 
7,470 
3.6 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
2,924 
10.6 
$1,000 
547,324 
3.7 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
4,765 
5.4 
$100,000 to $249,999 
farms 
10,036 
45.8 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
10,447 
2.6 
$1,000 
1,666,502 
45.4 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
14,026 
1.8 
$250,000 to $499,999 
farms 
9,769 
11.0 
65 years and over 
farms 
15,436 
2.5 
$1,000 
3,559,383 
10.5 
$500,000 to $999,999 
farms 
9,637 
34.0 
Reporting primary occupation as 
$1,000 
7,035,084 
37.8 
other than farming by age group: 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
farms 
6,919 
37.3 
Linder 25 years 
farms 
244 
10.6 
$1,000 
17,652,127 
22.9 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
2,723 
6.2 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
5,059 
5.0 
Net cash farm income of operations (see text): 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
10,318 
4.1 
Farms with gains of 1 - 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
11,675 
4.1 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
2,090 
13.4 
65 years and over 
farms 
10,669 
4.1 
$1,000 
1,025 
12.3 
$1,000 to $4,999 
farms 
5,941 
8.4 
All operators by age group 2 : 
$1,000 
16,489 
7.4 
Under 25 years 
farms 
1,719 
3.7 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
4,541 
4.1 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
9,967 
4.9 
$1,000 
33,230 
4.5 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
15,795 
3.7 
$10,000 to $24,999 
farms 
8,742 
3.3 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
31,657 
3.1 
$1,000 
146,950 
3.4 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
36,359 
2.3 
$25,000 to $49,999 
farms 
8,325 
8.4 
65 to 74 years 
farms 
21,885 
2.6 
$1,000 
301,337 
9.1 
75 years and over 
farms 
12,262 
3.0 
$50,000 or more 
farms 
33,141 
11.1 
$1,000 
10,253,650 
7.8 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
26,827 
4.4 
Farms with losses of - 
number 
3,893,683 
1.4 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
2,094 
15.4 
Beef cows inventory 
farms 
19,677 
3.7 
1,000 
1,037 
15.4 
number 
885,568 
2.1 
$1,000 to $4,999 
farms 
6,783 
15.7 
Milk cows inventory 
frams 
1,810 
13.0 
1,000 
19,440 
16.4 
number 
204,757 
2.0 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
4,995 
16.3 
Hog and pigs inventory 
farms 
6,266 
7.0 
1,000 
36,068 
16.0 
number 
20,455,666 
1.1 
$10,000 to $24,999 
farms 
5,805 
13.9 
Layers inventory 
farms 
3,821 
5.9 
1,000 
92,525 
13.6 
number 
52,218,870 
1.5 
$25,000 to $49,999 
farms 
2,672 
10.3 
Broilers sold 
farms 
704 
6.4 
1,000 
93,405 
10.2 
number 
10,572,270 
(H) 
$50,000 or more 
farms 
3,508 
15.0 
Aquaculture sold 
farms 
48 
28.4 
1,000 
731,012 
11.6 
$1,000 
7,690 
6.4 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: 
Selected crops harvested: 
Family or individual 
farms 
74,673 
2.9 
Corn for grain 
farms 
47,477 
6.7 
acres 
22,466,500 
1.8 
acres 
13,709,408 
1.2 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
201 2 Census of Agriculture APPENDIX A A - 23 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
