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 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: - Con. 
Corporation: 
Family held 
farms 
1,601 
53 
31.2 
10.1 
15.6 
5.6 
acres 
1,788,909 
51,404 
14.3 
3.0 
9.7 
1.6 
Other than family held 
farms 
330 
27 
32.7 
6.9 
20.7 
5.1 
acres 
299,376 
25,833 
23.8 
2.7 
18.4 
2.7 
Other - cooperative, estate or 
trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,345 
49 
33.5 
13.3 
13.6 
6.6 
acres 
1,036,145 
92,279 
18.4 
5.7 
10.1 
2.6 
Tenure: 
Full owners 
farms 
51,605 
1,900 
39.7 
16.3 
15.2 
8.2 
acres 
11,318,232 
222,654 
28.0 
8.4 
14.8 
4.8 
Part owners 
farms 
23,702 
827 
34.1 
7.5 
21.8 
4.9 
acres 
20,792,070 
426,745 
20.0 
2.6 
15.3 
2.0 
Tenants 
farms 
4,938 
224 
44.9 
14.3 
23.7 
6.9 
acres 
2,245,808 
133,184 
31.9 
6.2 
22.3 
3.3 
Principal operator characteristics by- 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms 
71,169 
2,301 
38.3 
13.1 
18.2 
7.0 
acres 
31,886,673 
531,531 
23.2 
4.4 
16.0 
2.8 
Female 
farms 
9,076 
526 
38.6 
17.0 
13.5 
8.0 
acres 
2,469,437 
86,039 
25.2 
7.0 
13.8 
4.4 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
farms 
33,790 
1,050 
33.8 
10.5 
17.0 
6.3 
Other 
farms 
46,455 
1,674 
41.6 
15.7 
18.2 
7.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or 
Latino origin (see text) 
farms 
1,173 
448 
57.1 
20.1 
24.9 
12.1 
acres 
270,230 
57,220 
50.4 
12.5 
29.4 
8.5 
Race: 
American Indian or 
Alaska Native 
farms 
7,489 
741 
48.6 
8.9 
28.7 
11.1 
acres 
1,820,219 
370,204 
33.7 
2.9 
25.7 
5.0 
Asian 
farms 
285 
239 
50.2 
18.8 
17.1 
14.4 
acres 
33,426 
23,843 
53.7 
19.5 
19.1 
15.1 
Black or African American 
farms 
1,337 
739 
64.2 
28.9 
24.4 
10.9 
acres 
251,680 
81,471 
56.4 
19.6 
28.8 
8.0 
Native Hawaiian or 
Other Pacific Islander 
farms 
32 
(H) 
56.3 
26.1 
13.7 
16.4 
acres 
21,500 
12,716 
49.1 
15.2 
21.8 
12.1 
White 
farms 
69,288 
1,908 
37.0 
13.5 
16.6 
6.8 
acres 
31,558,199 
435,485 
22.7 
4.6 
15.3 
2.8 
More than one race reported 
farms 
1,814 
207 
27.5 
19.4 
8.4 
-0.3 
acres 
671,086 
28,806 
14.6 
7.3 
7.3 
0.0 
Reporting primary occupation as 
farming by age group: 
Under 25 years 
farms 
170 
13 
64.1 
26.4 
28.8 
8.9 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
1,532 
150 
53.9 
17.0 
29.5 
7.4 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
2,438 
171 
41.9 
9.6 
25.8 
6.5 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
4,771 
229 
36.8 
10.4 
22.0 
4.5 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
8,099 
260 
32.4 
10.3 
16.9 
5.2 
65 years and over 
farms 
16,780 
402 
30.4 
10.3 
12.5 
7.6 
Reporting primary occupation as 
other than farming by age group: 
Under 25 years 
farms 
266 
35 
66.5 
29.5 
24.3 
12.7 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
3,457 
284 
61.2 
22.8 
27.5 
10.9 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
6,571 
418 
47.4 
15.5 
23.8 
8.1 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
12,124 
565 
42.9 
15.3 
21.7 
6.0 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
12,570 
410 
37.4 
14.8 
15.6 
7.0 
65 years and over 
farms 
11,467 
273 
35.1 
15.6 
9.6 
9.8 
All operators by age group 2 : 
Under 25 years 
farms 
1,847 
127 
49.8 
18.9 
22.6 
8.3 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
8,936 
600 
54.5 
19.2 
26.3 
9.1 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
15,387 
948 
45.0 
14.4 
23.0 
7.6 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
26,905 
1,174 
40.6 
13.9 
20.8 
5.9 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
30,689 
999 
35.6 
13.1 
15.9 
6.5 
65 to 74 years 
farms 
23,687 
598 
32.7 
13.0 
11.3 
8.4 
75 years and over 
farms 
12,997 
288 
32.2 
11.2 
12.9 
8.1 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
51,043 
1,574 
35.7 
10.2 
19.7 
5.8 
number 
4,245,970 
79,833 
22.8 
3.5 
16.7 
2.6 
Beef cows inventory 
farms 
44,106 
3,887 
33.0 
9.1 
18.6 
5.3 
number 
1,677,903 
506,368 
15.8 
2.5 
11.4 
1.9 
Milk cows inventory 
frams 
756 
81 
34.8 
8.5 
21.2 
5.1 
number 
45,885 
3,667 
4.8 
0.2 
4.3 
0.3 
Hog and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,947 
165 
43.6 
19.8 
17.4 
6.4 
number 
2,304,740 
27,628 
2.4 
0.4 
1.7 
0.3 
Layers inventory 
farms 
6,760 
444 
43.7 
18.4 
17.4 
8.0 
number 
3,121,799 
156,329 
2.6 
0.8 
1.7 
0.2 
Broilers sold 
farms 
606 
58 
21.6 
10.8 
7.6 
3.3 
number 
211,214,930 
7,899,481 
9.3 
5.8 
3.5 
(Z) 
Aquaculture sold 
farms 
27 
11 
22.2 
15.8 
3.1 
3.4 
$1,000 
1,271 
431 
(Z) 
(Z) 
(Z) 
(Z) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
877 
107 
29.0 
2.9 
23.6 
2.4 
acres 
294,133 
5,790 
15.9 
1.7 
13.4 
0.8 
Wheat, winter 
farms 
9,946 
848 
35.3 
4.4 
27.1 
3.8 
acres 
4,291,939 
92,166 
22.3 
2.2 
18.7 
1.4 
Wheat, durum 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
" 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
201 2 Census of Agriculture APPENDIX A A - 21 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
