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 
80,245 
3.3 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: - Con. 
Land in farms 
acres 
34,356,110 
1.6 
Partnership 
farms 
3,605 
2.9 
Farms by size: 
acres 
3,618,945 
1.8 
1 to 9 acres 
farms 
3,724 
22.8 
Corporation: 
acres 
16,686 
23.8 
Family held 
farms 
1,601 
3.3 
1 0 to 49 acres 
farms 
16,327 
6.3 
acres 
1,788,909 
2.9 
acres 
439,196 
6.1 
Other than family held 
farms 
330 
8.1 
50 to 69 acres 
farms 
4,562 
4.7 
acres 
299,376 
8.6 
acres 
263,350 
4.7 
Other - cooperative, estate or 
70 to 99 acres 
farms 
8,374 
5.0 
trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,345 
3.6 
acres 
679,722 
5.0 
acres 
1,036,145 
8.9 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
farms 
6,535 
4.0 
acres 
756,606 
4.0 
Tenure: 
140 to 179 acres 
farms 
7,947 
3.9 
Full owners 
farms 
51,605 
3.7 
acres 
1,253,470 
3.9 
acres 
11,318,232 
2.0 
180 to 219 acres 
farms 
3,720 
2.9 
Part owners 
farms 
23,702 
3.5 
acres 
732,275 
2.9 
acres 
20,792,070 
2.1 
220 to 259 acres 
farms 
3,290 
4.0 
Tenants 
farms 
4,938 
4.5 
acres 
782,303 
4.0 
acres 
2,245,808 
5.9 
260 to 499 acres 
farms 
10,536 
6.0 
acres 
3,781,309 
6.1 
Principal operator characteristics by- 
500 to 999 acres 
farms 
7,401 
12.5 
Sex of operator: 
acres 
5,151,167 
12.6 
Male 
farms 
71,169 
3.2 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
farms 
4,311 
10.5 
acres 
31,886,673 
1.7 
acres 
5,910,411 
10.1 
Female 
farms 
9,076 
5.8 
2,000 acres or more 
farms 
3,518 
12.6 
acres 
2,469,437 
3.5 
acres 
14,589,615 
8.9 
Primary occupation: 
Irrigated land use: 
Farming 
farms 
33,790 
3.1 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
2,174 
3.2 
Other 
farms 
46,455 
3.6 
acres 
450,703 
10.6 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
462 
9.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or 
acres 
29,047 
11.1 
Latino origin (see text) 
farms 
1,173 
38.2 
acres 
270,230 
21.2 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
$1,000 
7,129,584 
3.9 
Race: 
American Indian or 
Farms by value of sales: 
Alaska Native 
farms 
7,489 
9.9 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
22,915 
4.6 
acres 
1,820,219 
20.3 
$1,000 
2,759 
6.4 
Asian 
farms 
285 
83.8 
$1,000 to $2,499 
farms 
6,879 
5.6 
acres 
33,426 
71.3 
$1,000 
11,591 
5.8 
Black or African American 
farms 
1,337 
55.3 
$2,500 to $4,999 
farms 
8,032 
8.0 
acres 
251,680 
32.4 
$1,000 
29,068 
8.0 
Native Hawaiian or 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
9,680 
5.5 
Other Pacific Islander 
farms 
32 
(H) 
$1,000 
69,469 
5.7 
acres 
21,500 
59.1 
$10,000 to $19,999 
farms 
9,679 
4.1 
White 
farms 
69,288 
2.8 
$1,000 
136,927 
4.1 
acres 
31,558,199 
1.4 
$20,000 to $24,999 
farms 
2,758 
7.7 
More than one race reported 
farms 
1,814 
11.4 
1,000 
60,978 
7.9 
acres 
671,086 
4.3 
$25,000 to $39,999 
farms 
5,115 
8.8 
$1,000 
160,410 
8.7 
Reporting primary occupation as 
$40,000 to $49,999 
farms 
1,955 
9.5 
farming by age group: 
$1,000 
86,777 
9.6 
Linder 25 years 
farms 
170 
7.9 
$50,000 to $99,999 
farms 
5,198 
4.7 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
1,532 
9.8 
$1,000 
365,491 
3.9 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
2,438 
7.0 
$100,000 to $249,999 
farms 
3,996 
6.8 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
4,771 
4.8 
$1,000 
644,495 
3.3 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
8,099 
3.2 
$250,000 to $499,999 
farms 
1,897 
8.0 
65 years and over 
farms 
16,780 
2.4 
$1,000 
678,742 
5.0 
$500,000 to $999,999 
farms 
1,201 
2.6 
Reporting primary occupation as 
$1,000 
855,676 
2.5 
other than farming by age group: 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
farms 
940 
6.3 
Linder 25 years 
farms 
266 
13.1 
$1,000 
4,027,200 
5.5 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
3,457 
8.2 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
6,571 
6.4 
Net cash farm income of operations (see text): 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
12,124 
4.7 
Farms with gains of 1 - 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
12,570 
3.3 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
2,997 
3.6 
65 years and over 
farms 
11,467 
2.4 
$1,000 
1,420 
4.9 
$1,000 to $4,999 
farms 
7,559 
3.3 
All operators by age group 2 : 
$1,000 
20,961 
3.2 
Under 25 years 
farms 
1,847 
6.9 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
4,672 
2.7 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
8,936 
6.7 
$1,000 
33,770 
2.7 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
15,387 
6.2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
farms 
5,822 
5.8 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
26,905 
4.4 
$1,000 
94,441 
6.5 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
30,689 
3.3 
$25,000 to $49,999 
farms 
3,447 
5.6 
65 to 74 years 
farms 
23,687 
2.5 
$1,000 
122,202 
5.9 
75 years and over 
farms 
12,997 
2.2 
$50,000 or more 
farms 
5,949 
7.1 
$1,000 
1,556,023 
6.6 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
51,043 
3.1 
Farms with losses of - 
number 
4,245,970 
1.9 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
1 ' WtMl * w 
3.9 
Beef cows inventory 
farms 
44,106 
8.8 
1,000 
4.2 
number 
1,677,903 
30.2 
$1,000 to $4,999 
farms 
1 ! L 
4.1 
Milk cows inventory 
frams 
756 
10.7 
1,000 
42,172 
4.2 
number 
45,885 
8.0 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
11,016 
4.6 
Hog and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,947 
8.5 
1,000 
79,794 
4.6 
number 
2,304,740 
1.2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
farms 
13,112 
4.3 
Layers inventory 
farms 
6,760 
6.6 
1,000 
204,898 
4.2 
number 
3,121,799 
5.0 
$25,000 to $49,999 
farms 
4,586 
3.9 
Broilers sold 
farms 
606 
9.5 
1,000 
157,777 
4.0 
number 
211,214,930 
3.7 
$50,000 or more 
farms 
2,633 
5.7 
Aquaculture sold 
farms 
27 
41.1 
1,000 
387,410 
2.4 
$1,000 
1,271 
33.9 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: 
Selected crops harvested: 
Family or individual 
farms 
73,364 
3.4 
Corn for grain 
farms 
877 
12.2 
acres 
27,612,735 
1.7 
acres 
294,133 
2.0 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
201 2 Census of Agriculture APPENDIX A A - 23 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
