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 
77,064 
3.7 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: - Con. 
Land in farms 
acres 
13,049,347 
2.7 
Partnership 
farms 
4,666 
3.6 
Farms by size: 
acres 
1,904,448 
2.4 
1 to 9 acres 
farms 
4,337 
6.9 
Corporation: 
acres 
21,630 
6.6 
Family held 
farms 
1,639 
4.8 
1 0 to 49 acres 
farms 
23,776 
4.0 
acres 
582,658 
2.3 
acres 
628,934 
3.8 
Other than family held 
farms 
214 
7.7 
50 to 69 acres 
farms 
8,161 
3.9 
acres 
67,386 
9.9 
acres 
473,526 
3.9 
Other - cooperative, estate or 
70 to 99 acres 
farms 
8,739 
3.6 
trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
452 
17.0 
acres 
723,504 
3.6 
acres 
97,519 
8.2 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
farms 
8,954 
3.4 
acres 
1,036,859 
3.4 
Tenure: 
140 to 179 acres 
farms 
5,297 
3.2 
Full owners 
farms 
58,664 
3.8 
acres 
830,845 
3.2 
acres 
6,430,135 
3.4 
180 to 219 acres 
farms 
3,956 
4.9 
Part owners 
farms 
15,250 
3.1 
acres 
781,998 
4.9 
acres 
6,048,678 
1.9 
220 to 259 acres 
farms 
2,652 
4.7 
Tenants 
farms 
3,150 
5.0 
acres 
632,730 
4.7 
acres 
570,534 
5.1 
260 to 499 acres 
farms 
6,416 
4.6 
acres 
2,230,709 
4.6 
Principal operator characteristics by- 
500 to 999 acres 
farms 
2,848 
4.0 
Sex of operator: 
acres 
1,886,608 
3.9 
Male 
farms 
68,864 
3.5 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
farms 
1,323 
5.1 
acres 
12,173,091 
2.5 
acres 
1,747,881 
4.8 
Female 
farms 
8,200 
5.8 
2,000 acres or more 
farms 
605 
2.5 
acres 
876,256 
5.0 
acres 
2,054,123 
4.8 
Primary occupation: 
Irrigated land use: 
Farming 
farms 
32,137 
3.4 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
2,795 
5.9 
Other 
farms 
44,927 
4.0 
acres 
71,168 
11.0 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
144 
6.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or 
acres 
2,405 
11.2 
Latino origin (see text) 
farms 
482 
18.4 
acres 
49,143 
14.2 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
$1,000 
5,067,334 
3.3 
Race: 
American Indian or 
Farms by value of sales: 
Alaska Native 
farms 
178 
10.1 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
21,895 
4.9 
acres 
16,769 
9.7 
$1,000 
3,282 
6.6 
Asian 
farms 
71 
32.6 
$1,000 to $2,499 
farms 
8,068 
3.4 
acres 
12,284 
32.2 
$1,000 
13,471 
3.4 
Black or African American 
farms 
437 
5.4 
$2,500 to $4,999 
farms 
8,655 
8.0 
acres 
31,483 
9.9 
$1,000 
31,048 
7.6 
Native Hawaiian or 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
10,313 
5.4 
Other Pacific Islander 
farms 
9 
26.7 
$1,000 
73,582 
5.2 
acres 
502 
37.8 
$10,000 to $19,999 
farms 
8,746 
9.5 
White 
farms 
76,116 
3.7 
$1,000 
123,176 
9.2 
acres 
12,959,245 
2.7 
$20,000 to $24,999 
farms 
2,707 
5.7 
More than one race reported 
farms 
253 
12.4 
1,000 
60,009 
5.7 
acres 
29,064 
12.9 
$25,000 to $39,999 
farms 
4,512 
4.2 
$1,000 
141,665 
4.2 
Reporting primary occupation as 
$40,000 to $49,999 
farms 
1,946 
11.7 
farming by age group: 
$1,000 
86,280 
11.8 
Linder 25 years 
farms 
184 
9.9 
$50,000 to $99,999 
farms 
3,882 
9.4 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
1,346 
5.6 
$1,000 
275,442 
8.4 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
2,632 
6.5 
$100,000 to $249,999 
farms 
2,929 
3.6 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
5,245 
3.7 
$1,000 
481,770 
3.6 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
9,055 
3.2 
$250,000 to $499,999 
farms 
1,434 
21.8 
65 years and over 
farms 
13,675 
2.8 
$1,000 
515,485 
21.6 
$500,000 to $999,999 
farms 
934 
1.4 
Reporting primary occupation as 
$1,000 
659,050 
1.3 
other than farming by age group: 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
farms 
1,043 
2.3 
Linder 25 years 
farms 
222 
11.3 
$1,000 
2,603,075 
3.8 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
2,727 
6.5 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
6,277 
7.2 
Net cash farm income of operations (see text): 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
1 1 ,885 
3.6 
Farms with gains of 1 - 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
13,012 
3.4 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
3,859 
8.0 
65 years and over 
farms 
10,804 
3.4 
$1,000 
1,833 
7.2 
$1,000 to $4,999 
farms 
9,252 
3.9 
All operators by age group 2 : 
$1,000 
25,676 
3.6 
Under 25 years 
farms 
1,780 
5.4 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
5,553 
4.0 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
7,631 
5.5 
$1,000 
40,255 
3.7 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
14,687 
6.2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
farms 
6,670 
4.0 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
26,859 
3.7 
$1,000 
106,278 
3.9 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
31,377 
3.4 
$25,000 to $49,999 
farms 
3,372 
6.5 
65 to 74 years 
farms 
20,921 
3.1 
$1,000 
117,977 
6.5 
75 years and over 
farms 
9,782 
3.0 
$50,000 or more 
farms 
5,118 
7.4 
$1,000 
1,318,257 
4.3 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
40,141 
7.8 
Farms with losses of - 
number 
2,270,871 
2.4 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
4,535 
3.9 
Beef cows inventory 
farms 
33,823 
6.9 
1,000 
2,273 
4.0 
number 
985,075 
3.0 
$1,000 to $4,999 
farms 
14,099 
4.3 
Milk cows inventory 
frams 
1,564 
5.5 
1,000 
39,942 
4.3 
number 
71,783 
4.3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
9,334 
4.2 
Hog and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,284 
7.5 
1,000 
67,301 
4.1 
number 
313,360 
7.8 
$10,000 to $24,999 
farms 
9,306 
5.4 
Layers inventory 
farms 
6,252 
5.8 
1,000 
144,076 
4.9 
number 
4,308,549 
3.0 
$25,000 to $49,999 
farms 
3,748 
5.9 
Broilers sold 
farms 
826 
4.1 
1,000 
130,120 
6.2 
number 
305,383,434 
5.9 
$50,000 or more 
farms 
2,218 
5.1 
Aquaculture sold 
farms 
52 
28.1 
1,000 
343,980 
5.3 
$1,000 
2,884 
9.3 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: 
Selected crops harvested: 
Family or individual 
farms 
70,093 
3.7 
Corn for grain 
farms 
8,899 
5.5 
acres 
10,397,336 
2.8 
acres 
1,530,189 
1.1 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
201 2 Census of Agriculture APPENDIX A A - 23 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
