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 
2,948 
119 
21.1 
4.1 
14.3 
2.7 
acres 
2,387,735 
92,121 
17.6 
1.3 
15.1 
1.2 
Other than family held 
farms 
267 
25 
22.8 
7.3 
13.3 
2.3 
acres 
90,839 
14,017 
9.9 
1.8 
6.8 
1.3 
Other - cooperative, estate or 
trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,129 
81 
23.3 
9.2 
10.5 
3.7 
acres 
333,271 
17,404 
13.8 
3.1 
8.5 
2.2 
Tenure: 
Full owners 
farms 
44,400 
2,355 
29.6 
10.1 
15.1 
4.3 
acres 
6,828,384 
379,013 
21.0 
4.6 
13.0 
3.4 
Part owners 
farms 
24,620 
757 
27.4 
2.9 
22.0 
2.5 
acres 
17,188,502 
389,121 
20.6 
1.2 
18.1 
1.3 
Tenants 
farms 
5,522 
287 
35.5 
6.5 
24.0 
4.9 
acres 
2,018,952 
80,816 
25.0 
2.3 
21.0 
1.7 
Principal operator characteristics by- 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms 
68,172 
2,823 
28.9 
7.1 
18.0 
3.9 
acres 
25,119,638 
610,644 
21.0 
2.2 
16.8 
2.0 
Female 
farms 
6,370 
488 
33.2 
13.6 
16.5 
3.1 
acres 
916,200 
80,752 
21.8 
5.5 
13.4 
2.8 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
farms 
39,423 
1,246 
28.3 
4.7 
20.2 
3.3 
Other 
farms 
35,119 
1,972 
30.4 
10.3 
15.9 
4.3 
Spanish, Hispanic, or 
Latino origin (see text) 
farms 
339 
48 
49.6 
10.1 
28.0 
11.5 
acres 
93,964 
8,311 
30.7 
3.7 
22.7 
4.3 
Race: 
American Indian or 
Alaska Native 
farms 
141 
13 
37.6 
4.0 
24.3 
9.4 
acres 
55,222 
4,989 
8.1 
0.7 
5.7 
1.6 
Asian 
farms 
266 
75 
41.4 
4.5 
14.6 
22.2 
acres 
8,568 
3,163 
32.0 
3.8 
18.9 
9.3 
Black or African American 
farms 
30 
10 
40.0 
3.8 
30.7 
5.5 
acres 
26,193 
6,510 
21.5 
1.5 
18.1 
2.0 
Native Hawaiian or 
Other Pacific Islander 
farms 
5 
3 
60.0 
3.7 
22.3 
34.0 
acres 
483 
(H) 
50.1 
3.1 
19.6 
27.4 
White 
farms 
73,984 
3,146 
29.2 
7.6 
17.9 
3.7 
acres 
25,908,159 
637,230 
21.1 
2.3 
16.7 
2.0 
More than one race reported 
farms 
116 
18 
21.6 
27.1 
13.8 
-19.4 
acres 
37,213 
2,984 
7.0 
4.6 
5.6 
-3.2 
Reporting primary occupation as 
farming by age group: 
Under 25 years 
farms 
227 
40 
47.1 
13.6 
27.9 
5.6 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
2,259 
106 
40.4 
8.1 
26.6 
5.7 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
3,939 
150 
34.4 
4.0 
25.9 
4.5 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
9,371 
339 
29.8 
3.7 
25.0 
1.2 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
11,541 
318 
25.2 
3.9 
19.0 
2.3 
65 years and over 
farms 
12,086 
432 
25.4 
6.2 
13.8 
5.3 
Reporting primary occupation as 
other than farming by age group: 
Under 25 years 
farms 
192 
39 
60.9 
25.8 
24.6 
10.5 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
2,226 
172 
47.8 
16.3 
22.5 
9.0 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
4,708 
272 
39.5 
10.5 
21.9 
7.0 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
9,634 
683 
31.3 
10.4 
19.7 
1.2 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
10,190 
510 
26.6 
9.4 
13.7 
3.5 
65 years and over 
farms 
8,169 
465 
23.6 
9.4 
8.1 
6.1 
All operators by age group 2 : 
Under 25 years 
farms 
1,427 
92 
42.0 
11.3 
25.4 
5.3 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
8,064 
413 
40.0 
10.7 
23.0 
6.3 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
13,983 
622 
35.6 
7.8 
22.4 
5.4 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
28,583 
1,426 
30.1 
7.5 
21.0 
1.6 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
30,829 
1,161 
26.0 
6.9 
16.1 
3.0 
65 to 74 years 
farms 
17,606 
756 
24.5 
7.6 
11.6 
5.3 
75 years and over 
farms 
8,857 
388 
25.8 
7.3 
12.8 
5.6 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
23,702 
1,598 
34.4 
6.1 
24.1 
4.2 
number 
2,412,684 
59,380 
32.7 
2.1 
27.7 
2.8 
Beef cows inventory 
farms 
13,547 
677 
27.1 
5.2 
18.4 
3.5 
number 
357,826 
18,104 
18.4 
1.8 
14.8 
1.9 
Milk cows inventory 
frams 
4,746 
500 
37.5 
1.9 
32.6 
3.1 
number 
463,312 
8,355 
20.7 
0.4 
19.2 
1.1 
Hog and pigs inventory 
farms 
3,355 
391 
29.5 
7.3 
20.7 
1.5 
number 
7,606,785 
89,367 
16.9 
1.0 
16.0 
-0.2 
Layers inventory 
farms 
4,501 
319 
34.2 
11.8 
18.9 
3.5 
number 
9,693,648 
719,562 
4.0 
3.1 
0.8 
0.1 
Broilers sold 
farms 
1,157 
67 
32.2 
12.0 
16.7 
3.4 
number 
45,037,969 
2,854,992 
34.2 
17.4 
20.8 
-4.0 
Aquaculture sold 
farms 
87 
11 
9.2 
1.9 
6.8 
0.4 
$1,000 
12,678 
788 
0.1 
(Z) 
0.1 
(Z) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
33,198 
942 
31.3 
3.2 
25.3 
2.8 
acres 
8,316,822 
142,133 
23.2 
1.4 
20.6 
1.2 
Wheat, winter 
farms 
377 
32 
23.6 
2.3 
18.9 
2.4 
acres 
35,654 
3,535 
18.7 
1.3 
16.1 
1.2 
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 
