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 
74,542 
4.2 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: - Con. 
Land in farms 
acres 
26,035,838 
2.5 
Partnership 
farms 
4,668 
3.3 
Farms by size: 
acres 
3,676,068 
3.2 
1 to 9 acres 
farms 
3,488 
8.9 
Corporation: 
acres 
16,736 
8.8 
Family held 
farms 
2,948 
4.0 
1 0 to 49 acres 
farms 
15,292 
7.0 
acres 
2,387,735 
3.9 
acres 
421,279 
6.9 
Other than family held 
farms 
267 
9.3 
50 to 69 acres 
farms 
4,341 
6.8 
acres 
90,839 
15.4 
acres 
253,541 
6.9 
Other - cooperative, estate or 
70 to 99 acres 
farms 
7,394 
10.9 
trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,129 
7.2 
acres 
602,732 
10.9 
acres 
333,271 
5.2 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
farms 
6,164 
9.3 
acres 
721,994 
9.2 
Tenure: 
140 to 179 acres 
farms 
6,230 
4.1 
Full owners 
farms 
44,400 
5.3 
acres 
979,931 
4.1 
acres 
6,828,384 
5.6 
180 to 219 acres 
farms 
3,975 
12.2 
Part owners 
farms 
24,620 
3.1 
acres 
785,548 
12.5 
acres 
17,188,502 
2.3 
220 to 259 acres 
farms 
3,389 
19.8 
Tenants 
farms 
5,522 
5.2 
acres 
804,088 
19.9 
acres 
2,018,952 
4.0 
260 to 499 acres 
farms 
10,710 
15.7 
acres 
3,836,845 
14.8 
Principal operator characteristics by- 
500 to 999 acres 
farms 
7,293 
2.6 
Sex of operator: 
acres 
5,076,809 
2.3 
Male 
farms 
68,172 
4.1 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
farms 
4,081 
3.1 
acres 
25,119,638 
2.4 
acres 
5,527,016 
3.0 
Female 
farms 
6,370 
7.7 
2,000 acres or more 
farms 
2,185 
11.0 
acres 
916,200 
8.8 
acres 
7,009,319 
8.0 
Primary occupation: 
Irrigated land use: 
Farming 
farms 
39,423 
3.2 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
2,797 
3.5 
Other 
farms 
35,119 
5.6 
acres 
519,952 
1.4 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
112 
8.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or 
acres 
4,064 
5.8 
Latino origin (see text) 
farms 
339 
14.3 
acres 
93,964 
8.8 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
$1,000 
21,280,184 
2.9 
Race: 
American Indian or 
Farms by value of sales: 
Alaska Native 
farms 
141 
9.4 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
17,735 
13.4 
acres 
55,222 
9.0 
$1,000 
1,133 
12.4 
Asian 
farms 
266 
28.1 
$1,000 to $2,499 
farms 
3,453 
5.6 
acres 
8,568 
36.9 
$1,000 
5,783 
5.7 
Black or African American 
farms 
30 
34.6 
$2,500 to $4,999 
farms 
4,047 
17.4 
acres 
26,193 
24.9 
$1,000 
14,714 
17.4 
Native Hawaiian or 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
4,552 
18.7 
Other Pacific Islander 
farms 
5 
62.9 
$1,000 
32,887 
18.7 
acres 
483 
(H) 
$10,000 to $19,999 
farms 
4,437 
6.1 
White 
farms 
73,984 
4.3 
$1,000 
63,623 
6.1 
acres 
25,908,159 
2.5 
$20,000 to $24,999 
farms 
1,585 
9.3 
More than one race reported 
farms 
116 
15.7 
1,000 
35,338 
9.3 
acres 
37,213 
8.0 
$25,000 to $39,999 
farms 
3,650 
18.0 
$1,000 
116,911 
18.5 
Reporting primary occupation as 
$40,000 to $49,999 
farms 
1,980 
29.7 
farming by age group: 
$1,000 
88,492 
29.9 
Linder 25 years 
farms 
227 
17.5 
$50,000 to $99,999 
farms 
8,112 
59.3 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
2,259 
4.7 
$1,000 
599,297 
60.6 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
3,939 
3.8 
$100,000 to $249,999 
farms 
8,185 
66.4 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
9,371 
3.6 
$1,000 
1,411,272 
61.9 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
11,541 
2.8 
$250,000 to $499,999 
farms 
6,447 
3.4 
65 years and over 
farms 
12,086 
3.6 
$1,000 
2,384,757 
3.3 
$500,000 to $999,999 
farms 
5,100 
1.6 
Reporting primary occupation as 
$1,000 
3,686,064 
1.6 
other than farming by age group: 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
farms 
5,259 
1.5 
Linder 25 years 
farms 
192 
20.2 
$1,000 
12,839,912 
1.5 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
2,226 
7.7 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
4,708 
5.8 
Net cash farm income of operations (see text): 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
9,634 
7.1 
Farms with gains of 1 - 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
10,190 
5.0 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
2,255 
6.3 
65 years and over 
farms 
8,169 
5.7 
$1,000 
1,103 
6.1 
$1,000 to $4,999 
farms 
6,000 
5.5 
All operators by age group 2 : 
$1,000 
16,454 
5.4 
Under 25 years 
farms 
1,427 
6.5 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
4,093 
5.1 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
8,064 
5.1 
$1,000 
30,050 
5.1 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
13,983 
4.4 
$10,000 to $24,999 
farms 
7,447 
12.0 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
28,583 
5.0 
$1,000 
124,770 
12.9 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
30,829 
3.8 
$25,000 to $49,999 
farms 
6,803 
14.6 
65 to 74 years 
farms 
17,606 
4.3 
$1,000 
244,940 
13.9 
75 years and over 
farms 
8,857 
4.4 
$50,000 or more 
farms 
22,903 
15.5 
$1,000 
7,363,278 
4.5 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
23,702 
6.7 
Farms with losses of - 
number 
2,412,684 
2.5 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
2,328 
6.7 
Beef cows inventory 
farms 
13,547 
5.0 
1,000 
1,164 
6.9 
number 
357,826 
5.1 
$1,000 to $4,999 
farms 
7,329 
7.1 
Milk cows inventory 
frams 
4,746 
10.5 
1,000 
20,451 
7.1 
number 
463,312 
1.8 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
5,201 
6.7 
Hog and pigs inventory 
farms 
3,355 
11.6 
1,000 
37,648 
6.7 
number 
7,606,785 
1.2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
farms 
5,552 
7.1 
Layers inventory 
farms 
4,501 
7.1 
1,000 
87,304 
7.6 
number 
9,693,648 
7.4 
$25,000 to $49,999 
farms 
2,138 
12.1 
Broilers sold 
farms 
1,157 
5.8 
1,000 
74,057 
13.2 
number 
45,037,969 
6.3 
$50,000 or more 
farms 
2,493 
19.1 
Aquaculture sold 
farms 
87 
12.7 
1,000 
527,324 
8.5 
$1,000 
12,678 
6.2 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: 
Selected crops harvested: 
Family or individual 
farms 
65,530 
4.4 
Corn for grain 
farms 
33,198 
2.8 
acres 
19,547,925 
2.7 
acres 
8,316,822 
1.7 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
201 2 Census of Agriculture APPENDIX A A - 23 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
