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 
99,171 
2.0 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: - Con. 
Land in farms 
acres 
28,266,137 
1.2 
Partnership 
farms 
5,421 
1.6 
Farms by size: 
acres 
3,169,685 
0.8 
1 to 9 acres 
farms 
3,544 
7.2 
Corporation: 
acres 
16,950 
7.1 
Family held 
farms 
2,810 
1.9 
1 0 to 49 acres 
farms 
21,706 
3.3 
acres 
2,271,927 
2.0 
acres 
614,612 
3.0 
Other than family held 
farms 
289 
5.3 
50 to 69 acres 
farms 
7,104 
2.4 
acres 
138,449 
3.9 
acres 
414,091 
2.4 
Other - cooperative, estate or 
70 to 99 acres 
farms 
11,101 
2.1 
trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,938 
2.7 
acres 
910,477 
2.1 
acres 
558,888 
1.6 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
farms 
10,743 
1.7 
acres 
1,250,284 
1.7 
Tenure: 
140 to 179 acres 
farms 
8,065 
1.6 
Full owners 
farms 
70,447 
2.1 
acres 
1,268,055 
1.6 
acres 
11,950,973 
1.5 
180 to 219 acres 
farms 
5,738 
2.7 
Part owners 
farms 
24,041 
1.7 
acres 
1,132,998 
2.7 
acres 
14,683,771 
1.1 
220 to 259 acres 
farms 
4,523 
2.6 
Tenants 
farms 
4,683 
2.8 
acres 
1,072,342 
2.6 
acres 
1,631,393 
1.6 
260 to 499 acres 
farms 
13,040 
2.3 
acres 
4,600,375 
2.2 
Principal operator characteristics by- 
500 to 999 acres 
farms 
7,819 
2.6 
Sex of operator: 
acres 
5,341,850 
2.5 
Male 
farms 
88,044 
1.9 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
farms 
3,757 
2.0 
acres 
26,534,171 
1.1 
acres 
5,064,749 
1.9 
Female 
farms 
11,127 
3.0 
2,000 acres or more 
farms 
2,031 
1.0 
acres 
1,731,966 
2.6 
acres 
6,579,354 
1.2 
Primary occupation: 
Irrigated land use: 
Farming 
farms 
43,788 
1.5 
Harvested cropland 
farms 
3,570 
3.0 
Other 
farms 
55,383 
2.4 
acres 
1,174,543 
2.0 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
218 
6.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or 
acres 
6,343 
7.0 
Latino origin (see text) 
farms 
548 
17.2 
acres 
137,541 
8.9 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
$1,000 
9,164,886 
0.8 
Race: 
American Indian or 
Farms by value of sales: 
Alaska Native 
farms 
442 
14.7 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
25,130 
4.2 
acres 
89,876 
14.5 
$1,000 
3,179 
6.2 
Asian 
farms 
235 
16.2 
$1,000 to $2,499 
farms 
7,872 
2.9 
acres 
20,198 
17.6 
$1,000 
13,030 
2.8 
Black or African American 
farms 
176 
17.2 
$2,500 to $4,999 
farms 
8,520 
2.4 
acres 
20,107 
13.3 
$1,000 
30,848 
2.4 
Native Hawaiian or 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
11,206 
2.0 
Other Pacific Islander 
farms 
27 
24.8 
$1,000 
80,297 
2.0 
acres 
4,666 
34.3 
$10,000 to $19,999 
farms 
12,070 
1.7 
White 
farms 
97,826 
1.9 
$1,000 
172,260 
1.7 
acres 
28,036,943 
1.1 
$20,000 to $24,999 
farms 
3,771 
1.9 
More than one race reported 
farms 
465 
9.1 
1,000 
83,813 
1.9 
acres 
94,347 
5.8 
$25,000 to $39,999 
farms 
7,479 
2.2 
$1,000 
235,296 
2.2 
Reporting primary occupation as 
$40,000 to $49,999 
farms 
3,343 
2.3 
farming by age group: 
$1,000 
148,787 
2.3 
Linder 25 years 
farms 
326 
6.6 
$50,000 to $99,999 
farms 
7,365 
2.6 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
2,059 
5.7 
$1,000 
525,005 
2.5 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
3,189 
4.4 
$100,000 to $249,999 
farms 
5,738 
1.5 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
7,175 
2.4 
$1,000 
934,177 
1.5 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
1 1 ,378 
1.6 
$250,000 to $499,999 
farms 
2,891 
1.8 
65 years and over 
farms 
19,661 
1.3 
$1,000 
1,042,925 
1.8 
$500,000 to $999,999 
farms 
1,952 
1.4 
Reporting primary occupation as 
$1,000 
1,394,905 
1.4 
other than farming by age group: 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
farms 
1,834 
0.7 
Linder 25 years 
farms 
310 
6.7 
$1,000 
4,500,364 
0.7 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
3,535 
6.6 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
6,993 
4.9 
Net cash farm income of operations (see text): 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
14,889 
2.9 
Farms with gains of 1 - 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
15,663 
1.9 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
4,305 
3.0 
65 years and over 
farms 
13,993 
1.7 
$1,000 
2,072 
2.1 
$1,000 to $4,999 
farms 
10,717 
1.6 
All operators by age group 2 : 
$1,000 
29,810 
1.6 
Linder 25 years 
farms 
2,401 
3.9 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
7,113 
1.4 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
10,202 
5.2 
$1,000 
51,597 
1.4 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
17,559 
4.0 
$10,000 to $24,999 
farms 
9,805 
1.6 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
35,108 
2.6 
$1,000 
159,370 
1.7 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
40,813 
1.7 
$25,000 to $49,999 
farms 
5,857 
1.6 
65 to 74 years 
farms 
28,248 
1.3 
$1,000 
207,173 
1.7 
75 years and over 
farms 
16,183 
1.8 
$50,000 or more 
farms 
9,584 
1.1 
$1,000 
2,427,212 
0.8 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
53,401 
1.8 
Farms with losses of - 
number 
3,703,120 
1.4 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
4,926 
2.8 
Beef cows inventory 
farms 
46,161 
1.8 
1,000 
2,456 
2.8 
number 
1,683,731 
1.7 
$1,000 to $4,999 
farms 
16,101 
3.0 
Milk cows inventory 
frams 
2,451 
3.9 
1,000 
45,621 
3.0 
number 
92,952 
2.3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
11,313 
2.7 
Hog and pigs inventory 
farms 
2,128 
4.9 
1,000 
81,890 
2.7 
number 
2,774,597 
0.5 
$10,000 to $24,999 
farms 
11,956 
2.4 
Layers inventory 
farms 
8,150 
3.7 
1,000 
187,156 
2.4 
number 
8,276,409 
1.8 
$25,000 to $49,999 
farms 
4,378 
2.2 
Broilers sold 
farms 
784 
3.9 
1,000 
152,399 
2.2 
number 
272,389,497 
2.8 
$50,000 or more 
farms 
3,116 
1.8 
Aquaculture sold 
farms 
85 
12.2 
1,000 
419,011 
1.7 
$1,000 
10,256 
1.3 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: 
Selected crops harvested: 
Family or individual 
farms 
88,713 
2.0 
Corn for grain 
farms 
15,101 
1.1 
acres 
22,127,188 
1.3 
acres 
3,302,499 
0.9 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
201 2 Census of Agriculture APPENDIX A A - 23 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
