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 
2,244 
59 
32.8 
14.1 
14.8 
4.0 
acres 
899,220 
32,203 
17.8 
6.0 
10.2 
1.5 
Other than family held 
farms 
306 
13 
35.6 
15.6 
15.3 
4.8 
acres 
99,054 
4,776 
14.7 
4.7 
8.8 
1.2 
Other - cooperative, estate or 
trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
450 
17 
34.2 
18.0 
12.2 
4.0 
acres 
150,016 
9,083 
13.0 
3.6 
8.4 
1.0 
Tenure: 
Full owners 
farms 
31,025 
749 
39.4 
20.3 
13.8 
5.3 
acres 
3,361,383 
47,010 
28.8 
11.3 
13.9 
3.6 
Part owners 
farms 
12,547 
202 
34.1 
11.1 
19.2 
3.7 
acres 
4,436,462 
52,060 
22.4 
5.1 
15.3 
1.9 
Tenants 
farms 
2,458 
63 
40.1 
17.9 
17.8 
4.4 
acres 
504,599 
16,995 
27.9 
6.8 
18.9 
2.2 
Principal operator characteristics by- 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms 
38,377 
749 
37.2 
16.7 
15.8 
4.7 
acres 
7,521,756 
83,216 
24.8 
7.4 
14.8 
2.6 
Female 
farms 
7,653 
409 
42.1 
23.3 
13.3 
5.4 
acres 
780,688 
27,997 
29.6 
12.6 
13.3 
3.8 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
farms 
20,740 
318 
34.5 
14.9 
15.1 
4.5 
Other 
farms 
25,290 
619 
40.9 
20.2 
15.5 
5.2 
Spanish, Hispanic, or 
Latino origin (see text) 
farms 
470 
160 
63.0 
28.6 
24.1 
10.3 
acres 
72,028 
13,901 
35.4 
9.7 
21.4 
4.3 
Race: 
American Indian or 
Alaska Native 
farms 
180 
25 
58.3 
19.7 
27.4 
11.3 
acres 
17,931 
2,378 
41.0 
6.3 
30.2 
4.5 
Asian 
farms 
134 
63 
51.5 
18.2 
16.8 
16.5 
acres 
9,594 
3,171 
44.5 
14.4 
16.7 
13.3 
Black or African American 
farms 
1,496 
85 
59.2 
25.7 
24.5 
9.1 
acres 
176,571 
7,018 
50.5 
15.9 
27.8 
6.8 
Native Hawaiian or 
Other Pacific Islander 
farms 
7 
2 
57.1 
13.9 
21.3 
22.0 
acres 
2,667 
1,448 
65.4 
15.6 
21.8 
28.0 
White 
farms 
44,084 
908 
37.2 
17.5 
15.0 
4.7 
acres 
8,083,471 
83,534 
24.7 
7.8 
14.3 
2.6 
More than one race reported 
farms 
129 
15 
36.4 
29.1 
8.5 
-1.2 
acres 
12,210 
1,017 
19.0 
12.1 
7.4 
-0.5 
Reporting primary occupation as 
farming by age group: 
Under 25 years 
farms 
86 
8 
65.1 
33.3 
24.8 
7.0 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
696 
46 
53.0 
24.0 
22.7 
6.3 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
1,227 
51 
37.8 
14.0 
19.3 
4.5 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
3,316 
109 
37.6 
15.3 
19.3 
3.0 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
5,714 
85 
35.1 
15.0 
16.1 
4.0 
65 years and over 
farms 
9,701 
185 
31.0 
14.2 
11.4 
5.3 
Reporting primary occupation as 
other than farming by age group: 
Under 25 years 
farms 
89 
20 
70.8 
43.1 
18.3 
9.4 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
1,210 
107 
63.9 
33.5 
22.3 
8.1 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
2,650 
161 
46.3 
21.3 
19.3 
5.8 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
6,576 
262 
44.1 
20.5 
19.8 
3.7 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
7,969 
177 
38.0 
19.0 
14.3 
4.7 
65 years and over 
farms 
6,796 
146 
34.7 
18.6 
9.5 
6.6 
All operators by age group 2 : 
Under 25 years 
farms 
1,019 
39 
45.6 
22.3 
18.5 
4.9 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
4,062 
213 
50.9 
23.9 
20.6 
6.4 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
6,982 
310 
42.3 
18.9 
18.2 
5.1 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
15,906 
509 
41.4 
19.0 
18.5 
3.8 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
19,797 
373 
37.2 
17.7 
14.9 
4.6 
65 to 74 years 
farms 
13,762 
256 
33.1 
16.9 
10.5 
5.7 
75 years and over 
farms 
7,440 
135 
33.1 
15.0 
12.3 
5.8 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
23,911 
528 
34.6 
13.1 
17.6 
3.9 
number 
1,631,882 
18,048 
33.1 
7.4 
23.0 
2.8 
Beef cows inventory 
farms 
19,596 
461 
31.0 
11.3 
16.3 
3.5 
number 
657,320 
8,879 
23.9 
5.8 
15.9 
2.2 
Milk cows inventory 
frams 
1,168 
114 
26.5 
9.3 
14.8 
2.4 
number 
94,105 
3,660 
7.8 
0.7 
6.8 
0.4 
Hog and pigs inventory 
farms 
1,265 
197 
45.1 
25.2 
16.4 
3.5 
number 
239,899 
10,721 
3.6 
0.8 
2.7 
0.1 
Layers inventory 
farms 
5,656 
434 
47.6 
25.8 
16.7 
5.1 
number 
2,897,238 
136,626 
2.4 
1.1 
1.2 
(Z) 
Broilers sold 
farms 
807 
72 
24.9 
13.7 
9.5 
1.7 
number 
237,669,378 
12,495,524 
14.8 
10.0 
4.9 
-0.1 
Aquaculture sold 
farms 
160 
23 
14.4 
8.5 
4.8 
1.1 
$1,000 
54,665 
5,188 
0.3 
0.1 
0.2 
(Z) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
2,857 
66 
22.5 
6.3 
14.2 
2.1 
acres 
338,132 
9,240 
6.6 
1.8 
4.5 
0.3 
Wheat, winter 
farms 
1,599 
36 
22.0 
6.6 
13.4 
2.1 
acres 
240,208 
3,235 
14.4 
4.2 
9.4 
0.8 
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 
