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 
38,076 
4.0 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: - Con. 
Land in farms 
acres 
10,931,080 
2.2 
Partnership 
farms 
2,871 
3.3 
Farms by size: 
acres 
3,104,467 
8.7 
1 to 9 acres 
farms 
1,697 
9.5 
Corporation: 
acres 
7,969 
9.8 
Family held 
farms 
1,223 
7.3 
1 0 to 49 acres 
farms 
9,017 
5.5 
acres 
778,467 
6.3 
acres 
257,131 
5.4 
Other than family held 
farms 
240 
11.1 
50 to 69 acres 
farms 
3,490 
4.7 
acres 
163,759 
6.3 
acres 
202,690 
4.7 
Other - cooperative, estate or 
70 to 99 acres 
farms 
4,222 
4.2 
trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
426 
5.9 
acres 
349,752 
4.2 
acres 
210,192 
7.3 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
farms 
4,167 
5.1 
acres 
482,906 
5.2 
Tenure: 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
farms 
2,992 
4.1 
Full owners 
farms 
27,734 
4.4 
acres 
470,205 
4.1 
acres 
5,104,068 
3.4 
180 to 219 acres 
farms 
2,331 
3.7 
Part owners 
farms 
7,963 
3.6 
acres 
460,755 
3.7 
acres 
4,033,138 
4.0 
220 to 259 acres 
farms 
1,478 
5.6 
Tenants 
farms 
2,379 
6.1 
acres 
351,976 
5.5 
acres 
1 ,793,874 
5.6 
260 to 499 acres 
farms 
4,193 
3.6 
acres 
1,471,027 
3.6 
Principal operator characteristics by- 
500 to 999 acres 
farms 
2,323 
9.2 
Sex of operator: 
acres 
1,586,926 
11.1 
Male 
farms 
32,794 
3.9 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
farms 
1,237 
25.4 
acres 
10,015,403 
2.1 
acres 
1 ,682,350 
23.5 
Female 
farms 
5,282 
7.9 
2,000 acres or more 
farms 
929 
13.0 
acres 
915,677 
9.5 
acres 
3,607,393 
13.6 
Primary occupation: 
Irrigated land use: 
Farming 
farms 
16,355 
2.9 
Flarvested cropland 
farms 
2,369 
14.8 
Other 
farms 
21,721 
4.8 
acres 
1,648,601 
6.8 
Pastureland and other land 
farms 
126 
14.6 
Spanish, Flispanic, or 
acres 
3,377 
17.9 
Latino origin (see text) 
farms 
397 
18.5 
acres 
70,289 
13.7 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
$1,000 
6,441,025 
3.3 
Race: 
American Indian or 
Farms by value of sales: 
Alaska Native 
farms 
133 
12.7 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
14,653 
5.9 
acres 
25,616 
14.7 
$1,000 
939 
7.6 
Asian 
farms 
66 
15.5 
$1,000 to $2,499 
farms 
2,967 
4.8 
acres 
6,630 
26.4 
$1,000 
5,008 
4.8 
Black or African American 
farms 
5,029 
6.2 
$2,500 to $4,999 
farms 
3,668 
6.4 
acres 
554,463 
4.7 
$1,000 
13,234 
6.4 
Native Flawaiian or 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
4,222 
6.0 
Other Pacific Islander 
farms 
9 
45.9 
$1,000 
29,995 
6.4 
acres 
6,734 
68.7 
$10,000 to $19,999 
farms 
3,378 
8.6 
White 
farms 
32,756 
4.1 
$1,000 
47,095 
8.5 
acres 
10,304,672 
2.3 
$20,000 to $24,999 
farms 
954 
8.3 
More than one race reported 
farms 
83 
13.8 
1,000 
21,112 
8.2 
acres 
32,965 
8.0 
$25,000 to $39,999 
farms 
1,689 
10.2 
$1,000 
52,708 
10.4 
Reporting primary occupation as 
$40,000 to $49,999 
farms 
599 
16.4 
farming by age group: 
$1,000 
26,556 
16.3 
Under 25 years 
farms 
105 
14.6 
$50,000 to $99,999 
farms 
1,226 
8.4 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
536 
5.5 
$1,000 
85,731 
7.7 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
1,178 
8.4 
$100,000 to $249,999 
farms 
848 
3.2 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
2,469 
3.4 
$1 ,000 
133,505 
4.0 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
4,519 
6.3 
$250,000 to $499,999 
farms 
663 
5.5 
65 years and over 
farms 
7,548 
3.2 
$1,000 
242,803 
5.6 
$500,000 to $999,999 
farms 
1,292 
96.3 
Reporting primary occupation as 
$1,000 
974,200 
98.1 
other than farming by age group: 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
farms 
1,917 
20.4 
Under 25 years 
farms 
54 
11.5 
$1,000 
4,808,137 
23.9 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
906 
10.8 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
2,280 
8.4 
Net cash farm income of operations (see text): 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
4,496 
4.9 
Farms with gains of ' - 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
6,462 
4.5 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
1,915 
5.1 
65 years and over 
farms 
7,523 
4.6 
$1,000 
925 
5.2 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
farms 
4,256 
4.5 
All operators by age group 
$1,000 
11,309 
4.4 
Under 25 years 
farms 
689 
6.9 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
2,249 
4.7 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
2,877 
7.4 
$1,000 
16,123 
4.7 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
5,779 
6.2 
$10,000 to $24,999 
farms 
2,564 
5.8 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
10,915 
3.6 
$1,000 
41,292 
6.3 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
15,675 
3.7 
$25,000 to $49,999 
farms 
1,448 
5.9 
65 to 74 years 
farms 
11,914 
3.9 
$1,000 
50,621 
6.1 
75 years and over 
farms 
6,929 
3.8 
$50,000 or more 
farms 
4,336 
18.5 
$1,000 
1 ,869,084 
5.4 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
15,940 
9.7 
Farms with losses of - 
number 
921,508 
1.6 
Less than $1 ,000 
farms 
2,010 
5.3 
Beef cows inventory 
farms 
14,644 
9.6 
1,000 
1,033 
5.1 
number 
495,381 
3.8 
$1 ,000 to $4,999 
farms 
6,993 
5.9 
Milk cows inventory 
frams 
184 
12.8 
1,000 
20,012 
6.5 
number 
14,480 
17.7 
$5,000 to $9,999 
farms 
4,910 
6.4 
Flog and pigs inventory 
farms 
540 
6.7 
1,000 
35,404 
5.9 
number 
401,898 
6.6 
$10,000 to $24,999 
farms 
4,749 
4.4 
Layers inventory 
farms 
2,277 
5.3 
1,000 
73,708 
4.4 
number 
5,593,802 
6.3 
$25,000 to $49,999 
farms 
1,653 
3.2 
Broilers sold 
farms 
1,430 
29.7 
1,000 
57,415 
3.5 
number 
761,180,486 
4.2 
$50,000 or more 
farms 
993 
9.6 
Aquaculture sold 
farms 
303 
14.2 
1,000 
169,516 
6.2 
$1,000 
185,241 
9.0 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: 
Selected crops harvested: 
Family or individual 
farms 
33,316 
4.1 
Corn for grain 
farms 
2,022 
15.2 
acres 
6,674,195 
3.5 
acres 
793,762 
2.0 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
201 2 Census of Agriculture APPENDIX A A - 23 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
