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 
382 
36 
31.4 
14.2 
12.7 
4.5 
acres 
110,458 
7,667 
19.4 
6.4 
9.8 
3.1 
Other than family held 
farms 
47 
9 
29.8 
13.9 
11.1 
4.8 
acres 
12,595 
1,687 
17.0 
7.5 
6.9 
2.6 
Other - cooperative, estate or 
trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
158 
17 
24.7 
16.6 
5.7 
2.3 
acres 
32,580 
7,685 
10.1 
5.4 
3.4 
1.3 
Tenure: 
Full owners 
farms 
16,384 
859 
34.6 
16.9 
12.5 
5.2 
acres 
1,981,293 
92,664 
27.9 
10.3 
12.8 
4.8 
Part owners 
farms 
4,506 
189 
29.4 
9.0 
16.0 
4.4 
acres 
1,502,545 
58,998 
21.0 
4.7 
13.5 
2.8 
Tenants 
farms 
599 
30 
38.2 
17.2 
16.2 
4.9 
acres 
122,836 
7,215 
33.5 
9.2 
20.3 
4.0 
Principal operator characteristics by- 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms 
18,784 
914 
33.6 
14.5 
13.7 
5.4 
acres 
3,269,774 
138,621 
25.3 
7.7 
13.6 
4.0 
Female 
farms 
2,705 
154 
33.3 
19.5 
11.4 
2.5 
acres 
336,900 
23,982 
24.2 
10.2 
10.8 
3.3 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
farms 
9,164 
390 
30.5 
13.0 
12.4 
5.1 
Other 
farms 
12,325 
673 
35.9 
16.8 
14.1 
5.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or 
Latino origin (see text) 
farms 
122 
26 
60.7 
23.8 
21.6 
15.2 
acres 
20,563 
2,108 
37.4 
14.1 
15.3 
8.0 
Race: 
American Indian or 
Alaska Native 
farms 
44 
12 
43.2 
9.2 
26.9 
7.0 
acres 
4,314 
2,586 
39.9 
2.3 
34.0 
3.6 
Asian 
farms 
20 
6 
50.0 
13.6 
16.7 
19.7 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Black or African American 
farms 
29 
7 
37.9 
12.4 
19.9 
5.7 
acres 
3,584 
495 
31.1 
9.3 
17.2 
4.7 
Native Hawaiian or 
Other Pacific Islander 
farms 
2 
1 
50.0 
15.3 
12.3 
22.4 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
White 
farms 
21,340 
1,053 
33.6 
15.2 
13.3 
5.0 
acres 
3,588,495 
151,513 
25.2 
8.0 
13.2 
4.0 
More than one race reported 
farms 
54 
15 
29.6 
64.9 
17.9 
-53.2 
acres 
8,335 
1,717 
24.9 
33.4 
11.5 
-20.0 
Reporting primary occupation as 
farming by age group: 
Under 25 years 
farms 
28 
8 
64.3 
26.9 
25.7 
11.8 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
231 
22 
51.9 
24.4 
17.9 
9.6 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
509 
45 
37.5 
14.0 
18.2 
5.3 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
1,119 
61 
30.3 
13.2 
15.9 
1.2 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
2,440 
92 
30.3 
13.0 
13.4 
4.0 
65 years and over 
farms 
4,837 
184 
28.7 
12.3 
9.6 
6.7 
Reporting primary occupation as 
other than farming by age group: 
Under 25 years 
farms 
32 
9 
62.5 
44.1 
10.4 
8.0 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
603 
61 
58.9 
28.4 
19.5 
10.9 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
1,479 
136 
42.5 
17.7 
17.7 
7.1 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
3,115 
191 
36.1 
17.2 
17.3 
1.6 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
3,869 
162 
33.0 
15.3 
13.2 
4.4 
65 years and over 
farms 
3,227 
151 
31.6 
15.5 
8.7 
7.3 
All operators by age group 2 : 
Under 25 years 
farms 
466 
29 
39.5 
19.7 
15.7 
4.0 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
1,776 
143 
48.3 
22.5 
17.4 
8.3 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
3,651 
296 
38.9 
16.5 
16.5 
5.9 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
6,866 
386 
34.3 
16.0 
16.1 
2.3 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
8,948 
365 
31.8 
14.5 
13.0 
4.3 
65 to 74 years 
farms 
6,808 
290 
30.6 
14.5 
9.3 
6.8 
75 years and over 
farms 
3,285 
132 
29.5 
12.0 
10.9 
6.7 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
12,067 
515 
31.9 
11.9 
14.8 
5.2 
number 
414,908 
13,808 
29.9 
7.1 
18.7 
4.2 
Beef cows inventory 
farms 
10,156 
431 
28.4 
10.2 
13.6 
4.7 
number 
191,398 
7,873 
18.6 
4.5 
11.4 
2.7 
Milk cows inventory 
frams 
438 
50 
27.6 
11.3 
12.6 
3.8 
number 
10,095 
593 
18.9 
4.1 
12.5 
2.3 
Hog and pigs inventory 
farms 
725 
84 
37.7 
20.6 
14.2 
2.8 
number 
5,873 
703 
26.9 
15.4 
10.1 
1.4 
Layers inventory 
farms 
2,991 
233 
37.1 
18.9 
14.1 
4.1 
number 
1,113,238 
38,687 
2.4 
1.0 
1.5 
-0.1 
Broilers sold 
farms 
273 
18 
18.3 
9.5 
7.5 
1.3 
number 
93,749,081 
3,342,609 
6.4 
6.1 
0.4 
-0.1 
Aquaculture sold 
farms 
42 
8 
23.8 
15.4 
6.2 
2.3 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
702 
53 
22.8 
7.4 
11.6 
3.9 
acres 
35,268 
2,102 
7.7 
2.6 
4.3 
0.8 
Wheat, winter 
farms 
96 
8 
10.4 
3.0 
5.8 
1.7 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
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 
