Table A. Summary of State Coverage, Nonresponse, and Misclassification Adjustments: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Standard 
error 
Adjustment 
Percent of total 
Percent of total 
Percent of total 
Item 
Total 
as percent 
adjustment 
adjustment from 
adjustment from 
of total 
from coverage 
nonresponse 
misclassification 
Farms by legal status for tax purposes: - Con. 
Corporation: 
Family held 
farms 
3,157 
157 
20.3 
7.9 
11.1 
1.3 
acres 
3,466,028 
73,969 
6.5 
1.0 
4.9 
0.5 
Other than family held 
farms 
306 
36 
25.5 
11.5 
13.0 
1.0 
acres 
324,534 
18,951 
4.0 
0.7 
2.9 
0.4 
Other - cooperative, estate or 
trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
934 
145 
24.0 
14.0 
8.2 
1.7 
acres 
3,083,423 
39,665 
1.2 
0.5 
0.5 
0.1 
Tenure: 
Full owners 
farms 
29,070 
3,095 
33.8 
19.8 
11.9 
2.1 
acres 
6,486,223 
140,104 
12.2 
3.9 
6.6 
1.6 
Part owners 
farms 
5,927 
294 
24.7 
8.5 
13.9 
2.2 
acres 
6,043,663 
125,285 
7.4 
1.2 
5.6 
0.7 
Tenants 
farms 
2,252 
177 
28.8 
13.3 
13.5 
2.1 
acres 
2,218,221 
62,833 
8.2 
1.3 
6.2 
0.7 
Principal operator characteristics by- 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms 
29,730 
2,516 
31.6 
16.2 
12.5 
2.8 
acres 
13,972,060 
267,363 
9.0 
2.0 
6.1 
1.0 
Female 
farms 
7,519 
1,060 
34.0 
23.2 
11.3 
-0.4 
acres 
776,047 
41,847 
21.5 
7.9 
10.9 
2.7 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
farms 
17,650 
1,307 
28.2 
13.9 
12.2 
2.1 
Other 
farms 
19,599 
2,246 
35.5 
20.9 
12.5 
2.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or 
Latino origin (see text) 
farms 
1,874 
269 
58.5 
19.4 
27.9 
11.3 
acres 
164,360 
31,842 
26.4 
4.3 
17.7 
4.4 
Race: 
American Indian or 
Alaska Native 
farms 
458 
61 
44.1 
15.0 
22.0 
7.1 
acres 
2,886,796 
9,362 
0.7 
0.3 
0.4 
0.1 
Asian 
farms 
436 
111 
46.3 
12.6 
19.2 
14.6 
acres 
39,771 
3,553 
22.7 
3.6 
13.2 
5.8 
Black or African American 
farms 
60 
14 
43.3 
15.2 
23.0 
5.1 
acres 
5,744 
5,396 
48.1 
7.3 
31.3 
9.5 
Native Hawaiian or 
Other Pacific Islander 
farms 
49 
11 
55.1 
17.6 
19.0 
18.5 
acres 
1,034 
174 
48.6 
12.4 
20.7 
15.6 
White 
farms 
35,958 
3,351 
31.7 
17.7 
12.0 
2.1 
acres 
11,778,717 
290,239 
11.8 
2.7 
7.8 
1.3 
More than one race reported 
farms 
288 
69 
24.7 
40.7 
16.2 
-32.3 
acres 
36,045 
3,943 
9.0 
6.6 
4.7 
-2.2 
Reporting primary occupation as 
farming by age group: 
Under 25 years 
farms 
120 
28 
50.0 
28.7 
15.8 
5.5 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
732 
108 
57.0 
28.2 
21.8 
7.0 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
1,415 
183 
33.1 
13.5 
15.6 
4.0 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
2,976 
242 
28.4 
13.1 
15.5 
-0.2 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
5,226 
297 
24.5 
12.0 
11.5 
0.9 
65 years and over 
farms 
7,181 
485 
26.5 
14.5 
9.0 
3.0 
Reporting primary occupation as 
other than farming by age group: 
Under 25 years 
farms 
61 
(H) 
57.4 
32.9 
16.1 
8.4 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
794 
188 
60.8 
37.8 
15.4 
7.6 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
2,087 
426 
43.7 
22.7 
15.9 
5.0 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
4,911 
630 
36.9 
22.2 
15.3 
-0.6 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
6,538 
585 
32.7 
19.7 
11.5 
1.5 
65 years and over 
farms 
5,208 
447 
30.4 
18.2 
8.5 
3.7 
All operators by age group 2 : 
Under 25 years 
farms 
757 
144 
40.6 
23.7 
14.0 
2.9 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
3,317 
551 
48.8 
27.6 
15.6 
5.6 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
6,724 
1,028 
37.2 
18.7 
14.6 
3.9 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
13,441 
1,447 
33.0 
18.7 
14.2 
0.1 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
18,459 
1,428 
29.4 
16.6 
11.4 
1.4 
65 to 74 years 
farms 
11,927 
939 
28.5 
16.7 
8.6 
3.1 
75 years and over 
farms 
5,159 
358 
28.9 
14.9 
10.8 
3.2 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
11,861 
1,268 
34.9 
18.9 
12.6 
3.4 
number 
1,162,792 
41,227 
8.3 
2.3 
5.4 
0.6 
Beef cows inventory 
farms 
9,285 
898 
34.3 
18.2 
12.6 
3.5 
number 
211,852 
8,607 
15.2 
4.7 
9.0 
1.5 
Milk cows inventory 
frams 
798 
296 
27.3 
10.2 
14.5 
2.6 
number 
266,989 
7,179 
0.4 
(Z) 
0.3 
(Z) 
Hog and pigs inventory 
farms 
934 
251 
21.3 
14.2 
6.7 
0.5 
number 
19,861 
2,360 
1.6 
0.9 
0.7 
0.0 
Layers inventory 
farms 
6,276 
1,069 
41.4 
27.8 
12.1 
1.5 
number 
7,236,128 
784,672 
0.7 
0.6 
(Z) 
(Z) 
Broilers sold 
farms 
527 
83 
42.7 
28.2 
12.5 
2.0 
number 
28,252,490 
7,640,429 
39.6 
38.3 
1.5 
-0.2 
Aquaculture sold 
farms 
381 
104 
10.8 
8.5 
2.3 
-0.1 
$1,000 
187,222 
30,603 
0.6 
0.4 
0.1 
(Z) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
575 
41 
20.0 
4.5 
13.5 
2.0 
acres 
114,516 
2,598 
7.4 
0.9 
6.0 
0.6 
Wheat, winter 
farms 
2,415 
185 
17.7 
2.3 
13.9 
1.5 
acres 
1,669,175 
34,531 
5.8 
0.6 
4.9 
0.3 
Wheat, durum 
farms 
3 
1 
(Z) 
(Z) 
(Z) 
(Z) 
acres 
3,264 
269 
(Z) 
(Z) 
(Z) 
(Z) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
201 2 Census of Agriculture APPENDIX A A - 21 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
