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 
3,065 
73 
21.2 
8.4 
12.8 
0.1 
acres 
1,825,330 
18,337 
9.2 
2.1 
6.9 
0.2 
Other than family held 
farms 
269 
21 
22.3 
11.7 
10.7 
-0.1 
acres 
110,357 
3,308 
5.9 
2.5 
3.3 
0.1 
Other - cooperative, estate or 
trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,136 
48 
29.9 
18.7 
10.9 
0.4 
acres 
219,567 
5,005 
15.5 
7.5 
7.5 
0.5 
Tenure: 
Full owners 
farms 
45,638 
2,005 
34.5 
19.9 
14.1 
0.5 
acres 
4,965,158 
149,883 
24.9 
10.7 
13.3 
0.9 
Part owners 
farms 
21,059 
476 
23.8 
5.9 
17.2 
0.7 
acres 
9,039,944 
114,547 
14.2 
2.3 
11.6 
0.3 
Tenants 
farms 
3,057 
122 
34.9 
16.2 
17.8 
0.9 
acres 
563,824 
10,203 
19.2 
4.7 
13.9 
0.5 
Principal operator characteristics by- 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms 
62,408 
2,187 
29.8 
14.0 
15.0 
0.8 
acres 
13,896,929 
244,071 
17.4 
4.8 
12.1 
0.6 
Female 
farms 
7,346 
366 
44.2 
29.5 
16.1 
-1.4 
acres 
671,997 
20,157 
30.8 
15.9 
14.6 
0.3 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
farms 
34,760 
900 
25.9 
9.3 
16.0 
0.6 
Other 
farms 
34,994 
1,674 
36.7 
21.6 
14.6 
0.5 
Spanish, Flispanic, or 
Latino origin (see text) 
farms 
283 
58 
52.3 
23.8 
24.0 
4.5 
acres 
42,697 
5,084 
41.6 
8.4 
30.9 
2.3 
Race: 
American Indian or 
Alaska Native 
farms 
63 
7 
27.0 
10.0 
16.3 
0.7 
acres 
19,209 
1,197 
7.0 
1.5 
5.2 
0.3 
Asian 
farms 
177 
35 
46.3 
16.6 
19.7 
10.0 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Black or African American 
farms 
42 
11 
45.2 
23.0 
20.1 
2.1 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Native Flawaiian or 
Other Pacific Islander 
farms 
9 
3 
33.3 
15.7 
9.0 
8.6 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
White 
farms 
69,374 
2,514 
31.2 
15.4 
15.2 
0.6 
acres 
14,529,794 
261,207 
18.1 
5.2 
12.3 
0.6 
More than one race reported 
farms 
89 
7 
33.7 
38.5 
9.9 
-14.7 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Reporting primary occupation as 
farming by age group: 
Under 25 years 
farms 
228 
14 
52.6 
26.7 
23.5 
2.4 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
1,898 
83 
42.1 
15.6 
24.6 
1.9 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
3,292 
130 
29.0 
8.1 
19.8 
1.1 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
8,255 
257 
25.1 
6.8 
18.4 
-0.1 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
10,220 
232 
23.6 
8.1 
15.2 
0.4 
65 years and over 
farms 
10,867 
264 
24.2 
12.4 
10.6 
1.3 
Reporting primary occupation as 
other than farming by age group: 
Under 25 years 
farms 
118 
21 
48.3 
36.5 
10.2 
1.6 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
1,841 
184 
51.1 
29.8 
18.4 
2.9 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
4,459 
318 
40.4 
21.0 
17.4 
2.0 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
10,253 
545 
38.4 
21.7 
17.6 
-1.0 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
10,988 
455 
34.5 
20.9 
13.4 
0.3 
65 years and over 
farms 
7,335 
273 
31.4 
21.9 
8.3 
1.3 
All operators by age group 
Under 25 years 
farms 
1,865 
96 
37.5 
18.0 
19.1 
0.4 
25 to 34 years 
farms 
7,689 
421 
39.3 
18.4 
19.0 
1.8 
35 to 44 years 
farms 
13,521 
667 
33.3 
15.0 
17.0 
1.3 
45 to 54 years 
farms 
29,976 
1,189 
32.1 
14.8 
17.7 
-0.3 
55 to 64 years 
farms 
31,163 
990 
29.4 
14.8 
14.2 
0.3 
65 to 74 years 
farms 
17,127 
508 
27.9 
16.5 
10.2 
1.2 
75 years and over 
farms 
7,559 
219 
26.2 
14.3 
10.8 
1.2 
Livestock and poultry: 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
29,908 
916 
25.0 
8.9 
15.3 
0.8 
number 
3,494,084 
45,817 
20.1 
2.6 
17.0 
0.5 
Beef cows inventory 
farms 
13,020 
486 
23.5 
10.4 
12.3 
0.8 
number 
248,305 
6,568 
15.0 
4.6 
9.8 
0.5 
Milk cows inventory 
frams 
11,543 
345 
23.4 
2.2 
20.5 
0.7 
number 
1,270,091 
16,762 
13.0 
0.6 
12.2 
0.3 
Flog and pigs inventory 
farms 
2,270 
141 
30.3 
15.5 
14.7 
0.1 
number 
311,651 
44,560 
11.4 
3.0 
8.5 
-0.1 
Layers inventory 
farms 
7,348 
419 
34.6 
19.1 
15.2 
0.3 
number 
5,413,563 
82,874 
1.6 
1.1 
0.5 
0.0 
Broilers sold 
farms 
1,499 
87 
31.7 
17.7 
13.6 
0.4 
number 
48,766,897 
3,673,023 
41.4 
33.7 
8.9 
-1.2 
Aquaculture sold 
farms 
158 
27 
28.5 
16.3 
12.7 
-0.5 
$1,000 
13,847 
962 
3.4 
1.6 
1.8 
(Z) 
Selected crops harvested: 
Corn for grain 
farms 
27,809 
599 
27.2 
6.5 
19.8 
0.9 
acres 
3,306,621 
35,206 
14.2 
2.6 
11.3 
0.3 
Wheat, winter 
farms 
4,870 
93 
13.5 
2.8 
10.3 
0.4 
acres 
245,266 
2,885 
6.2 
1.2 
4.9 
0.1 
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 
