Table 50. Summary by Age and Principal Occupation of Operator: 1987-Con. 



[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 



Total farming 



and other 



occupations 



Farming 



Total 



Age of operator (years) 



Under 25 



25 to 34 



35 to 44 



FARMS BY SIZE 



1 to 9 acres 



10 to 49 acres 



50 to 69 acres 



70 to 99 acres 



100 to 139 acres 



140 to 179 acres 



180 to 219 acres 



220 to 259 acres 



260 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1 .000 to 1 .999 acres . 

 2.000 acres or more . 



FARMS BY STANDARD 

 INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION 



Cash grains (Oil) 



Field crops, except cash grains (013) 



Cotton (0131) - 



Tobacco (0132) 



Sugarcane and sugar beets: Irish 

 potatoes; field crops, except cash 

 grains, n.e.c. (0133, 0134. 0139) 



Vegetables and melons (016) 



Fruits and tree nuts (017) 



Horticultural specialties (018) 



General farms, primarily crop (019) 



Livestock, except dairy, poultry, and 



animal specialties (021) 



Beef cattle, except feedlots (0212) 



Dairy farms (024) 



Poultry and eggs (025) 



Animal specialties (027)... 



General farms, primarily livestock and 

 animal specialties (029) 



LIVESTOCK 



Cattle and calves inventory farms. 



number. 

 Farms with — 



1 to 9 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Cows and heifers that had calved farms. 



number. 



Beef cows farms. 



number. 



Farms with — 



1 to 9 



10 to 49 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Milk cows farms- 



number. 



Farms with- 



1 to 4 



5 to 9 



10 to 49__ 



50 to 99 



100 to 199 



200 to 499 



500 or more 



Heifers and heifer calves farms. 



number. 

 Steers, steer calves, bulls, and bull 

 calves farms. 



number. 



Cattle and calves sold farms. 



number, 

 $1,000. 



Calves farms. 



number. 

 SI. 000. 



Cattle farms. 



number. 

 $1,000. 

 Fattened on grain and concentrates ._- farms, 

 number. 

 $1,000. 



See footnotes at end of table. 



7 974 

 10 981 



2 901 



6 981 



7 168 

 10 506 



6 574 



7 119 

 25 378 

 15 874 



3 401 

 323 



50 200 

 1 451 



1 451 



213 



195 



278 



1 039 



43 979 

 10 095 



4 209 



570 



1 601 



1 445 



3 181 

 3 330 

 1 175 



3 608 



4 332 

 7 432 



4 990 



5 851 

 22 709 

 15 105 



3 266 

 300 



37 149 

 488 



488 



93 

 69 



112 

 548 



31 036 

 5 298 



3 942 

 327 

 311 



1 204 



256 

 142 



59 

 141 

 158 

 290 

 137 

 171 

 427 

 165 



15 



977 

 10 



827 

 80 



105 

 4 

 6 



16 



741 

 488 

 173 

 515 

 644 



1 192 

 889 

 991 



3 964 



2 322 

 381 



39 



5 884 

 40 



7 



9 



12 



78 



i 175 

 425 



859 

 45 

 28 



466 

 43? 

 128 

 373 

 526 

 990 

 771 

 949 

 212 

 645 

 902 

 68 



30 

 76 



5 555 

 491 



868 

 59 



55 



455 



423 



143 



423 



555 



1 054 



746 



995 



4 605 



3 925 



916 



83 



6 840 

 49 



12 

 10 

 28 

 92 



5 957 

 659 



915 

 56 

 56 



570 

 629 



218 



749 



1 064 



1 967 



1 330 



1 640 



6 778 



3 908 



812 



69 



10 233 

 96 



20 



17 



22 



151 



7 875 

 1 381 



856 



104 

 67 



72 IOWA 



1987 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-STATE DATA 



