Table 16. Summary by Farm Typology Measured by Gross Cash Farm Income, Primary Occupation of Small 
Family Farm Operators, and Non-Family Farms - Iowa: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Small family farms - GCFI less than $350,000 
Item 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Ethanol farms 
Other farms 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
Part owners farms 
Tenants farms 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
acres 
Owned land in farms farms 
acres 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
acres 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
acres 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
acres 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
2 operators 
3 operators 
4 operators 
5 or more operators 
Total women operators number 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
2 operators 
3 operators 
4 operators 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
Female 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
Other 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
Not on farm operated 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
Any 
1 to 49 days 
50 to 99 days 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
200 days or more 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
3 or 4 years 
5 to 9 years 
1 0 years or more 
Average years on present farm 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
3 or 4 years 
5 to 9 years 
1 0 years or more 
Average years operating any farm 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
25 to 34 years 
35 to 44 years 
45 to 49 years 
50 to 54 years 
55 to 59 years 
60 to 64 years 
Off-farm 
All farms Retirement occupation 
1 
13 
3 
4 
899 
115 
157 
49,525 
14,182 
21,013 
30,025 
1,731 
5,062 
9,087 
657 
3,026 
80,149 
16,069 
26,195 
18,076,106 
2,767,196 
2,974,453 
79,550 
15,913 
26,075 
14,379,151 
1,567,995 
1,990,284 
39,303 
2,460 
8,131 
16,333,494 
266,750 
870,759 
39,112 
2,388 
8,088 
16,243,580 
253,494 
859,021 
21,581 
6,789 
7,547 
3,786,869 
1,212,457 
995,907 
131,535 
23,429 
43,288 
53,202 
10,673 
16,760 
29,863 
5,133 
10,959 
4,454 
638 
1,105 
787 
85 
204 
331 
41 
73 
32,907 
7,156 
12,549 
30,451 
6,659 
11,689 
948 
197 
338 
133 
30 
48 
21 
2 
10 
12 
1 
81,529 
13,714 
26,447 
7,108 
2,856 
2,654 
47,949 
8,263 
40,688 
8,307 
29,101 
63,911 
10,990 
19,583 
24,726 
5,580 
9,518 
37,692 
11,566 
955 
50,945 
5,004 
28,146 
7,535 
1,727 
1,363 
3,331 
717 
526 
6,469 
992 
2,507 
33,610 
1,568 
23,750 
2,285 
177 
1,311 
3,616 
332 
1,958 
10,048 
1,019 
5,273 
72,688 
15,042 
20,559 
25.6 
32.3 
18.3 
1,671 
130 
995 
2,807 
261 
1,588 
8,373 
830 
4,621 
75,786 
15,349 
21,897 
27.9 
35.4 
20.3 
595 
221 
5,647 
- 
2,528 
9,824 
88 
4,553 
7,763 
157 
3,548 
13,002 
444 
5,554 
13,456 
886 
5,263 
12,245 
2,211 
3,880 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Non-family 
farms 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
4 
2 
1 
- 
- 
- 
64 
99 
292 
133 
7 
32 
7,432 
2,118 
2,036 
591 
108 
2,045 
2,623 
4,094 
10,977 
4,492 
186 
860 
1,612 
1,124 
1,771 
451 
21 
425 
10,144 
6,314 
13,105 
5,103 
294 
2,925 
1,473,984 
1,605,919 
4,790,338 
3,107,492 
354,425 
1,002,299 
10,055 
6,212 
13,013 
5,083 
294 
2,905 
1,075,606 
1,388,456 
4,335,469 
2,914,613 
320,703 
786,025 
4,277 
5,226 
12,754 
4,950 
208 
1,297 
518,952 
1,412,901 
6,666,440 
5,369,861 
453,077 
774,754 
4,235 
5,218 
12,748 
4,943 
207 
1,285 
510,076 
1,403,817 
6,633,419 
5,361,978 
452,807 
768,968 
2,845 
1,017 
1,729 
620 
38 
996 
407,254 
226,547 
487,890 
200,762 
33,992 
222,060 
16,644 
10,222 
21,888 
9,415 
766 
5,883 
7,488 
4,934 
9,025 
2,667 
113 
1,542 
3,601 
2,066 
4,698 
2,074 
79 
1,253 
451 
260 
882 
657 
73 
388 
93 
50 
134 
93 
27 
101 
34 
26 
45 
43 
23 
46 
3,844 
1,981 
4,357 
1,867 
137 
1,016 
3,573 
1,824 
4,091 
1,726 
83 
806 
95 
52 
105 
59 
13 
89 
14 
9 
14 
5 
6 
7 
6 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
3 
2 
2 
2 
2 
10,796 
7,182 
14,554 
5,476 
311 
3,049 
871 
154 
230 
58 
4 
281 
11,667 
7,336 
13,360 
5,278 
276 
1,769 
1,424 
256 
39 
1,561 
8,199 
6,108 
12,539 
4,755 
214 
1,523 
3,468 
1,228 
2,245 
779 
101 
1,807 
5,351 
4,484 
9,507 
4,129 
229 
1,471 
6,316 
2,852 
5,277 
1,405 
86 
1,859 
1,441 
812 
1,476 
384 
6 
326 
812 
451 
571 
118 
5 
131 
1,188 
564 
842 
170 
3 
203 
2,875 
1,025 
2,388 
733 
72 
1,199 
460 
85 
107 
27 
1 
117 
692 
170 
197 
59 
2 
206 
1,578 
555 
935 
226 
19 
443 
8,937 
6,526 
13,545 
5,222 
293 
2,564 
23.7 
30.4 
30.2 
30.4 
27.3 
22.6 
335 
57 
68 
12 
74 
525 
117 
135 
22 
1 
158 
1,286 
442 
691 
168 
11 
324 
9,521 
6,720 
13,890 
5,332 
303 
2,774 
26.6 
32.6 
31.9 
32.0 
29.5 
26.4 
203 
66 
82 
9 
14 
1,174 
576 
915 
262 
9 
183 
1,484 
716 
1,829 
746 
48 
360 
966 
589 
1,540 
671 
45 
247 
1,604 
1,060 
2,689 
1,117 
60 
474 
1,753 
1,198 
2,639 
1,113 
49 
555 
1,522 
1,078 
2,188 
790 
37 
539 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture Farm Typology 217 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
