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 
All farms 
Retirement 
Off-farm 
occupation 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
65 to 69 years 
9,085 
3,642 
1,521 
70 years and over 
17,020 
9,142 
2,033 
Average age 
57.1 
71.0 
52.1 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
369 
99 
144 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
48 
12 
30 
Asian 
72 
11 
30 
Black or African American 
28 
3 
9 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
- 
White 
88,402 
16,525 
28,986 
More than one race reported 
83 
19 
46 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
12,706 
3,961 
3,626 
2 people 
44,956 
11,268 
12,252 
3 people 
10,660 
877 
4,356 
4 people 
11,108 
269 
5,138 
5 or more people 
9,207 
195 
3,729 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
41,617 
9,972 
21,784 
25 to 49 percent 
9,621 
2,140 
3,745 
50 to 74 percent 
14,461 
2,662 
2,658 
75 to 99 percent 
14,055 
1,634 
768 
1 00 percent 
8,883 
162 
146 
Operator is a hired manager 
.farms 
3,648 
266 
636 
acres 
2,089,523 
36,578 
80,788 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
65,875 
9,932 
22,829 
Dial-up service 
6,537 
1,528 
1,903 
DSL service 
27,187 
3,875 
9,320 
Cable modem service 
7,729 
1,586 
2,988 
Fiber-optic service 
6,162 
770 
1,873 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
12,418 
1,450 
4,934 
Satellite service 
12,840 
1,747 
3,860 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) .. 
1,088 
172 
344 
Other Internet service 
1,338 
213 
465 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
68,564 
13,147 
23,905 
2 households 
14,722 
2,783 
3,825 
3 households 
3,225 
416 
849 
4 households 
1,269 
134 
305 
5 or more households 
857 
90 
217 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage, 
or adoption 
.farms 
85,307 
16,570 
29,101 
acres 
29,067,738 
1,821,489 
2,849,305 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms 
2,901 
439 
942 
acres 
1,024,460 
67,625 
103,436 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms 
74,673 
14,906 
26,716 
acres 
22,466,500 
1,588,569 
2,547,319 
Partnership 
.farms 
4,986 
603 
980 
acres 
2,761,129 
88,115 
119,675 
Registered under state law 
.farms 
3,497 
401 
731 
acres 
1,995,162 
55,814 
89,416 
Corporation 
.farms 
7,189 
613 
929 
acres 
5,039,305 
88,237 
124,563 
Family held 
.farms 
6,739 
582 
852 
acres 
4,847,309 
85,630 
113,123 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
114 
22 
10 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
6,625 
560 
842 
Other than family held 
.farms 
450 
31 
77 
acres 
191,996 
2,607 
11,440 
More than 10 stockholders 
.farms 
43 
- 
2 
1 0 or less stockholders 
.farms 
407 
31 
75 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
.farms 
1,789 
448 
476 
acres 
355,797 
56,568 
57,748 
Operator's primary occupation 
farming excluding retirement 
farms 
Mid-size 
Low 
sales - GCFI 
less than 
$150,000 
Moderate 
sales - GCFI 
$150,000 
to $349,999 
family 
farms - 
GCFI 
$350,000 
to $999,999 
1,006 
800 
1,311 
1,955 
1,253 
1,591 
54.8 
56.3 
54.7 
56 
16 
21 
1 
2 
26 
2 
- 
10 
1 
- 
- 
1 
2 
11,624 
7,330 
14,774 
6 
2 
6 
1,851 
995 
1,450 
5,587 
3,907 
7,275 
1,529 
823 
1,879 
1,430 
836 
2,184 
1,270 
775 
1,996 
5,415 
944 
1,338 
1,462 
649 
940 
2,302 
1,953 
3,292 
1,604 
2,329 
5,342 
884 
1,461 
3,872 
491 
246 
864 
58,905 
84,647 
656,927 
7,486 
5,434 
12,482 
848 
608 
1,125 
2,996 
2,244 
5,284 
716 
467 
1,173 
650 
539 
1,427 
1,383 
938 
2,275 
1,501 
1,205 
2,799 
162 
88 
199 
191 
107 
226 
8,900 
5,769 
11,417 
2,129 
1,218 
2,465 
365 
190 
522 
174 
97 
248 
99 
62 
132 
11,667 
7,336 
14,784 
1,585,682 
2,792,273 
10,968,888 
347 
183 
394 
50,163 
60,316 
269,610 
10,772 
6,542 
12,006 
1,451,849 
2,511,046 
8,765,575 
394 
267 
585 
59,041 
89,709 
443,209 
285 
170 
444 
40,887 
56,955 
324,407 
357 
487 
2,125 
(□) 
178,014 
1,706,661 
334 
470 
2,071 
54,933 
172,847 
1,668,158 
3 
9 
23 
331 
461 
2,048 
23 
17 
54 
(D) 
5,167 
38,503 
- 
11 
23 
17 
43 
144 
40 
68 
(D) 
13,504 
53,443 
Large-scale family 
farms - GCFI 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
Large - 
$1,000,000 
to $4,999,999 
Very large - 
$5,000,000 
or more 
Non-family 
farms 
433 
36 
336 
393 
31 
622 
53.9 
55.3 
57.6 
10 
1 
22 
1 
2 
1 
- 
2 
1 
- 
4 
- 
- 
1 
5,530 
314 
3,319 
1 
1 
2 
361 
20 
442 
2,719 
130 
1,818 
744 
59 
393 
827 
53 
371 
883 
53 
306 
427 
50 
1,687 
283 
21 
381 
967 
49 
578 
1,882 
88 
408 
1,975 
107 
276 
526 
61 
558 
776,290 
107,894 
287,494 
5,030 
296 
2,386 
337 
14 
174 
2,244 
137 
1,087 
373 
25 
401 
605 
53 
245 
1,011 
57 
370 
1,283 
57 
388 
84 
1 
38 
89 
1 
46 
3,714 
130 
1,582 
1,125 
68 
1,109 
455 
65 
363 
146 
27 
138 
94 
25 
138 
5,534 
315 
8,276,591 
773,510 
- 
220 
24 
352 
303,559 
24,544 
145,207 
3,607 
124 
5,277,552 
324,590 
- 
486 
79 
1,592 
930,991 
264,153 
766,236 
362 
67 
1,037 
682,590 
205,554 
539,539 
1,415 
107 
1,156 
2,028,216 
(D) 
677,175 
1,371 
99 
960 
1,976,233 
150,266 
626,119 
2 
7 
38 
1,369 
92 
922 
44 
8 
196 
51,983 
(D) 
51,056 
- 
3 
27 
44 
5 
169 
26 
5 
582 
39,832 
(D) 
1 1 1 ,582 
See footnote(s) at end of table. 
-continued 
218 Farm Typology 2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
