Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
88,637 
92,856 
48 
44 
72 
97 
28 
31 
Land in farms 
acres 
30,622,731 
30,747,550 
7,860 
9,692 
8,059 
25,235 
3,332 
5,155 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
6,707 
8,709 
6 
14 
25 
8 
6 
4 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20,665 
17,824 
24 
8 
20 
19 
12 
9 
50 to 1 79 acres 
22,788 
24,692 
13 
12 
16 
20 
4 
10 
180 to 499 acres 
18,654 
22,354 
1 
6 
8 
37 
5 
7 
500 acres or more 
19,823 
19,277 
4 
4 
3 
13 
1 
1 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
79,550 
82,429 
46 
44 
59 
97 
27 
26 
acres 
14,379,151 
14,576,432 
(D) 
3,757 
5,557 
16,912 
2,939 
1,694 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
39,112 
39,364 
5 
14 
18 
26 
6 
8 
acres 
16,243,580 
16,171,118 
(D) 
5,935 
2,502 
8,323 
393 
3,461 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
49,525 
53,492 
43 
30 
54 
71 
22 
23 
acres 
6,538,547 
7,619,098 
(D) 
1,542 
3,509 
8,951 
(D) 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
30,025 
28,937 
3 
14 
5 
26 
5 
3 
acres 
20,867,251 
19,529,558 
2,792 
8,150 
4,528 
16,284 
608 
(D) 
Tenants 
farms 
9,087 
10,427 
2 
- 
13 
- 
1 
5 
acres 
3,216,933 
3,598,894 
(D) 
- 
22 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
88,637 
92,856 
48 
44 
72 
97 
28 
31 
$1,000 
31,603,822 
21,124,382 
4,016 
3,957 
3,749 
13,681 
1,878 
2,198 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
88,637 
92,856 
48 
44 
72 
97 
28 
31 
$1,000 
30,821,532 
20,418,096 
3,833 
3,690 
3,422 
13,039 
1,825 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
58,654 
59,196 
24 
24 
43 
55 
19 
18 
$1,000 
17,366,814 
10,343,585 
(D) 
3,517 
(D) 
5,037 
(D) 
996 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
33,918 
38,275 
17 
8 
10 
40 
6 
18 
$1,000 
13,454,718 
10,074,511 
(D) 
173 
(D) 
8,001 
(D) 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
69,463 
74,939 
23 
21 
34 
75 
11 
23 
$1,000 
782,290 
706,286 
183 
267 
327 
643 
53 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
5,386 
6,297 
7 
15 
1 
7 
4 
2 
$1,000 to $2,499 
7,911 
7,631 
7 
2 
6 
7 
- 
5 
$2,500 to $4,999 
7,476 
7,882 
6 
4 
19 
20 
13 
3 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,901 
9,031 
6 
6 
18 
7 
- 
5 
$10,000 to $24,999 
8,687 
9,911 
11 
5 
13 
5 
4 
1 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,501 
8,141 
7 
2 
7 
8 
1 
5 
$50,000 or more 
44,775 
43,963 
4 
10 
8 
43 
6 
10 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
1,847 
9,727 
_ 
2 
_ 
10 
_ 
1 
$1,000 
169,003 
732,579 
- 
(D) 
- 
724 
- 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
34,568 
40,502 
20 
11 
32 
40 
1 
11 
$1,000 
167,198 
208,329 
(D) 
50 
192 
224 
(D) 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
58,987 
58,664 
16 
20 
27 
60 
11 
19 
$1,000 
615,092 
497,956 
(D) 
217 
135 
419 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
43,727 
42,687 
10 
11 
11 
32 
13 
10 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
489 
368 
2 
7 
22 
2 
5 
2 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
533 
457 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
515 
485 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
20,719 
21,894 
22 
14 
29 
23 
2 
5 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
20,719 
21,894 
22 
14 
29 
23 
2 
5 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,697 
10,673 
4 
7 
- 
18 
6 
3 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
2,129 
3,119 
- 
- 
6 
5 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (11212) 
1,224 
1,686 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
3,310 
4,970 
- 
- 
2 
9 
- 
6 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
732 
775 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,621 
1,434 
4 
1 
1 
3 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,941 
4,308 
5 
4 
1 
2 
- 
4 
-continued 
48 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
