Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race - Con. 
Operators 
Characteristics 
Native Hawaiian 
or other 
Pacific Islander 
White 
reporting 
more than 
one race 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
4 
5 
88,402 
92,636 
83 
43 
Land in farms 
acres 
1,994 
1,848 
30,589,356 
30,698,802 
12,130 
6,818 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
- 
- 
6,659 
8,680 
11 
3 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
- 
20,571 
17,771 
38 
17 
50 to 179 acres 
1 
1 
22,740 
24,637 
14 
12 
1 80 to 499 acres 
1 
2 
18,629 
22,295 
10 
7 
500 acres or more 
2 
2 
19,803 
19,253 
10 
4 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
2 
4 
79,338 
82,219 
78 
39 
acres 
(D) 
694 
14,359,054 
14,549,035 
8,179 
4,340 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
2 
4 
39,063 
39,296 
18 
16 
acres 
(D) 
1,154 
16,230,302 
16,149,767 
3,951 
2,478 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
2 
1 
49,339 
53,340 
65 
27 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
6,524,973 
7,605,748 
4,799 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
3 
29,999 
28,879 
13 
12 
acres 
- 
(D) 
20,852,902 
19,497,298 
6,421 
5,191 
Tenants 
farms 
2 
1 
9,064 
10,417 
5 
4 
acres 
(D) 
(D) 
3,211,481 
3,595,756 
910 
(D) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
4 
5 
88,402 
92,636 
83 
43 
$1,000 
1,747 
1,496 
31,574,061 
21,099,400 
18,371 
3,650 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
4 
5 
88,402 
92,636 
83 
43 
$1,000 
1,690 
(D) 
30,792,636 
20,394,237 
18,125 
3,535 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
4 
5 
58,517 
59,066 
47 
28 
$1,000 
1,690 
890 
17,351,778 
10,331,796 
(D) 
1,349 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
- 
3 
33,851 
38,188 
34 
18 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
13,440,858 
10,062,441 
(D) 
2,186 
Government payments 
farms 
3 
4 
69,349 
74,794 
43 
22 
$1,000 
56 
(D) 
781,425 
705,163 
246 
114 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
_ 
_ 
5,360 
6,269 
14 
4 
$1,000 to $2,499 
- 
- 
7,889 
7,611 
9 
6 
$2,500 to $4,999 
- 
- 
7,423 
7,851 
15 
4 
$5,000 to $9,999 
- 
- 
7,865 
9,001 
12 
12 
$10,000 to $24,999 
1 
- 
8,648 
9,896 
10 
4 
$25,000 to $49,999 
- 
- 
6,483 
8,125 
3 
1 
$50,000 or more 
3 
5 
44,734 
43,883 
20 
12 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
- 
3 
1,846 
9,707 
1 
4 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
731,164 
(D) 
278 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
- 
1 
34,487 
40,426 
28 
13 
$1,000 
- 
(D) 
166,873 
207,982 
80 
42 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
3 
4 
58,894 
58,545 
36 
16 
$1,000 
56 
(D) 
614,552 
497,181 
166 
72 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
3 
3 
43,668 
42,616 
22 
15 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
- 
- 
456 
357 
4 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
1 
1 
525 
455 
5 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
- 
- 
513 
483 
1 
1 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
- 
- 
20,643 
21,840 
23 
12 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
- 
- 
20,643 
21,840 
23 
12 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
- 
- 
9,676 
10,637 
11 
8 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
- 
- 
2,123 
3,114 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
1,224 
1,684 
- 
1 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
- 
1 
3,307 
4,952 
1 
2 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
- 
- 
729 
773 
3 
1 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
- 
- 
1,616 
1,429 
- 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
- 
" 
3,922 
4,296 
13 
2 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 49 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
