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 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
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 
85,307 
(NA) 
46 
(NA) 
70 
(NA) 
24 
(NA) 
Limited Liability Corporation 
2,901 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
3 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Operation's legal status for tax purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
74,673 
77,452 
43 
41 
63 
73 
23 
28 
Partnerships 
4,986 
6,990 
2 
2 
5 
16 
- 
2 
Corporations 
7,189 
6,509 
2 
- 
2 
7 
3 
1 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
1,789 
1,905 
1 
1 
2 
1 
2 
- 
Number of operators: 
1 operator 
53,202 
57,549 
23 
22 
33 
54 
11 
18 
2 operators 
29,863 
29,474 
24 
21 
36 
37 
12 
13 
3 operators 
4,454 
4,638 
1 
1 
3 
3 
5 
- 
4 operators 
787 
820 
- 
- 
- 
3 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
331 
375 
- 
" 
- 
- 
" 
- 
Number of women operators: 
1 operator 
30,451 
31,016 
26 
26 
44 
33 
17 
13 
2 operators 
948 
1,054 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
3 operators 
133 
141 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
4 operators 
21 
34 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
12 
15 
- 
" 
" 
Farms reporting- 
Internet access 
65,875 
58,087 
34 
15 
57 
59 
21 
19 
Dial-up 
6,537 
(NA) 
5 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
DSL service 
27,187 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
19 
(NA) 
13 
(NA) 
Cable modem service 
7,729 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
14 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
6,162 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer or 
a cell phone 
12,418 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
18 
(NA) 
4 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
12,840 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
7 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,088 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
1 
(NA) 
2 
(NA) 
Other Internet service 
1,338 
(NA) 
- 
(NA) 
8 
(NA) 
“ 
(NA) 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
3,648 
3,670 
- 
- 
2 
3 
4 
4 
acres 
2,089,523 
1,998,854 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
1,745 
(D) 
Farms by number of households sharing in net income 
of farm: 
1 household 
68,564 
70,593 
45 
36 
51 
47 
24 
24 
2 households 
14,722 
16,354 
2 
2 
13 
40 
- 
5 
3 households 
3,225 
3,570 
- 
6 
4 
6 
1 
2 
4 households 
1,269 
1,342 
1 
- 
4 
- 
3 
- 
5 or more households 
857 
997 
" 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
Farms by share of principal operator's total household 
income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
41,617 
45,953 
31 
32 
44 
58 
25 
17 
25 to 49 percent 
9,621 
11,698 
7 
1 
8 
8 
1 
4 
50 to 74 percent 
14,461 
14,812 
8 
3 
5 
11 
- 
4 
75 to 99 percent 
14,055 
12,606 
1 
7 
5 
14 
1 
1 
100 percent 
8,883 
7,787 
1 
1 
10 
6 
1 
5 
-continued 
50 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
