Table 61. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race: 2012 
[Data were collected for a maximum of three operators. For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text] 
Any operator reporting race as- 
Any operator 
reporting ethnicity 
as Spanish, 
Hispanic, or 
Latino origin 
Characteristics 
American Indian 
or Alaska Native 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Asian 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Black or African 
American 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
Native Hawaiian 
or Other Pacific 
Islander alone or 
in combination with 
other races 
White 
alone or in 
combination with 
other races 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
. number 
195 
125 
62 
18 
88,542 
499 
Land in farms 
acres 
46,328 
18,754 
9,150 
5,771 
30,607,754 
137,468 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
24 
33 
9 
3 
6,679 
69 
1 0 to 49 acres 
78 
40 
31 
3 
20,637 
191 
50 to 1 79 acres 
38 
30 
10 
4 
22,769 
108 
180 to 499 acres 
25 
13 
6 
3 
18,643 
63 
500 acres or more 
30 
9 
6 
5 
19,814 
68 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
185 
111 
58 
14 
79,471 
449 
acres 
(D) 
10,411 
6,427 
2,319 
14,370,441 
56,352 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
43 
32 
18 
7 
39,082 
144 
acres 
(D) 
8,343 
2,723 
3,452 
16,237,313 
81,116 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
152 
93 
44 
11 
49,460 
355 
acres 
13,719 
(D) 
3,429 
1,975 
6,532,983 
37,689 
Part owners 
farms 
33 
18 
14 
3 
30,011 
94 
acres 
27,995 
9,566 
5,494 
(D) 
20,859,319 
73,212 
Tenants 
farms 
10 
14 
4 
4 
9,071 
50 
acres 
4,614 
(D) 
227 
(D) 
3,215,452 
26,567 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
195 
125 
62 
18 
88,542 
499 
$1,000 
37,393 
18,271 
13,811 
3,735 
31,595,578 
139,741 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
195 
125 
62 
18 
88,542 
499 
$1,000 
36,358 
17,646 
13,585 
3,591 
30,813,771 
136,155 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
101 
69 
29 
9 
58,593 
241 
$1,000 
23,820 
8,943 
(D) 
3,497 
17,359,343 
54,480 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
73 
37 
22 
4 
33,903 
187 
$1,000 
12,537 
8,703 
(D) 
94 
13,454,428 
81,675 
Government payments 
farms 
107 
68 
32 
14 
69,413 
314 
$1,000 
1,035 
624 
226 
144 
781,807 
3,587 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
34 
9 
6 
_ 
5,380 
72 
$1,000 to $2,499 
23 
14 
6 
4 
7,904 
69 
$2,500 to $4,999 
24 
29 
16 
1 
7,452 
59 
$5,000 to $9,999 
21 
26 
5 
2 
7,882 
76 
$10,000 to $24,999 
35 
18 
14 
2 
8,671 
47 
$25,000 to $49,999 
11 
7 
2 
2 
6,493 
31 
$50,000 or more 
47 
22 
13 
7 
44,760 
145 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
1,847 
2 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
169,003 
(D) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
72 
56 
14 
8 
34,534 
179 
$1,000 
292 
256 
59 
46 
167,029 
939 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
88 
53 
29 
11 
58,944 
240 
$1,000 
743 
368 
167 
98 
614,778 
2,647 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
49 
21 
22 
7 
43,699 
155 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
6 
22 
5 
- 
470 
13 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
5 
5 
4 
1 
533 
3 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
1 
1 
- 
1 
513 
5 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
66 
47 
8 
6 
20,686 
161 
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) 
66 
47 
8 
6 
20,686 
161 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
19 
10 
14 
3 
9,690 
68 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
5 
6 
- 
- 
2,129 
3 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,224 
6 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
4 
4 
1 
- 
3,308 
16 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
5 
2 
2 
- 
732 
10 
Sheep and goat farming (1 1 24) 
6 
5 
- 
- 
1,618 
20 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
29 
2 
6 
- 
3,940 
39 
-continued 
52 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
