Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1,000 to 1,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,617 
2,386 
2,354 
9,163 
9,804 
5,654 
1,382 
Not on farm operated 
1,912 
1,217 
873 
2,661 
1,777 
935 
271 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2,075 
1,470 
1,355 
5,970 
7,272 
4,840 
1,247 
Any 
3,454 
2,133 
1,872 
5,854 
4,309 
1,749 
406 
1 to 49 days 
498 
286 
284 
1,046 
1,147 
552 
89 
50 to 99 days 
226 
137 
136 
566 
486 
158 
30 
100 to 199 days 
463 
357 
305 
963 
722 
212 
56 
200 days or more 
2,267 
1,353 
1,147 
3,279 
1,954 
827 
231 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
133 
81 
60 
156 
82 
20 
16 
3 or 4 years 
243 
141 
94 
255 
133 
53 
18 
5 to 9 years 
612 
329 
334 
921 
614 
246 
61 
10 years or more 
4,541 
3,052 
2,739 
10,492 
10,752 
6,270 
1,558 
Average years on present farm 
26.5 
27.7 
28.3 
29.5 
31.0 
31.6 
31.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
94 
59 
38 
96 
50 
8 
9 
3 or 4 years 
187 
105 
68 
184 
89 
22 
9 
5 to 9 years 
507 
268 
265 
740 
466 
162 
40 
1 0 years or more 
4,741 
3,171 
2,856 
10,804 
10,976 
6,397 
1,595 
Average years operating any farm 
29.1 
30.3 
31.0 
31.8 
32.8 
33.3 
32.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
45 
22 
13 
71 
41 
13 
1 
25 to 34 years 
370 
197 
207 
723 
560 
259 
71 
35 to 44 years 
480 
364 
325 
1,195 
1,246 
733 
205 
45 to 49 years 
412 
261 
233 
1,008 
1,131 
737 
195 
50 to 54 years 
715 
447 
390 
1,661 
2,057 
1,311 
323 
55 to 59 years 
773 
504 
450 
1,848 
2,114 
1,349 
328 
60 to 64 years 
713 
517 
454 
1,690 
1,774 
1,032 
256 
65 to 69 years 
618 
408 
372 
1,249 
1,170 
566 
143 
70 years and over 
1,403 
883 
783 
2,379 
1,488 
589 
131 
Average age 
59.1 
59.1 
58.9 
57.6 
56.1 
55.2 
54.8 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
14 
13 
4 
25 
28 
10 
6 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
1 
1 
Asian 
2 
2 
5 
1 
- 
3 
- 
Black or African American 
2 
3 
- 
2 
- 
1 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
- 
- 
1 
2 
- 
- 
White 
5,522 
3,596 
3,217 
11,816 
11,567 
6,584 
1,652 
More than one race reported 
3 
2 
5 
3 
10 
- 
- 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
923 
593 
502 
1,641 
1,208 
526 
105 
2 people 
2,909 
1,890 
1,700 
6,162 
6,042 
3,422 
833 
3 people 
609 
401 
343 
1,423 
1,447 
869 
195 
4 people 
566 
359 
346 
1,448 
1,521 
950 
268 
5 or more people 
522 
360 
336 
1,150 
1,363 
822 
252 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,314 
1,316 
973 
2,554 
1,358 
554 
144 
25 to 49 percent 
1,003 
624 
546 
1,509 
771 
347 
75 
50 to 74 percent 
1,224 
811 
812 
3,134 
2,586 
1,270 
305 
75 to 99 percent 
711 
585 
629 
2,960 
4,062 
2,327 
535 
1 00 percent 
277 
267 
267 
1,667 
2,804 
2,091 
594 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
183 
118 
114 
518 
676 
580 
158 
acres 
28,899 
23,304 
27,036 
188,987 
486,444 
787,866 
486,978 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
3,785 
2,507 
2,321 
8,908 
9,584 
5,747 
1,513 
Dial-up service 
399 
276 
257 
973 
874 
462 
104 
DSL service 
1,494 
977 
916 
3,628 
3,981 
2,504 
688 
Cable modem service 
528 
325 
267 
973 
873 
471 
121 
Fiber-optic service 
349 
256 
246 
854 
1,067 
661 
170 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
655 
451 
422 
1,561 
1,729 
1,156 
329 
Satellite service 
708 
477 
462 
1,847 
2,265 
1,363 
351 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
60 
46 
51 
135 
151 
87 
38 
Other Internet service 
67 
43 
42 
197 
171 
107 
29 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
4,200 
2,746 
2,464 
9,012 
8,650 
4,607 
921 
2 households 
995 
646 
566 
2,160 
2,125 
1,300 
422 
3 households 
198 
138 
116 
389 
499 
411 
185 
4 households 
86 
42 
49 
169 
209 
154 
75 
5 or more households 
50 
31 
32 
94 
98 
117 
50 
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 
5,311 
3,438 
3,122 
11,395 
11,137 
6,249 
1,520 
acres 
836,200 
678,427 
742,414 
4,157,032 
7,807,499 
8,223,891 
4,639,701 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 71 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
