Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
1 to 9 
acres 
10 to 49 
acres 
50 to 69 
acres 
70 to 99 
acres 
1 00 to 1 39 
acres 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
2,901 
284 
663 
151 
207 
190 
acres 
1,024,460 
1,354 
16,991 
8,785 
17,043 
22,161 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
74,673 
5,965 
18,257 
4,224 
6,026 
4,931 
acres 
22,466,500 
29,129 
465,351 
246,183 
491,287 
576,188 
Partnership 
farms 
4,986 
312 
907 
249 
359 
353 
acres 
2,761,129 
1,440 
22,889 
14,518 
29,191 
41,285 
Registered under state law 
farms 
3,497 
232 
667 
169 
229 
236 
acres 
1,995,162 
1,056 
16,739 
9,930 
18,747 
27,636 
Corporation 
farms 
7,189 
313 
915 
157 
274 
228 
acres 
5,039,305 
1,364 
22,363 
9,206 
22,242 
26,952 
Family held 
farms 
6,739 
268 
813 
142 
243 
199 
acres 
4,847,309 
1,156 
19,956 
8,308 
19,721 
23,500 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
114 
10 
26 
1 
8 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
6,625 
258 
787 
141 
235 
194 
Other than family held 
farms 
450 
45 
102 
15 
31 
29 
acres 
191,996 
208 
2,407 
898 
2,521 
3,452 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
43 
3 
12 
2 
1 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
407 
42 
90 
13 
30 
26 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
1,789 
117 
586 
132 
173 
153 
acres 
355,797 
681 
15,065 
7,665 
13,927 
17,929 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
27,906 
1,293 
3,596 
833 
1,331 
1,160 
workers 
79,838 
4,216 
10,361 
2,524 
3,877 
3,266 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
11,099 
497 
1,079 
224 
344 
313 
workers 
25,620 
1,372 
3,158 
817 
1,013 
846 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
21,219 
994 
2,841 
672 
1,067 
913 
workers 
54,218 
2,844 
7,203 
1,707 
2,864 
2,420 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
54 
4 
7 
1 
6 
6 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
15 
1 
1 
- 
- 
2 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
26,555 
2,313 
6,365 
1,418 
1,867 
1,644 
workers 
58,413 
5,726 
14,415 
3,249 
4,225 
3,755 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
6,707 
6,707 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20,665 
- 
20,665 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
4,762 
- 
- 
4,762 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
6,832 
- 
- 
- 
6,832 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
5,665 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5,665 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
5,529 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
3,603 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
3,227 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
11,824 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
11,581 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
6,589 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
1,653 
- 
- 
- 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
43,727 
618 
3,829 
1,398 
3,026 
2,770 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
489 
237 
188 
18 
22 
8 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
533 
191 
234 
40 
21 
20 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
515 
214 
199 
19 
28 
16 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
20,719 
1,233 
9,812 
2,023 
2,273 
1,638 
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 
1,233 
9,812 
2,023 
2,273 
1,638 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,697 
1,581 
2,835 
705 
880 
716 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
2,129 
152 
178 
77 
109 
96 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,224 
43 
54 
43 
73 
108 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
3,310 
614 
446 
88 
97 
112 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
732 
218 
274 
39 
40 
26 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,621 
629 
700 
97 
70 
48 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,941 
977 
1,916 
215 
193 
107 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
26,827 
1,889 
3,872 
1,186 
1,699 
1,660 
number 
3,893,683 
74,495 
161,382 
62,750 
106,410 
101,289 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,975 
1,018 
1,561 
244 
263 
184 
1 0 to 49 
9,599 
607 
1,938 
719 
1,009 
951 
50 to 99 
4,580 
126 
184 
119 
251 
330 
100 to 199 
3,740 
65 
49 
51 
89 
125 
200 to 499 
3,416 
43 
82 
35 
68 
51 
500 or more 
1,517 
30 
58 
18 
19 
19 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
21,115 
1,231 
2,856 
985 
1,447 
1,406 
number 
1,090,325 
16,798 
40,113 
21,885 
38,990 
41,206 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
72 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
