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 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
154 
113 
107 
377 
353 
236 
66 
acres 
24,073 
22,232 
25,456 
139,378 
239,319 
319,161 
188,507 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
4,838 
3,100 
2,800 
10,011 
9,116 
4,447 
958 
acres 
761,821 
611,507 
665,787 
3,644,076 
6,352,850 
5,800,157 
2,822,164 
Partnership 
farms 
295 
217 
179 
624 
684 
507 
300 
acres 
46,201 
42,840 
42,426 
224,110 
476,430 
710,251 
1,109,548 
Registered under state law 
farms 
196 
138 
127 
418 
501 
357 
227 
acres 
30,642 
27,106 
30,108 
151,698 
351,187 
496,983 
833,330 
Corporation 
farms 
269 
187 
190 
999 
1,692 
1,588 
377 
acres 
42,596 
36,912 
45,106 
377,232 
1,230,070 
2,120,237 
1,105,025 
Family held 
farms 
228 
171 
173 
941 
1,647 
1,552 
362 
acres 
36,024 
33,802 
41,114 
355,737 
1,196,824 
2,072,719 
1,038,448 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
6 
2 
4 
11 
17 
19 
5 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
222 
169 
169 
930 
1,630 
1,533 
357 
Other than family held 
farms 
41 
16 
17 
58 
45 
36 
15 
acres 
6,572 
3,110 
3,992 
21,495 
33,246 
47,518 
66,577 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
- 
1 
3 
2 
4 
9 
3 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
41 
15 
14 
56 
41 
27 
12 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
127 
99 
58 
190 
89 
47 
18 
acres 
20,036 
19,709 
13,868 
67,088 
62,111 
62,980 
54,738 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
1,461 
988 
968 
4,482 
5,995 
4,457 
1,342 
workers 
4,145 
2,615 
2,734 
1 1 ,223 
15,811 
13,288 
5,778 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
427 
283 
304 
1,532 
2,559 
2,490 
1,047 
workers 
1,034 
661 
840 
2,803 
4,800 
5,192 
3,084 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
1,147 
784 
736 
3,458 
4,483 
3,221 
903 
workers 
3,111 
1,954 
1,894 
8,420 
11,011 
8,096 
2,694 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
1 
1 
. 
8 
3 
8 
9 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
2 
1 
6 
2 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,576 
1,049 
927 
3,449 
3,507 
1,967 
473 
workers 
3,454 
2,334 
2,152 
7,195 
7,114 
3,791 
1,003 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
1 0 to 49 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 40 to 1 79 acres 
5,529 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
- 
3,603 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
- 
- 
3,227 
- 
- 
- 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
- 
- 
- 
1 1 ,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) 
3,208 
2,111 
2,072 
8,296 
9,313 
5,642 
1,444 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
4 
3 
- 
4 
3 
2 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
12 
4 
5 
6 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
9 
8 
6 
8 
6 
2 
_ 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,179 
678 
489 
1,009 
310 
63 
12 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 193,1 1 194,1 1199) . 
1,179 
678 
489 
1,009 
310 
63 
12 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) .... 
591 
407 
298 
915 
525 
188 
56 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
121 
94 
111 
536 
419 
197 
39 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
128 
112 
83 
277 
234 
58 
11 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
147 
99 
108 
568 
617 
341 
73 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
24 
12 
8 
41 
28 
19 
3 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
31 
19 
6 
16 
4 
- 
1 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
75 
56 
41 
148 
122 
77 
14 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,697 
1,258 
1,174 
4,563 
4,767 
2,450 
612 
number 
153,285 
121,608 
123,779 
709,319 
1,060,169 
866,186 
353,011 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
159 
85 
63 
189 
143 
55 
11 
1 0 to 49 
798 
534 
465 
1,266 
881 
362 
69 
50 to 99 
389 
336 
315 
1,103 
979 
396 
52 
1 00 to 1 99 
211 
183 
172 
991 
1,145 
538 
121 
200 to 499 
104 
94 
134 
815 
1,166 
667 
157 
500 or more 
36 
26 
25 
199 
453 
432 
202 
Cows and heifers that calved 
farms 
1,410 
1,044 
979 
3,554 
3,781 
1,958 
464 
number 
50,858 
37,730 
42,047 
204,574 
301,326 
204,476 
90,322 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 73 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
