Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
63,911 
5,684 
8,209 
7,956 
7,480 
4,991 
Not on farm operated 
24,726 
1,235 
1,428 
1,813 
2,556 
2,479 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
37,692 
4,988 
6,477 
5,382 
4,468 
2,592 
Any 
50,945 
1,931 
3,160 
4,387 
5,568 
4,878 
1 to 49 days 
7,535 
497 
943 
977 
874 
650 
50 to 99 days 
3,331 
156 
353 
453 
507 
310 
100 to 199 days 
6,469 
222 
458 
764 
883 
717 
200 days or more 
33,610 
1,056 
1,406 
2,193 
3,304 
3,201 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,285 
38 
56 
145 
207 
259 
3 or 4 years 
3,616 
100 
127 
198 
317 
456 
5 to 9 years 
10,048 
472 
598 
695 
859 
860 
1 0 years or more 
72,688 
6,309 
8,856 
8,731 
8,653 
5,895 
Average years on present farm 
25.6 
28.5 
30.0 
29.9 
29.2 
25.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,671 
12 
21 
97 
144 
180 
3 or 4 years 
2,807 
47 
87 
149 
240 
381 
5 to 9 years 
8,373 
345 
444 
530 
699 
734 
10 years or more 
75,786 
6,515 
9,085 
8,993 
8,953 
6,175 
Average years operating any farm 
27.9 
30.5 
31.6 
31.9 
31.8 
28.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
595 
11 
55 
71 
74 
90 
25 to 34 years 
5,647 
431 
588 
656 
701 
715 
35 to 44 years 
9,824 
1,010 
1,232 
1,129 
945 
832 
45 to 49 years 
7,763 
871 
983 
944 
746 
566 
50 to 54 years 
13,002 
1,369 
1,858 
1,555 
1,302 
955 
55 to 59 years 
13,456 
1,280 
1,890 
1,557 
1,539 
981 
60 to 64 years 
12,245 
977 
1,382 
1,473 
1,392 
977 
65 to 69 years 
9,085 
529 
829 
948 
1,147 
757 
70 years and over 
17,020 
441 
820 
1,436 
2,190 
1,597 
Average age 
57.1 
53.2 
54.1 
55.7 
58.0 
56.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
369 
16 
3 
26 
24 
19 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
48 
1 
2 
1 
- 
- 
Asian 
72 
1 
2 
- 
3 
2 
Black or African American 
28 
1 
- 
- 
1 
4 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
- 
2 
1 
- 
- 
White 
88,402 
6,914 
9,630 
9,760 
10,026 
7,460 
More than one race reported 
83 
2 
1 
7 
6 
4 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
12,706 
449 
897 
1,128 
1,504 
1,097 
2 people 
44,956 
3,267 
4,634 
5,021 
5,337 
3,785 
3 people 
10,660 
930 
1,318 
1,163 
1,096 
939 
4 people 
11,108 
1,064 
1,453 
1,307 
1,106 
911 
5 or more people 
9,207 
1,209 
1,335 
1,150 
993 
738 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
41,617 
645 
882 
1,221 
2,165 
2,702 
25 to 49 percent 
9,621 
410 
518 
861 
1,639 
1,573 
50 to 74 percent 
14,461 
1,261 
1,980 
2,643 
2,885 
1,864 
75 to 99 percent 
14,055 
2,241 
3,540 
3,159 
2,349 
959 
1 00 percent 
8,883 
2,362 
2,717 
1,885 
998 
372 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
3,648 
790 
676 
435 
346 
245 
acres 
2,089,523 
991,128 
602,891 
221,504 
113,353 
46,206 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
65,875 
6,317 
8,280 
7,775 
7,222 
5,188 
Dial-up service 
6,537 
448 
671 
776 
801 
598 
DSL service 
27,187 
2,809 
3,561 
3,187 
2,871 
2,062 
Cable modem service 
7,729 
493 
757 
759 
875 
678 
Fiber-optic service 
6,162 
778 
1,001 
812 
682 
452 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
12,418 
1,261 
1,551 
1,323 
1,320 
968 
Satellite service 
12,840 
1,561 
1,825 
1,737 
1,428 
892 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,088 
102 
119 
128 
130 
80 
Other Internet service 
1,338 
99 
156 
147 
158 
104 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
68,564 
4,432 
7,267 
7,476 
7,625 
5,701 
2 households 
14,722 
1,484 
1,694 
1,689 
1,872 
1,403 
3 households 
3,225 
598 
397 
363 
328 
217 
4 households 
1,269 
216 
188 
155 
123 
96 
5 or more households 
857 
189 
91 
86 
88 
53 
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 
85,307 
6,394 
9,262 
9,450 
9,693 
7,272 
acres 
29,067,738 
8,771,888 
8,039,289 
4,950,716 
2,898,322 
1,274,080 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
2,901 
367 
287 
253 
295 
209 
acres 
1,024,460 
361,368 
233,931 
130,428 
106,547 
45,481 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
96 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
