Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
$25,000 to 
$49,999 
$10,000 to 
$24,999 
$5,000 to 
$9,999 
$2,500 to 
$4,999 
$1,000 to 
$2,499 
Less than 
$1,000 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
3,865 
4,412 
3,419 
2,899 
2,630 
12,366 
Not on farm operated 
1,910 
1,629 
909 
714 
576 
9,477 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
1,794 
1,644 
1,052 
893 
730 
7,672 
Any 
3,981 
4,397 
3,276 
2,720 
2,476 
14,171 
1 to 49 days 
464 
432 
339 
302 
247 
1,810 
50 to 99 days 
233 
247 
166 
156 
128 
622 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
506 
574 
330 
264 
269 
1,482 
200 days or more 
2,778 
3,144 
2,441 
1,998 
1,832 
10,257 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
262 
196 
159 
117 
138 
708 
3 or 4 years 
368 
399 
292 
202 
207 
950 
5 to 9 years 
730 
898 
702 
670 
575 
2,989 
1 0 years or more 
4,415 
4,548 
3,175 
2,624 
2,286 
17,196 
Average years on present farm 
24.1 
22.4 
20.7 
20.1 
19.0 
23.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
191 
143 
121 
92 
108 
562 
3 or 4 years 
272 
310 
219 
153 
172 
777 
5 to 9 years 
654 
740 
609 
588 
494 
2,536 
10 years or more 
4,658 
4,848 
3,379 
2,780 
2,432 
17,968 
Average years operating any farm 
27.0 
25.4 
23.2 
22.5 
21.4 
25.3 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
104 
57 
55 
24 
11 
43 
25 to 34 years 
571 
531 
312 
242 
245 
655 
35 to 44 years 
701 
714 
578 
543 
449 
1,691 
45 to 49 years 
412 
538 
426 
377 
345 
1,555 
50 to 54 years 
737 
790 
613 
475 
450 
2,898 
55 to 59 years 
706 
876 
649 
570 
475 
2,933 
60 to 64 years 
724 
778 
584 
443 
457 
3,058 
65 to 69 years 
565 
642 
414 
343 
333 
2,578 
70 years and over 
1,255 
1,115 
697 
596 
441 
6,432 
Average age 
56.3 
56.0 
55.4 
55.5 
55.1 
61.6 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
20 
23 
41 
18 
28 
151 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
4 
11 
4 
2 
5 
18 
Asian 
6 
7 
7 
16 
5 
23 
Black or African American 
- 
4 
1 
12 
- 
5 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
White 
5,762 
6,009 
4,309 
3,573 
3,190 
21,769 
More than one race reported 
3 
9 
7 
10 
6 
28 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
826 
830 
625 
506 
434 
4,410 
2 people 
2,936 
3,024 
2,097 
1,740 
1,500 
11,615 
3 people 
666 
780 
583 
460 
460 
2,265 
4 people 
753 
812 
530 
479 
446 
2,247 
5 or more people 
594 
595 
493 
428 
366 
1,306 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
2,959 
4,118 
3,560 
3,140 
2,904 
17,321 
25 to 49 percent 
1,220 
927 
394 
194 
132 
1,753 
50 to 74 percent 
1,025 
650 
248 
186 
111 
1,608 
75 to 99 percent 
445 
249 
81 
65 
37 
930 
1 00 percent 
126 
97 
45 
28 
22 
231 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
151 
143 
92 
47 
47 
676 
acres 
17,382 
11,111 
6,815 
2,430 
5,078 
71,625 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
4,044 
4,266 
3,139 
2,634 
2,358 
14,652 
Dial-up service 
414 
461 
289 
276 
202 
1,601 
DSL service 
1,638 
1,692 
1,343 
1,080 
943 
6,001 
Cable modem service 
552 
502 
335 
249 
231 
2,298 
Fiber-optic service 
352 
290 
241 
187 
170 
1,197 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
750 
848 
585 
542 
525 
2,745 
Satellite service 
702 
823 
548 
477 
443 
2,404 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
64 
67 
66 
38 
35 
259 
Other Internet service 
86 
88 
88 
71 
91 
250 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
4,577 
4,734 
3,564 
2,974 
2,737 
17,477 
2 households 
950 
1,037 
615 
495 
370 
3,113 
3 households 
169 
164 
77 
82 
60 
770 
4 households 
53 
61 
42 
35 
25 
275 
5 or more households 
26 
45 
30 
27 
14 
208 
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 
5,620 
5,877 
4,221 
3,529 
3,142 
20,847 
acres 
667,276 
468,889 
223,780 
144,200 
117,536 
1,511,762 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
144 
178 
100 
89 
66 
913 
acres 
20,064 
19,332 
7,500 
6,299 
3,361 
90,149 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 97 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
