Table 66. Summary by Combined Government Payments and 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 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
81,529 
7,266 
9,502 
9,565 
9,806 
7,338 
Female 
7,108 
83 
149 
194 
422 
450 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
47,949 
6,852 
8,871 
8,108 
6,898 
4,206 
Other 
40,688 
497 
780 
1,651 
3,330 
3,582 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
63,911 
6,053 
8,221 
7,919 
7,564 
5,169 
Not on farm operated 
24,726 
1,296 
1,430 
1,840 
2,664 
2,619 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
37,692 
5,319 
6,416 
5,337 
4,490 
2,712 
Any 
50,945 
2,030 
3,235 
4,422 
5,738 
5,076 
1 to 49 days 
7,535 
525 
970 
957 
881 
661 
50 to 99 days 
3,331 
167 
359 
468 
496 
347 
100 to 199 days 
6,469 
237 
488 
751 
916 
730 
200 days or more 
33,610 
1,101 
1,418 
2,246 
3,445 
3,338 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,285 
39 
64 
139 
215 
279 
3 or 4 years 
3,616 
101 
129 
207 
319 
469 
5 to 9 years 
10,048 
481 
613 
698 
882 
913 
10 years or more 
72,688 
6,728 
8,845 
8,715 
8,812 
6,127 
Average years on present farm 
25.6 
28.7 
30.0 
29.9 
29.2 
25.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,671 
12 
28 
92 
149 
199 
3 or 4 years 
2,807 
48 
89 
154 
241 
395 
5 to 9 years 
8,373 
351 
461 
530 
718 
771 
10 years or more 
75,786 
6,938 
9,073 
8,983 
9,120 
6,423 
Average years operating any farm 
27.9 
30.7 
31.6 
32.0 
31.7 
28.7 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
595 
11 
55 
72 
73 
101 
25 to 34 years 
5,647 
436 
611 
656 
706 
720 
35 to 44 years 
9,824 
1,064 
1,232 
1,108 
958 
867 
45 to 49 years 
7,763 
908 
987 
928 
762 
577 
50 to 54 years 
13,002 
1,466 
1,809 
1,583 
1,307 
979 
55 to 59 years 
13,456 
1,394 
1,866 
1,544 
1,552 
1,008 
60 to 64 years 
12,245 
1,042 
1,407 
1,447 
1,434 
986 
65 to 69 years 
9,085 
561 
838 
949 
1,171 
816 
70 years and over 
17,020 
467 
846 
1,472 
2,265 
1,734 
Average age 
57.1 
53.3 
54.2 
55.8 
58.1 
57.0 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
369 
16 
6 
24 
26 
23 
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 
7,344 
9,644 
9,750 
10,218 
7,778 
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 
477 
915 
1,134 
1,554 
1,145 
2 people 
44,956 
3,497 
4,639 
5,035 
5,434 
3,954 
3 people 
10,660 
989 
1,310 
1,166 
1,114 
960 
4 people 
11,108 
1,134 
1,435 
1,308 
1,116 
961 
5 or more people 
9,207 
1,252 
1,352 
1,116 
1,010 
768 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
41,617 
689 
867 
1,273 
2,254 
2,919 
25 to 49 percent 
9,621 
438 
527 
872 
1,716 
1,670 
50 to 74 percent 
14,461 
1,349 
2,001 
2,664 
2,941 
1,879 
75 to 99 percent 
14,055 
2,386 
3,540 
3,132 
2,343 
961 
1 00 percent 
8,883 
2,487 
2,716 
1,818 
974 
359 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
3,648 
814 
669 
438 
353 
241 
acres 
2,089,523 
1,030,776 
575,819 
218,929 
111,458 
44,597 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
65,875 
6,698 
8,261 
7,734 
7,342 
5,351 
Dial-up service 
6,537 
472 
664 
790 
809 
631 
DSL service 
27,187 
2,976 
3,549 
3,166 
2,914 
2,099 
Cable modem service 
7,729 
514 
775 
755 
893 
724 
Fiber-optic service 
6,162 
821 
994 
800 
696 
465 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
12,418 
1,328 
1,545 
1,333 
1,339 
978 
Satellite service 
12,840 
1,684 
1,777 
1,722 
1,456 
929 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,088 
113 
120 
123 
129 
81 
Other Internet service 
1,338 
110 
149 
146 
163 
106 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
68,564 
4,751 
7,297 
7,448 
7,778 
5,946 
2 households 
14,722 
1,560 
1,693 
1,693 
1,917 
1,466 
3 households 
3,225 
622 
381 
376 
325 
224 
4 households 
1,269 
225 
187 
154 
121 
102 
5 or more households 
857 
191 
93 
88 
87 
50 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
122 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
