Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Corporation 
Other- 
Item 
Family held 
Other than family held 
cooperative, 
Total 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
Total 
10 or less 
stockholders 
estate or trust, 
institutional, etc. 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
7,189 
6,739 
6,625 
450 
407 
1,789 
percent 
8.1 
7.6 
7.5 
0.5 
0.5 
2.0 
Land in farms 
acres 
5,039,305 
4,847,309 
4,760,817 
191,996 
143,787 
355,797 
Average size of farm 
acres 
701 
719 
719 
427 
353 
199 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
7,189 
6,739 
6,625 
450 
407 
1,789 
$1,000 
7,504,368 
7,004,872 
6,806,803 
499,497 
404,497 
261,213 
Average per farm 
dollars 
1,043,868 
1,039,453 
1,027,442 
1,109,993 
993,850 
146,011 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
127 
115 
109 
12 
12 
114 
$1,000 to $2,499 
312 
273 
264 
39 
34 
292 
$2,500 to $4,999 
311 
270 
253 
41 
34 
261 
$5,000 to $9,999 
362 
315 
312 
47 
44 
251 
$10,000 to $24,999 
314 
281 
274 
33 
30 
237 
$25,000 to $49,999 
217 
194 
185 
23 
20 
131 
$50,000 to $99,999 
300 
267 
266 
33 
32 
138 
$100,000 to $249,999 
564 
537 
530 
27 
26 
165 
$250,000 to $499,999 
938 
900 
885 
38 
37 
109 
$500,000 to $999,999 
1,714 
1,667 
1,643 
47 
36 
43 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
2,030 
1,920 
1,904 
110 
102 
48 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
1,466 
1,404 
1,397 
62 
58 
36 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
382 
351 
351 
31 
30 
5 
$5,000,000 or more 
182 
165 
156 
17 
14 
7 
Total sales 
farms 
7,189 
6,739 
6,625 
450 
407 
1,789 
$1,000 
7,388,369 
6,892,886 
6,696,545 
495,482 
400,822 
248,510 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
5,299 
5,091 
5,034 
208 
191 
608 
$1,000 
3,326,582 
3,233,098 
3,179,975 
93,484 
83,206 
123,456 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4,906 
4,731 
4,685 
175 
161 
414 
$1,000 
3,318,267 
3,225,319 
3,172,444 
92,948 
82,682 
119,508 
Corn 
farms 
5,078 
4,888 
4,832 
190 
174 
526 
$1,000 
2,297,491 
2,232,318 
2,196,126 
65,173 
57,213 
81,014 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4,635 
4,482 
4,436 
153 
139 
340 
$1,000 
2,287,007 
2,222,691 
2,186,704 
64,315 
(D) 
76,686 
Wheat 
farms 
59 
58 
58 
1 
1 
4 
$1,000 
(D) 
1,239 
1,239 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4 
4 
4 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
572 
572 
572 
- 
- 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
4,615 
4,460 
4,416 
155 
144 
471 
$1,000 
1,025,057 
996,822 
(D) 
28,234 
(D) 
42,182 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
4,010 
3,897 
3,857 
113 
104 
258 
$1,000 
1,009,329 
982,020 
965,200 
27,310 
25,015 
37,496 
Sorghum 
farms 
5 
5 
4 
- 
- 
5 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
3 
2 
2 
1 
1 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
201 
193 
193 
8 
5 
31 
$1,000 
(D) 
2,641 
2,641 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
5 
5 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
1,430 
1,430 
1,430 
- 
- 
- 
Tobacco 
farms 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton and cottonseed 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetables, melons, potatoes, 
and sweet potatoes 
farms 
76 
70 
70 
6 
6 
14 
$1,000 
2,815 
2,731 
2,731 
84 
84 
223 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
13 
13 
13 
- 
- 
2 
$1,000 
2,066 
2,066 
2,066 
- 
(D) 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
48 
46 
41 
2 
2 
10 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
41 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
40 
38 
33 
2 
2 
9 
$1,000 
558 
(D) 
533 
(D) 
(D) 
36 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
2 
2 
2 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
10 
10 
10 
- 
- 
3 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
6 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, 
and sod (see text) 
farms 
105 
93 
93 
12 
11 
13 
$1,000 
(D) 
54,877 
54,877 
(D) 
(D) 
154 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
58 
49 
49 
9 
8 
1 
$1,000 
(D) 
54,204 
54,204 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 135 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
