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 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 
6,033 
5,779 
5,703 
254 
238 
1,207 
acres 
4,362,130 
4,221,190 
4,172,885 
140,940 
103,915 
244,215 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
98 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
- 
25,249 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Partnership 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
- 
~ 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Registered under state law 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
“ 
Corporation 
farms 
7,189 
6,739 
6,625 
450 
407 
- 
acres 
5,039,305 
4,847,309 
4,760,817 
191,996 
143,787 
- 
Family held 
farms 
6,739 
6,739 
6,625 
- 
- 
- 
acres 
4,847,309 
4,847,309 
4,760,817 
- 
- 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
114 
114 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
6,625 
6,625 
6,625 
- 
- 
- 
Other than family held 
farms 
450 
- 
- 
450 
407 
- 
acres 
191,996 
- 
- 
191,996 
143,787 
- 
More than 10 stockholders 
farms 
43 
- 
- 
43 
- 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders 
farms 
407 
- 
" 
407 
407 
" 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1,789 
acres 
" 
- 
- 
- 
355,797 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
4,518 
4,285 
4,215 
233 
203 
567 
workers 
18,030 
16,323 
15,690 
1,707 
1,385 
2,311 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
3,028 
2,879 
2,828 
149 
129 
249 
workers 
9,396 
8,445 
8,058 
951 
680 
675 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
2,924 
2,770 
2,732 
154 
139 
390 
workers 
8,634 
7,878 
7,632 
756 
705 
1,636 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) 
farms 
11 
10 
10 
1 
1 
. 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) 
farms 
3 
3 
3 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
1,941 
1,838 
1,806 
103 
92 
416 
workers 
3,810 
3,572 
3,495 
238 
213 
986 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
313 
268 
258 
45 
42 
117 
1 0 to 49 acres 
915 
813 
787 
102 
90 
586 
50 to 69 acres 
157 
142 
141 
15 
13 
132 
70 to 99 acres 
274 
243 
235 
31 
30 
173 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
228 
199 
194 
29 
26 
153 
140 to 1 79 acres 
269 
228 
222 
41 
41 
127 
180 to 219 acres 
187 
171 
169 
16 
15 
99 
220 to 259 acres 
190 
173 
169 
17 
14 
58 
260 to 499 acres 
999 
941 
930 
58 
56 
190 
500 to 999 acres 
1,692 
1,647 
1,630 
45 
41 
89 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
1,588 
1,552 
1,533 
36 
27 
47 
2,000 acres or more 
377 
362 
357 
15 
12 
18 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
4,274 
4,112 
4,061 
162 
147 
555 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
33 
28 
28 
5 
5 
8 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
55 
50 
42 
5 
5 
6 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1114) 
94 
80 
80 
14 
11 
6 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,118 
976 
944 
142 
124 
1,013 
Tobacco farming (1 1 191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
1,118 
976 
944 
142 
124 
1,013 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
249 
237 
234 
12 
12 
72 
Cattle feedlots (1121 12) 
242 
230 
229 
12 
12 
12 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
111 
110 
110 
1 
1 
7 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
736 
664 
652 
72 
66 
29 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
96 
84 
80 
12 
11 
3 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
21 
19 
19 
2 
2 
11 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
160 
149 
146 
11 
11 
67 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory 
farms 
1,701 
1,647 
1,635 
54 
43 
185 
number 
724,026 
679,365 
673,265 
44,661 
30,485 
23,812 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
117 
111 
111 
6 
6 
30 
10 to 49 
339 
331 
327 
8 
8 
79 
50 to 99 
243 
238 
238 
5 
5 
21 
1 00 to 1 99 
283 
277 
272 
6 
5 
31 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 151 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
