Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Oilseed and 
grain farming 
(1111) 
Vegetable 
and melon 
farming 
(1112) 
Fruit and 
tree nut 
farming 
(1113) 
Greenhouse, 
nursery, and 
floriculture 
production 
(1114) 
Other crop farming 
(1119) 
Total 
Tobacco 
farming 
(11191) 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
.. number 
88,637 
43,727 
489 
533 
515 
20,719 
- 
percent 
100.0 
49.3 
0.6 
0.6 
0.6 
23.4 
- 
Land in farms 
acres 
30,622,731 
23,741,850 
16,117 
18,402 
24,197 
1,886,411 
- 
Average size of farm 
acres 
345 
543 
33 
35 
47 
91 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS SOLD AND GOVERNMENT 
PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
88,637 
43,727 
489 
533 
515 
20,719 
_ 
$1,000 
31,603,822 
17,380,494 
14,358 
3,834 
98,943 
208,292 
- 
Average per farm 
....dollars 
356,553 
397,477 
29,361 
7,193 
192,122 
10,053 
- 
Farms by economic class: 
Less than $1 ,000 (see text) 
5,386 
95 
16 
180 
44 
1,808 
- 
$1,000 to $2,499 
7,911 
488 
58 
68 
26 
5,801 
- 
$2,500 to $4,999 
7,476 
862 
79 
105 
40 
4,677 
- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
7,901 
1,356 
122 
74 
56 
4,201 
- 
$10,000 to $24,999 
8,687 
2,671 
113 
75 
116 
2,919 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
6,501 
3,713 
51 
25 
71 
836 
- 
$50,000 to $99,999 
7,788 
5,900 
30 
3 
65 
309 
- 
$100,000 to $249,999 
10,228 
8,749 
13 
3 
47 
105 
- 
$250,000 to $499,999 
9,759 
8,280 
3 
20 
47 
- 
$500,000 to $999,999 
9,651 
7,804 
2 
- 
13 
10 
- 
$1 ,000,000 or more 
7,349 
3,809 
2 
- 
17 
6 
- 
$1,000,000 to $2,499,999 
5,610 
3,374 
2 
- 
10 
4 
- 
$2,500,000 to $4,999,999 
1,224 
369 
- 
- 
4 
1 
- 
$5,000,000 or more 
515 
66 
" 
" 
3 
1 
- 
Total sales 
farms 
88,637 
43,727 
489 
533 
515 
20,719 
_ 
$1,000 
30,821,532 
16,845,993 
13,760 
3,141 
98,290 
85,496 
- 
Grains, oilseeds, dry beans, and 
dry peas 
farms 
52,509 
43,716 
54 
10 
41 
516 
- 
$1,000 
17,146,679 
15,336,478 
1,769 
66 
1,758 
25,053 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
38,452 
33,403 
4 
- 
7 
98 
- 
$1,000 
16,875,788 
15,121,240 
1,524 
- 
1,404 
19,782 
- 
Corn 
farms 
47,744 
39,971 
21 
5 
17 
396 
- 
$1,000 
11,745,805 
10,437,584 
944 
16 
691 
16,952 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
33,778 
29,465 
4 
- 
3 
61 
- 
$1,000 
11,449,975 
10,195,125 
857 
- 
567 
12,558 
- 
Wheat 
farms 
338 
244 
3 
- 
5 
9 
- 
$1,000 
4,948 
3,706 
(D) 
- 
13 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
16 
13 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
1,852 
1,397 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Soybeans 
farms 
41,621 
36,240 
32 
6 
26 
257 
- 
$1,000 
5,375,888 
4,880,841 
816 
50 
1,034 
7,421 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
25,825 
23,112 
3 
- 
5 
33 
- 
$1,000 
5,022,094 
4,576,775 
667 
- 
721 
4,479 
- 
Sorghum 
farms 
47 
31 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
$1,000 
581 
464 
(D) 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Barley 
farms 
77 
38 
- 
- 
2 
2 
- 
$1,000 
572 
311 
- 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Rice 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other grains, oilseeds, 
dry beans, and dry peas 
farms 
2,629 
1,592 
10 
- 
3 
101 
- 
$1,000 
18,885 
13,572 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
348 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
42 
36 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
6,015 
4,916 
" 
- 
- 
- 
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 
978 
144 
486 
15 
91 
81 
- 
$1,000 
19,699 
4,976 
10,759 
36 
969 
1,054 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
79 
26 
40 
- 
4 
3 
- 
$1,000 
11,660 
3,646 
6,552 
- 
314 
381 
- 
Fruits, tree nuts, and berries 
farms 
592 
65 
71 
335 
24 
43 
_ 
$1,000 
3,668 
322 
123 
2,944 
34 
157 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
7 
1 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
708 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
Fruits and tree nuts 
farms 
422 
50 
30 
291 
9 
21 
- 
$1,000 
2,976 
218 
59 
2,610 
13 
44 
- 
Sales of $50,000 or more 
farms 
5 
- 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
$1,000 
532 
- 
- 
532 
- 
- 
- 
Berries 
farms 
212 
22 
58 
55 
19 
23 
- 
$1,000 
692 
104 
65 
333 
21 
113 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
160 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
