Table 68. Summary by North American Industry Classification System: 2012 (continued) 
[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) 
ENERGY - Con. 
Renewable energy producing systems - Con. 
Biodiesel farms 
1 
1 
- 
_ 
- 
- 
- 
Ethanol farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Other farms 
13 
4 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Wind rights leased to others farms 
899 
623 
3 
- 
- 
119 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners farms 
49,525 
14,932 
363 
482 
451 
19,628 
_ 
Part owners farms 
30,025 
22,110 
41 
17 
33 
786 
- 
Tenants farms 
9,087 
6,685 
85 
34 
31 
305 
- 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND 
Land owned farms 
80,149 
37,487 
406 
499 
484 
20,478 
_ 
acres 
18,076,106 
10,906,828 
18,310 
25,995 
29,323 
3,777,109 
- 
Owned land in farms farms 
79,550 
37,042 
404 
499 
484 
20,414 
- 
acres 
14,379,151 
9,838,345 
11,592 
17,586 
19,411 
1,757,773 
- 
Land rented or leased from others farms 
39,303 
28,866 
128 
51 
64 
1,172 
_ 
acres 
16,333,494 
13,955,751 
4,581 
816 
4,849 
146,061 
- 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
39,112 
28,795 
126 
51 
64 
1,091 
- 
acres 
16,243,580 
13,903,505 
4,525 
816 
4,786 
128,638 
- 
Land rented or leased to others farms 
21,581 
6,677 
93 
125 
74 
10,138 
_ 
acres 
3,786,869 
1,120,729 
6,774 
8,409 
9,975 
2,036,759 
- 
NUMBER OF OPERATORS 
Total operators number 
131,535 
63,406 
830 
916 
891 
29,702 
- 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
53,202 
27,731 
202 
213 
224 
13,139 
- 
2 operators 
29,863 
13,145 
266 
281 
243 
6,584 
- 
3 operators 
4,454 
2,340 
14 
27 
33 
760 
- 
4 operators 
787 
366 
6 
4 
9 
160 
- 
5 or more operators 
331 
145 
1 
8 
6 
76 
- 
Total women operators number 
32,907 
12,453 
378 
340 
346 
9,164 
- 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
30,451 
11,613 
316 
313 
298 
8,400 
- 
2 operators 
948 
329 
18 
9 
18 
302 
- 
3 operators 
133 
45 
2 
3 
4 
38 
- 
4 operators 
21 
8 
- 
- 
- 
5 
- 
5 or more operators 
12 
3 
1 
" 
- 
5 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
81,529 
42,094 
369 
452 
406 
17,273 
- 
Female 
7,108 
1,633 
120 
81 
109 
3,446 
- 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
47,949 
30,272 
269 
166 
226 
5,032 
- 
Other 
40,688 
13,455 
220 
367 
289 
15,687 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
63,911 
32,529 
394 
403 
372 
11,421 
- 
Not on farm operated 
24,726 
11,198 
95 
130 
143 
9,298 
- 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
37,692 
21,250 
159 
134 
192 
7,571 
- 
Any 
50,945 
22,477 
330 
399 
323 
13,148 
- 
1 to 49 days 
7,535 
3,965 
42 
60 
35 
1,804 
- 
50 to 99 days 
3,331 
1,819 
36 
36 
28 
612 
- 
100 to 199 days 
6,469 
3,260 
55 
58 
59 
1,408 
- 
200 days or more 
33,610 
13,433 
197 
245 
201 
9,324 
- 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,285 
1,014 
48 
25 
22 
590 
- 
3 or 4 years 
3,616 
1,544 
48 
57 
29 
832 
- 
5 to 9 years 
10,048 
3,720 
91 
160 
86 
2,796 
- 
10 years or more 
72,688 
37,449 
302 
291 
378 
16,501 
- 
Average years on present farm 
25.6 
28.2 
16.3 
13.7 
19.8 
23.8 
- 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,671 
742 
40 
19 
17 
471 
- 
3 or 4 years 
2,807 
1,203 
45 
45 
25 
658 
- 
5 to 9 years 
8,373 
3,108 
80 
147 
67 
2,371 
- 
10 years or more 
75,786 
38,674 
324 
322 
406 
17,219 
" 
Average years operating any farm 
27.9 
30.5 
18.5 
16.1 
22.0 
26.1 
- 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
595 
354 
7 
- 
3 
24 
- 
25 to 34 years 
5,647 
2,899 
35 
19 
28 
544 
- 
35 to 44 years 
9,824 
4,616 
84 
54 
64 
1,446 
- 
45 to 49 years 
7,763 
3,786 
37 
67 
42 
1,384 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
174 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
