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) 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Age group: - Con. 
50 to 54 years 
13,002 
6,636 
60 
85 
74 
2,612 
- 
55 to 59 years 
13,456 
7,065 
102 
85 
93 
2,752 
- 
60 to 64 years 
12,245 
6,307 
58 
95 
86 
2,947 
- 
65 to 69 years 
9,085 
4,446 
45 
56 
58 
2,526 
- 
70 years and over 
17,020 
7,618 
61 
72 
67 
6,484 
- 
Average age 
57.1 
56.7 
54.1 
56.9 
56.0 
62.4 
- 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
369 
110 
5 
2 
3 
130 
- 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
48 
10 
2 
- 
1 
22 
- 
Asian 
72 
11 
22 
- 
- 
29 
- 
Black or African American 
28 
13 
5 
2 
- 
2 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
White 
88,402 
43,668 
456 
525 
513 
20,643 
- 
More than one race reported 
83 
22 
4 
5 
1 
23 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
12,706 
5,719 
59 
66 
59 
4,330 
- 
2 people 
44,956 
22,948 
244 
293 
254 
11,127 
- 
3 people 
10,660 
5,225 
63 
69 
66 
2,059 
- 
4 people 
11,108 
5,522 
65 
64 
51 
2,048 
- 
5 or more people 
9,207 
4,313 
58 
41 
85 
1,155 
- 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
41,617 
11,873 
335 
480 
353 
15,874 
- 
25 to 49 percent 
9,621 
5,556 
60 
21 
56 
1,860 
- 
50 to 74 percent 
14,461 
9,736 
36 
16 
45 
1,728 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
14,055 
10,378 
28 
11 
29 
1,002 
- 
100 percent 
8,883 
6,184 
30 
5 
32 
255 
- 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
3,648 
1,993 
23 
10 
29 
658 
- 
acres 
2,089,523 
1,577,836 
1,616 
356 
2,902 
107,085 
- 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
65,875 
33,718 
388 
457 
397 
13,737 
- 
Dial-up service 
6,537 
3,210 
21 
33 
38 
1,518 
- 
DSL service 
27,187 
13,888 
194 
180 
183 
5,636 
- 
Cable modem service 
7,729 
3,833 
49 
68 
56 
2,179 
- 
Fiber-optic service 
6,162 
3,440 
18 
27 
34 
1,091 
- 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
12,418 
6,473 
78 
79 
66 
2,540 
- 
Satellite service 
12,840 
6,751 
52 
92 
66 
2,279 
- 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,088 
533 
7 
5 
11 
228 
- 
Other Internet service 
1,338 
730 
13 
19 
8 
249 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
68,564 
32,912 
415 
461 
439 
16,392 
- 
2 households 
14,722 
8,029 
59 
57 
50 
3,057 
- 
3 households 
3,225 
1,697 
7 
8 
12 
776 
- 
4 households 
1,269 
687 
3 
6 
10 
277 
- 
5 or more households 
857 
402 
5 
1 
4 
217 
- 
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 
85,307 
42,154 
478 
516 
491 
19,698 
- 
acres 
29,067,738 
22,587,318 
15,733 
17,546 
22,922 
1,749,287 
- 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
2,901 
1,117 
31 
66 
44 
910 
- 
acres 
1,024,460 
662,471 
1,202 
2,032 
2,358 
106,506 
- 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual farms 
74,673 
36,522 
426 
429 
376 
17,296 
- 
acres 
22,466,500 
17,437,923 
13,023 
14,557 
16,422 
1,465,025 
- 
Partnership farms 
4,986 
2,376 
22 
43 
39 
1,292 
- 
acres 
2,761,129 
2,101,743 
576 
1,420 
1,257 
143,779 
- 
Registered under state law farms 
3,497 
1,627 
16 
37 
32 
922 
- 
acres 
1,995,162 
1,504,797 
421 
1,166 
1,010 
104,578 
- 
Corporation farms 
7,189 
4,274 
33 
55 
94 
1,118 
- 
acres 
5,039,305 
3,996,372 
2,171 
2,161 
6,196 
166,817 
- 
Family held farms 
6,739 
4,112 
28 
50 
80 
976 
- 
acres 
4,847,309 
3,888,573 
2,085 
1,954 
5,630 
113,470 
- 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
114 
51 
- 
8 
- 
32 
- 
1 0 or less stockholders farms 
6,625 
4,061 
28 
42 
80 
944 
- 
Other than family held farms 
450 
162 
5 
5 
14 
142 
- 
acres 
191,996 
107,799 
86 
207 
566 
53,347 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
176 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
