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) 
LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX PURPOSES 
(SEE TEXT) - Con. 
Corporation - Con. 
Other than family held - Con. 
More than 10 stockholders farms 
43 
15 
_ 
_ 
3 
18 
_ 
10 or less stockholders farms 
407 
147 
5 
5 
11 
124 
- 
Other-cooperative, estate 
or trust, institutional, etc farms 
1,789 
555 
8 
6 
6 
1,013 
- 
acres 
355,797 
205,812 
347 
264 
322 
110,790 
- 
HIRED FARM LABOR 
Hired farm labor farms 
27,906 
16,349 
140 
145 
239 
3,400 
_ 
workers 
79,838 
40,352 
1,043 
833 
2,436 
6,347 
- 
Workers by days worked: 
1 50 days or more farms 
11,099 
6,568 
51 
26 
100 
828 
- 
workers 
25,620 
10,894 
188 
105 
819 
1,016 
- 
Less than 150 days farms 
21,219 
12,361 
123 
141 
216 
2,694 
- 
workers 
54,218 
29,458 
855 
728 
1,617 
5,331 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired 
labor (see text) farms 
54 
22 
2 
2 
3 
5 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting 
only contract labor (see text) farms 
15 
9 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) farms 
26,555 
11,803 
254 
284 
232 
5,494 
- 
workers 
58,413 
23,983 
699 
921 
551 
11,438 
- 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
6,707 
618 
237 
191 
214 
1,233 
- 
1 0 to 49 acres 
20,665 
3,829 
188 
234 
199 
9,812 
- 
50 to 69 acres 
4,762 
1,398 
18 
40 
19 
2,023 
- 
70 to 99 acres 
6,832 
3,026 
22 
21 
28 
2,273 
- 
1 00 to 1 39 acres 
5,665 
2,770 
8 
20 
16 
1,638 
- 
140 to 179 acres 
5,529 
3,208 
4 
12 
9 
1,179 
- 
180 to 219 acres 
3,603 
2,111 
3 
4 
8 
678 
- 
220 to 259 acres 
3,227 
2,072 
- 
5 
6 
489 
- 
260 to 499 acres 
11,824 
8,296 
4 
6 
8 
1,009 
- 
500 to 999 acres 
11,581 
9,313 
3 
- 
6 
310 
- 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
6,589 
5,642 
2 
- 
2 
63 
- 
2,000 acres or more 
1,653 
1,444 
- 
12 
- 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN 
INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION 
SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
43,727 
43,727 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1 1 12) 
489 
- 
489 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1 1 13) 
533 
- 
- 
533 
- 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
515 
- 
- 
- 
515 
- 
- 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) 
20,719 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,719 
- 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all 
other crop farming (1 1 1 93,1 1 1 94,1 1 1 99) 
20,719 
- 
- 
- 
- 
20,719 
- 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
9,697 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
2,129 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
1,224 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Hog and pig farming (1 122) 
3,310 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
732 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
1,621 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,941 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
LIVESTOCK 
Cattle and calves inventory farms 
26,827 
11,690 
30 
17 
31 
725 
_ 
number 
3,893,683 
1,214,617 
523 
398 
290 
33,158 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
3,975 
1,085 
16 
9 
23 
278 
- 
1 0 to 49 
9,599 
4,286 
11 
6 
7 
305 
- 
50 to 99 
4,580 
2,587 
1 
- 
1 
78 
- 
100 to 199 
3,740 
2,053 
2 
2 
- 
42 
- 
200 to 499 
3,416 
1,379 
- 
- 
- 
20 
- 
500 or more 
1,517 
300 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
21,115 
9,696 
19 
9 
25 
587 
_ 
number 
1,090,325 
482,612 
272 
58 
145 
16,171 
- 
Beef cows farms 
19,677 
9,554 
17 
9 
19 
559 
_ 
number 
885,568 
474,556 
264 
58 
132 
14,699 
- 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,209 
1,325 
11 
7 
15 
234 
- 
1 0 to 49 
9,888 
4,990 
4 
2 
4 
263 
- 
50 to 99 
3,297 
1,952 
2 
- 
- 
43 
- 
1 00 to 1 99 
1,673 
998 
- 
- 
- 
16 
- 
200 to 499 
570 
278 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
500 or more 
40 
11 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
178 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
