Table 70. Summary by Tenure of Principal Operator and by Operators on Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Tenure of principal operator 
Operators on farm 
Item 
Total 
Full owners 
Part owners 
Tenants 
One operator 
More than one 
operator 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
81,529 
43,404 
29,401 
8,724 
48,861 
32,668 
Female 
7,108 
6,121 
624 
363 
4,341 
2,767 
Primary occupation: 
Farming 
47,949 
19,043 
23,423 
5,483 
29,315 
18,634 
Other 
40,688 
30,482 
6,602 
3,604 
23,887 
16,801 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
63,911 
33,216 
25,748 
4,947 
37,415 
26,496 
Not on farm operated 
24,726 
16,309 
4,277 
4,140 
15,787 
8,939 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
37,692 
18,248 
16,110 
3,334 
23,575 
14,117 
Any 
50,945 
31,277 
13,915 
5,753 
29,627 
21,318 
1 to 49 days 
7,535 
4,039 
2,660 
836 
4,620 
2,915 
50 to 99 days 
3,331 
1,761 
1,157 
413 
1,947 
1,384 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
6,469 
3,683 
2,022 
764 
3,778 
2,691 
200 days or more 
33,610 
21,794 
8,076 
3,740 
19,282 
14,328 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2,285 
1,398 
318 
569 
1,347 
938 
3 or 4 years 
3,616 
2,093 
627 
896 
2,096 
1,520 
5 to 9 years 
10,048 
6,292 
2,114 
1,642 
5,611 
4,437 
1 0 years or more 
72,688 
39,742 
26,966 
5,980 
44,148 
28,540 
Average years on present farm 
25.6 
24.7 
29.0 
19.3 
26.1 
24.8 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
1,671 
1,033 
193 
445 
1,004 
667 
3 or 4 years 
2,807 
1,640 
415 
752 
1,643 
1,164 
5 to 9 years 
8,373 
5,252 
1,728 
1,393 
4,661 
3,712 
1 0 years or more 
75,786 
41,600 
27,689 
6,497 
45,894 
29,892 
Average years operating any farm 
27.9 
27.2 
30.8 
22.2 
28.3 
27.2 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
595 
154 
156 
285 
412 
183 
25 to 34 years 
5,647 
1,985 
2,007 
1,655 
3,337 
2,310 
35 to 44 years 
9,824 
4,503 
3,694 
1,627 
5,563 
4,261 
45 to 49 years 
7,763 
3,814 
3,096 
853 
4,586 
3,177 
50 to 54 years 
13,002 
6,450 
5,273 
1,279 
7,618 
5,384 
55 to 59 years 
13,456 
6,869 
5,376 
1,211 
7,932 
5,524 
60 to 64 years 
12,245 
7,008 
4,371 
866 
7,357 
4,888 
65 to 69 years 
9,085 
5,787 
2,794 
504 
5,499 
3,586 
70 years and over 
17,020 
12,955 
3,258 
807 
10,898 
6,122 
Average age 
57.1 
60.1 
54.7 
49.0 
57.6 
56.5 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
369 
270 
68 
31 
220 
149 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
48 
43 
3 
2 
23 
25 
Asian 
72 
54 
5 
13 
33 
39 
Black or African American 
28 
22 
5 
1 
11 
17 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
4 
2 
- 
2 
2 
2 
White 
88,402 
49,339 
29,999 
9,064 
53,090 
35,312 
More than one race reported 
83 
65 
13 
5 
43 
40 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
12,706 
8,340 
2,941 
1,425 
10,901 
1,805 
2 people 
44,956 
26,138 
15,065 
3,753 
25,444 
19,512 
3 people 
10,660 
5,484 
3,959 
1,217 
5,816 
4,844 
4 people 
11,108 
5,321 
4,277 
1,510 
6,123 
4,985 
5 or more people 
9,207 
4,242 
3,783 
1,182 
4,918 
4,289 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
41,617 
32,019 
6,319 
3,279 
24,443 
17,174 
25 to 49 percent 
9,621 
5,417 
2,902 
1,302 
5,805 
3,816 
50 to 74 percent 
14,461 
6,157 
6,385 
1,919 
8,962 
5,499 
75 to 99 percent 
14,055 
4,262 
8,289 
1,504 
8,442 
5,613 
100 percent 
8,883 
1,670 
6,130 
1,083 
5,550 
3,333 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
3,648 
1,803 
1,362 
483 
2,044 
1,604 
acres 
2,089,523 
424,520 
1,335,394 
329,609 
924,717 
1,164,806 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
65,875 
34,022 
24,604 
7,249 
37,392 
28,483 
Dial-up service 
6,537 
3,683 
2,328 
526 
3,857 
2,680 
DSL service 
27,187 
13,867 
10,172 
3,148 
15,012 
12,175 
Cable modem service 
7,729 
4,607 
2,145 
977 
4,589 
3,140 
Fiber-optic service 
6,162 
2,847 
2,612 
703 
3,442 
2,720 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
12,418 
6,186 
4,714 
1,518 
6,655 
5,763 
Satellite service 
12,840 
6,097 
5,491 
1,252 
7,118 
5,722 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
1,088 
601 
390 
97 
590 
498 
Other Internet service 
1,338 
699 
504 
135 
711 
627 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
68,564 
38,985 
22,919 
6,660 
44,622 
23,942 
2 households 
14,722 
7,702 
5,158 
1,862 
6,257 
8,465 
3 households 
3,225 
1,734 
1,144 
347 
1,262 
1,963 
4 households 
1,269 
610 
516 
143 
636 
633 
5 or more households 
857 
494 
288 
75 
425 
432 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Iowa 221 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
