Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Black Hawk 
Boone 
Bremer 
Buchanan 
Buena Vista 
Butler 
Calhoun 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
295 
286 
317 
357 
327 
343 
327 
workers 
830 
805 
957 
1,095 
869 
1,021 
885 
$1 ,000 payroll 
7,700 
6,280 
4,536 
7,861 
8,880 
9,713 
6,067 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
118 
127 
95 
135 
146 
162 
141 
workers 
118 
127 
95 
135 
146 
162 
141 
2 workers 
farms 
70 
71 
74 
77 
74 
73 
65 
workers 
140 
142 
148 
154 
148 
146 
130 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
62 
54 
93 
95 
72 
58 
91 
workers 
207 
176 
296 
317 
249 
190 
288 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
35 
22 
46 
34 
27 
39 
22 
workers 
219 
132 
289 
207 
160 
258 
128 
10 workers or more 
farms 
10 
12 
9 
16 
8 
11 
8 
workers 
146 
228 
129 
282 
166 
265 
198 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
114 
127 
101 
156 
136 
120 
121 
workers 
231 
269 
205 
307 
296 
328 
208 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
57 
73 
43 
87 
79 
66 
96 
workers 
57 
73 
43 
87 
79 
66 
96 
2 workers 
farms 
32 
30 
33 
34 
33 
25 
12 
workers 
64 
60 
66 
68 
66 
50 
24 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
19 
15 
18 
26 
14 
22 
7 
workers 
65 
50 
57 
85 
45 
74 
21 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
5 
5 
7 
7 
8 
6 
3 
workers 
(D) 
31 
39 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
21 
10 workers or more 
farms 
1 
4 
- 
2 
2 
1 
3 
workers 
(D) 
55 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
46 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
240 
187 
257 
258 
248 
276 
266 
workers 
599 
536 
752 
788 
573 
693 
677 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
102 
70 
74 
95 
108 
142 
123 
workers 
102 
70 
74 
95 
108 
142 
123 
2 workers 
farms 
57 
49 
63 
60 
67 
49 
47 
workers 
114 
98 
126 
120 
134 
98 
94 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
52 
47 
76 
72 
53 
51 
77 
workers 
171 
151 
240 
239 
173 
171 
242 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
22 
13 
39 
20 
15 
25 
15 
workers 
118 
76 
240 
129 
93 
160 
88 
10 workers or more 
farms 
7 
8 
5 
11 
5 
9 
4 
workers 
94 
141 
72 
205 
65 
122 
130 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
55 
99 
60 
99 
79 
67 
61 
workers 
92 
165 
117 
184 
121 
108 
86 
$1 ,000 payroll 
2,072 
2,324 
1,561 
3,523 
2,251 
2,077 
1,181 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
181 
159 
216 
201 
191 
223 
206 
workers 
402 
369 
592 
608 
399 
505 
561 
$1 ,000 payroll 
1,077 
908 
1,242 
1,293 
1,685 
1,099 
1,046 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
59 
28 
41 
57 
57 
53 
60 
1 50 days or more, workers 
139 
104 
88 
123 
175 
220 
122 
less than 150 days, workers 
197 
167 
160 
180 
174 
188 
116 
$1 ,000 payroll 
4,550 
3,047 
1,733 
3,045 
4,944 
6,538 
3,840 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
3 
2 
- 
1 
workers 
- 
(D) 
- 
4 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
- 
2 
- 
3 
1 
- 
1 
workers 
(D) 
- 
4 
(D) 
(□) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
workers 
- 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
291 
278 
299 
350 
256 
314 
206 
workers 
743 
604 
655 
874 
456 
685 
413 
-continued 
318 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
