Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Henry 
Howard 
Humboldt 
Ida 
Iowa 
Jackson 
Jasper 
Jefferson 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
209 
308 
188 
212 
282 
339 
330 
158 
workers 
442 
848 
516 
629 
743 
882 
827 
347 
$1 ,000 payroll 
3,205 
7,553 
2,333 
6,731 
6,975 
5,001 
9,156 
1,836 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
107 
155 
84 
80 
121 
121 
137 
76 
workers 
107 
155 
84 
80 
121 
121 
137 
76 
2 workers 
farms 
50 
71 
40 
59 
76 
88 
74 
39 
workers 
100 
142 
80 
118 
152 
176 
148 
78 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
33 
49 
36 
52 
48 
95 
86 
28 
workers 
107 
168 
125 
179 
162 
306 
284 
90 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
16 
23 
24 
13 
30 
32 
30 
13 
workers 
98 
138 
141 
83 
185 
221 
201 
(D) 
10 workers or more 
farms 
3 
10 
4 
8 
7 
3 
3 
2 
workers 
30 
245 
86 
169 
123 
58 
57 
(D) 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
90 
127 
69 
91 
130 
124 
144 
56 
workers 
141 
276 
113 
232 
233 
237 
293 
113 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
59 
82 
43 
52 
98 
76 
78 
32 
workers 
59 
82 
43 
52 
98 
76 
78 
32 
2 workers 
farms 
23 
23 
18 
19 
22 
18 
46 
8 
workers 
46 
46 
36 
38 
44 
36 
92 
16 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
6 
16 
6 
12 
5 
23 
12 
10 
workers 
(D) 
52 
(D) 
39 
(D) 
80 
44 
31 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
1 
3 
1 
6 
3 
6 
7 
6 
workers 
(D) 
20 
(D) 
(D) 
21 
(D) 
(D) 
34 
10 workers or more 
farms 
1 
3 
1 
2 
2 
1 
1 
- 
workers 
(D) 
76 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
145 
223 
138 
174 
214 
262 
246 
128 
workers 
301 
572 
403 
397 
510 
645 
534 
234 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
76 
107 
55 
74 
87 
81 
121 
67 
workers 
76 
107 
55 
74 
87 
81 
121 
67 
2 workers 
farms 
27 
64 
34 
54 
60 
82 
46 
29 
workers 
54 
128 
68 
108 
120 
164 
92 
58 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
33 
27 
24 
37 
42 
77 
62 
29 
workers 
108 
92 
82 
121 
135 
248 
201 
90 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
7 
20 
22 
6 
20 
20 
16 
3 
workers 
(D) 
119 
128 
36 
110 
(D) 
(D) 
19 
10 workers or more 
farms 
2 
5 
3 
3 
5 
2 
1 
- 
workers 
(D) 
126 
70 
58 
58 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
64 
85 
50 
38 
68 
77 
84 
30 
workers 
93 
125 
76 
83 
125 
122 
183 
51 
$1 ,000 payroll 
1,395 
2,403 
874 
1,775 
3,007 
1,702 
4,346 
645 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
119 
181 
119 
121 
152 
215 
186 
102 
workers 
247 
382 
347 
254 
324 
494 
424 
175 
$1 ,000 payroll 
459 
929 
800 
701 
1,020 
1,083 
1,292 
253 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
26 
42 
19 
53 
62 
47 
60 
26 
1 50 days or more, workers 
48 
151 
37 
149 
108 
115 
110 
62 
less than 150 days, workers 
54 
190 
56 
143 
186 
151 
110 
59 
$1 ,000 payroll 
1,351 
4,221 
659 
4,255 
2,948 
2,216 
3,518 
938 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
1 
2 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
workers 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
workers 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
(D) 
" 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
- 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
" 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
278 
291 
151 
150 
319 
437 
319 
215 
workers 
604 
675 
266 
344 
633 
1,030 
700 
460 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Iowa 323 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
