Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Monroe 
Montgomery 
Muscatine 
O'Brien 
Osceola 
Page 
Palo Alto 
Plymouth 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
103 
155 
205 
367 
247 
257 
349 
472 
workers 
237 
566 
576 
907 
812 
480 
956 
1,509 
$1 ,000 payroll 
1,547 
8,128 
4,230 
8,060 
9,830 
4,751 
7,784 
11,691 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
37 
65 
90 
167 
66 
152 
139 
189 
workers 
37 
65 
90 
167 
66 
152 
139 
189 
2 workers 
farms 
30 
39 
52 
87 
90 
49 
107 
92 
workers 
60 
78 
104 
174 
180 
98 
214 
184 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
29 
39 
44 
81 
49 
40 
64 
116 
workers 
95 
140 
148 
269 
172 
141 
214 
400 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
6 
10 
12 
23 
32 
16 
29 
55 
workers 
(D) 
(D) 
74 
133 
188 
89 
183 
326 
10 workers or more 
farms 
1 
2 
7 
9 
10 
- 
10 
20 
workers 
(D) 
(D) 
160 
164 
206 
- 
206 
410 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
45 
70 
70 
124 
120 
120 
136 
181 
workers 
85 
255 
146 
242 
350 
176 
305 
399 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
26 
43 
33 
83 
44 
86 
96 
112 
workers 
26 
43 
33 
83 
44 
86 
96 
112 
2 workers 
farms 
10 
15 
20 
26 
49 
21 
22 
28 
workers 
20 
30 
40 
52 
98 
42 
44 
56 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
7 
10 
12 
10 
14 
10 
10 
30 
workers 
(D) 
(D) 
39 
(D) 
49 
32 
(D) 
93 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
1 
5 
2 
8 
3 
6 
6 
workers 
(D) 
- 
34 
(D) 
50 
16 
41 
39 
10 workers or more 
farms 
1 
2 
- 
3 
5 
- 
2 
5 
workers 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
60 
109 
- 
(D) 
99 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
81 
121 
159 
281 
180 
171 
283 
370 
workers 
152 
311 
430 
665 
462 
304 
651 
1,110 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
31 
57 
74 
124 
54 
102 
118 
141 
workers 
31 
57 
74 
124 
54 
102 
118 
141 
2 workers 
farms 
36 
29 
44 
70 
62 
33 
94 
95 
workers 
72 
58 
88 
140 
124 
66 
188 
190 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
12 
30 
26 
61 
48 
32 
46 
73 
workers 
(D) 
104 
86 
203 
160 
115 
156 
253 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
2 
3 
11 
21 
11 
4 
19 
50 
workers 
(D) 
(D) 
70 
118 
60 
21 
119 
293 
10 workers or more 
farms 
2 
4 
5 
5 
- 
6 
11 
workers 
- 
(D) 
112 
80 
64 
- 
70 
233 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
22 
34 
46 
86 
67 
86 
66 
102 
workers 
50 
48 
80 
157 
129 
120 
149 
171 
$1 ,000 payroll 
893 
1,097 
1,812 
3,273 
2,684 
2,547 
1,635 
2,864 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
58 
85 
135 
243 
127 
137 
213 
291 
workers 
107 
173 
351 
578 
314 
233 
450 
881 
$1 ,000 payroll 
119 
618 
668 
1,492 
1,151 
708 
1,122 
1,882 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
23 
36 
24 
38 
53 
34 
70 
79 
150 days or more, workers 
35 
207 
66 
85 
221 
56 
156 
228 
less than 150 days, workers 
45 
138 
79 
87 
148 
71 
201 
229 
$1 ,000 payroll 
535 
6,413 
1,749 
3,296 
5,995 
1,495 
5,027 
6,945 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
workers 
- 
- 
61 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
- 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
2 
- 
workers 
- 
61 
- 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
- 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
206 
141 
279 
235 
150 
176 
235 
368 
workers 
408 
265 
592 
473 
284 
311 
452 
840 
-continued 
326 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
