Table 7. Hired Farm Labor - Workers and Payroll: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Sioux 
Story 
Tama 
Taylor 
Union 
Van Buren 
Wapello 
Warren 
Hired farm labor 
farms 
712 
319 
330 
181 
134 
170 
133 
284 
workers 
2,898 
1,068 
793 
533 
372 
397 
278 
715 
$1 ,000 payroll 
34,110 
9,456 
5,494 
4,220 
3,056 
2,933 
1,522 
3,287 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
211 
149 
167 
83 
59 
85 
65 
116 
workers 
211 
149 
167 
83 
59 
85 
65 
116 
2 workers 
farms 
199 
62 
78 
38 
28 
40 
32 
60 
workers 
398 
124 
156 
76 
56 
80 
64 
120 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
167 
67 
57 
40 
31 
32 
25 
70 
workers 
582 
227 
190 
130 
108 
109 
83 
233 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
98 
25 
24 
13 
13 
8 
10 
35 
workers 
633 
153 
150 
70 
74 
53 
(D) 
214 
10 workers or more 
farms 
37 
16 
4 
7 
3 
5 
1 
3 
workers 
1,074 
415 
130 
174 
75 
70 
(D) 
32 
Workers by days worked: 
150 days or more 
farms 
333 
153 
107 
88 
69 
55 
43 
77 
workers 
1,192 
309 
187 
195 
135 
104 
57 
122 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
147 
100 
70 
54 
48 
33 
32 
52 
workers 
147 
100 
70 
54 
48 
33 
32 
52 
2 workers 
farms 
86 
23 
19 
22 
9 
15 
8 
14 
workers 
172 
46 
38 
44 
18 
30 
16 
28 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
54 
16 
14 
6 
6 
2 
3 
8 
workers 
177 
53 
45 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
9 
25 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
34 
10 
3 
2 
4 
4 
- 
3 
workers 
229 
68 
(D) 
(D) 
22 
24 
- 
17 
10 workers or more 
farms 
12 
4 
1 
4 
2 
1 
- 
- 
workers 
467 
42 
(D) 
67 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Less than 150 days 
farms 
520 
222 
260 
114 
95 
130 
109 
233 
workers 
1,706 
759 
606 
338 
237 
293 
221 
593 
Farms with- 
1 worker 
farms 
152 
91 
136 
44 
36 
57 
52 
84 
workers 
152 
91 
136 
44 
36 
57 
52 
84 
2 workers 
farms 
158 
53 
64 
25 
27 
35 
32 
52 
workers 
316 
106 
128 
50 
54 
70 
64 
104 
3 or 4 workers 
farms 
128 
53 
42 
29 
27 
30 
18 
74 
workers 
447 
173 
139 
92 
96 
103 
64 
247 
5 to 9 workers 
farms 
67 
15 
16 
12 
4 
6 
7 
21 
workers 
417 
88 
(D) 
60 
(D) 
(D) 
41 
(D) 
10 workers or more 
farms 
15 
10 
2 
4 
1 
2 
- 
2 
workers 
374 
301 
(D) 
92 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Reported only workers working 
150 days or more 
farms 
192 
97 
70 
67 
39 
40 
24 
51 
workers 
430 
162 
121 
93 
55 
51 
34 
66 
$1 ,000 payroll 
7,570 
2,490 
2,475 
1,404 
553 
602 
530 
915 
Reported only workers working 
less than 150 days 
farms 
379 
166 
223 
93 
65 
115 
90 
207 
workers 
1,013 
354 
528 
284 
133 
231 
168 
531 
$1 ,000 payroll 
2,809 
998 
1,099 
319 
232 
456 
370 
837 
Reported both - workers working 150 
days or more and workers 
working less than 150 days 
farms 
141 
56 
37 
21 
30 
15 
19 
26 
1 50 days or more, workers 
762 
147 
66 
102 
80 
53 
23 
56 
less than 150 days, workers 
693 
405 
78 
54 
104 
62 
53 
62 
$1 ,000 payroll 
23,731 
5,968 
1,921 
2,497 
2,272 
1,875 
622 
1,535 
Total migrant workers (see text) 
farms 
2 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
workers 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
(D) 
Migrant farm labor on farms with hired labor 
farms 
1 
1 
1 
1 
- 
- 
- 
1 
workers 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
" 
(□) 
Migrant farm labor on farms reporting only 
contract labor 
farms 
1 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
workers 
(D) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Unpaid workers (see text) 
farms 
425 
321 
383 
189 
205 
295 
252 
427 
workers 
945 
725 
855 
414 
531 
724 
552 
965 
-continued 
328 Iowa 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
