Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Black Hawk 
Boone 
Bremer 
Buchanan 
Buena Vista 
Butler 
Calhoun 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
924 
938 
982 
1,075 
858 
1,096 
826 
2007 
942 
925 
995 
1,174 
924 
1,214 
845 
acres, 2012 
296,765 
313,343 
271,500 
341,903 
360,849 
362,751 
358,205 
2007 
282,163 
332,048 
243,057 
360,316 
362,553 
375,781 
359,434 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
716 
659 
703 
844 
658 
737 
594 
2007 
720 
662 
740 
910 
693 
799 
589 
acres, 2012 
265,823 
271,424 
232,900 
308,349 
324,664 
314,807 
317,220 
TENURE 
2007 
252,509 
287,005 
212,259 
319,551 
325,157 
320,270 
318,130 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
450 
554 
537 
551 
367 
599 
384 
2007 
487 
530 
542 
610 
413 
675 
429 
acres, 2012 
40,976 
51,429 
47,681 
67,650 
52,397 
53,433 
38,029 
2007 
58,389 
60,124 
53,594 
79,058 
55,834 
72,563 
48,357 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
262 
302 
272 
340 
181 
257 
169 
2007 
283 
279 
305 
367 
193 
289 
188 
acres, 2012 
24,939 
30,113 
26,383 
50,888 
40,501 
28,474 
22,761 
2007 
41,755 
36,748 
36,275 
57,202 
38,277 
41,209 
28,138 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
344 
288 
338 
396 
359 
389 
337 
2007 
339 
285 
342 
379 
359 
410 
312 
acres, 2012 
211,134 
233,876 
196,070 
238,053 
253,453 
278,564 
275,375 
2007 
189,271 
226,300 
174,132 
232,483 
248,184 
259,680 
261,393 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
77,473 
67,811 
78,149 
90,156 
75,725 
103,683 
73,300 
2007 
65,124 
57,089 
65,975 
86,547 
71,516 
88,714 
80,574 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
133,661 
166,065 
117,921 
147,897 
177,728 
174,881 
202,075 
2007 
124,147 
169,211 
108,157 
145,936 
176,668 
170,966 
180,819 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
335 
269 
333 
388 
352 
382 
331 
2007 
335 
279 
336 
370 
353 
393 
307 
acres, 2012 
197,656 
215,146 
180,086 
223,047 
232,939 
257,280 
253,887 
2007 
177,490 
207,300 
162,118 
216,549 
230,339 
238,117 
243,680 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
130 
96 
107 
128 
132 
108 
105 
2007 
116 
110 
111 
185 
152 
129 
104 
acres, 2012 
44,655 
28,038 
27,749 
36,200 
54,999 
30,754 
44,801 
2007 
34,503 
45,624 
15,331 
48,775 
58,535 
43,538 
49,684 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
119 
88 
98 
116 
125 
98 
94 
2007 
102 
104 
99 
173 
147 
117 
94 
acres, 2012 
43,228 
26,165 
26,431 
34,414 
51,224 
29,053 
40,572 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
33,264 
42,957 
13,866 
45,800 
56,541 
40,944 
46,312 
Total operators 
number 
1,343 
1,339 
1,455 
1,656 
1,248 
1,586 
1,141 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
576 
586 
576 
603 
547 
684 
573 
2 operators 
294 
308 
351 
393 
247 
351 
205 
3 operators 
43 
39 
47 
61 
56 
44 
36 
4 operators 
8 
5 
5 
11 
2 
17 
11 
5 or more operators 
3 
" 
3 
7 
6 
- 
1 
Total women operators 
number 
300 
379 
381 
438 
254 
406 
248 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
282 
341 
369 
410 
226 
386 
238 
2 operators 
6 
13 
6 
12 
8 
10 
5 
3 operators 
2 
- 
- 
- 
4 
- 
- 
4 operators 
- 
3 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
1,368 
1,343 
1,495 
1,741 
1,312 
1,763 
1,223 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
595 
572 
582 
670 
598 
739 
554 
2 operators 
285 
307 
338 
447 
272 
419 
230 
3 operators 
50 
35 
64 
52 
48 
48 
41 
4 operators 
8 
5 
10 
4 
5 
3 
15 
5 or more operators 
4 
6 
1 
1 
1 
5 
5 
Total women operators 
number 
333 
363 
400 
479 
289 
430 
282 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
315 
333 
390 
465 
283 
418 
265 
2 operators 
9 
6 
5 
7 
3 
6 
7 
3 operators 
- 
6 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
873 
841 
917 
1,016 
804 
1,018 
733 
2007 
880 
838 
925 
1,102 
840 
1,141 
760 
acres, 2012 
294,035 
307,538 
267,843 
334,979 
355,877 
355,759 
351,008 
2007 
277,282 
325,753 
239,807 
348,502 
353,683 
367,241 
351,624 
Female 
farms, 2012 
51 
97 
65 
59 
54 
78 
93 
2007 
62 
87 
70 
72 
84 
73 
85 
acres, 2012 
2,730 
5,805 
3,657 
6,924 
4,972 
6,992 
7,197 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
4,881 
6,295 
3,250 
11,814 
8,870 
8,540 
7,810 
Farming 
2012 
514 
466 
482 
619 
560 
562 
435 
2007 
485 
423 
510 
619 
584 
609 
449 
Other 
2012 
410 
472 
500 
456 
298 
534 
391 
Place of residence: 
2007 
457 
502 
485 
555 
340 
605 
396 
On farm operated 
2012 
698 
666 
749 
898 
576 
795 
494 
2007 
721 
674 
764 
926 
630 
896 
532 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
226 
272 
233 
177 
282 
301 
332 
2007 
221 
251 
231 
248 
294 
318 
313 
-continued 
620 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
