Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Fremont 
Greene 
Grundy 
Guthrie 
Hamilton 
Hancock 
Hardin 
Harrison 
FARMS 
Land in farms 
farms, 2012 
533 
780 
737 
829 
761 
889 
819 
819 
2007 
497 
820 
800 
987 
882 
949 
943 
817 
acres, 2012 
287,454 
356,867 
318,047 
327,627 
327,031 
353,351 
332,266 
393,638 
2007 
245,299 
353,516 
315,968 
354,851 
346,552 
361,006 
339,001 
365,071 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
380 
560 
523 
548 
531 
652 
607 
594 
2007 
371 
593 
599 
583 
607 
703 
689 
559 
acres, 2012 
243,055 
314,599 
294,483 
236,394 
293,032 
323,289 
293,262 
326,421 
TENURE 
2007 
199,946 
308,737 
291,729 
242,416 
313,596 
330,367 
292,744 
287,197 
Full owners 
farms, 2012 
293 
378 
321 
503 
386 
398 
387 
429 
2007 
275 
426 
367 
660 
466 
430 
459 
457 
acres, 2012 
42,530 
60,149 
32,463 
74,344 
37,089 
53,012 
38,941 
61,725 
2007 
47,557 
55,311 
39,217 
100,252 
48,595 
45,299 
64,859 
77,950 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
146 
185 
132 
247 
168 
175 
195 
223 
2007 
155 
213 
196 
291 
207 
194 
224 
215 
acres, 2012 
22,863 
41,258 
23,954 
26,642 
22,664 
39,477 
21,490 
33,654 
2007 
27,887 
36,431 
30,070 
32,823 
32,082 
29,158 
39,429 
37,293 
Part owners 
farms, 2012 
179 
311 
316 
281 
278 
344 
346 
307 
2007 
162 
262 
275 
267 
285 
348 
317 
257 
acres, 2012 
193,143 
248,379 
259,744 
234,284 
235,880 
257,343 
264,572 
298,806 
2007 
159,357 
219,808 
228,161 
237,975 
236,861 
256,597 
215,149 
239,550 
Owned land in farms 
acres, 2012 
60,223 
69,819 
82,917 
90,568 
70,331 
74,328 
86,868 
100,415 
2007 
51,163 
69,627 
66,604 
85,869 
66,606 
64,622 
65,776 
78,888 
Rented land in farms 
acres, 2012 
132,920 
178,560 
176,827 
143,716 
165,549 
183,015 
177,704 
198,391 
2007 
108,194 
150,181 
161,557 
152,106 
170,255 
191,975 
149,373 
160,662 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
176 
291 
305 
264 
272 
337 
333 
301 
2007 
158 
256 
264 
250 
280 
343 
309 
250 
acres, 2012 
170,686 
227,036 
246,017 
192,667 
219,419 
241,688 
245,191 
262,369 
2007 
136,903 
197,473 
214,668 
197,511 
224,393 
243,917 
196,063 
207,199 
Tenants 
farms, 2012 
61 
91 
100 
45 
97 
147 
86 
83 
2007 
60 
132 
158 
60 
131 
171 
167 
103 
acres, 2012 
51,781 
48,339 
25,840 
18,999 
54,062 
42,996 
28,753 
33,107 
2007 
38,385 
78,397 
48,590 
16,624 
61,096 
59,110 
58,993 
47,571 
Harvested cropland 
farms, 2012 
58 
84 
86 
37 
91 
140 
79 
70 
2007 
58 
124 
139 
42 
120 
166 
156 
94 
acres, 2012 
49,506 
46,305 
24,512 
17,085 
50,949 
42,124 
26,581 
30,398 
2012 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
2007 
35,156 
74,833 
46,991 
12,082 
57,121 
57,292 
57,252 
42,705 
Total operators 
number 
773 
1,091 
1,146 
1,285 
1,055 
1,297 
1,173 
1,225 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
332 
529 
427 
494 
519 
531 
529 
490 
2 operators 
165 
201 
254 
268 
202 
313 
241 
271 
3 operators 
33 
42 
38 
53 
34 
41 
37 
43 
4 operators 
3 
6 
5 
10 
3 
3 
9 
11 
5 or more operators 
- 
2 
13 
4 
3 
1 
3 
4 
Total women operators 
number 
189 
235 
283 
321 
231 
306 
276 
291 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
179 
219 
240 
303 
209 
290 
238 
260 
2 operators 
2 
8 
14 
9 
8 
5 
16 
11 
3 operators 
2 
- 
5 
- 
2 
2 
2 
3 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
- 
" 
- 
2007 NUMBER OF ALL OPERATORS 
Total operators 
number 
710 
1,208 
1,177 
1,429 
1,345 
1,329 
1,318 
1,172 
Farms by number of operators: 
1 operator 
319 
493 
484 
636 
521 
613 
633 
528 
2 operators 
145 
276 
268 
286 
272 
301 
255 
235 
3 operators 
31 
41 
40 
45 
79 
27 
46 
45 
4 operators 
2 
10 
7 
16 
8 
7 
8 
6 
5 or more operators 
- 
- 
1 
4 
2 
1 
1 
3 
Total women operators 
number 
147 
282 
267 
404 
284 
298 
279 
266 
Farms by number of women operators: 
1 operator 
139 
250 
257 
332 
280 
274 
255 
239 
2 operators 
4 
16 
5 
33 
2 
12 
12 
12 
3 operators 
- 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
4 operators 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
5 or more operators 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS 
Sex of operator: 
Male 
farms, 2012 
495 
717 
684 
727 
694 
818 
751 
752 
2007 
463 
753 
735 
864 
820 
888 
847 
760 
acres, 2012 
280,498 
344,902 
311,466 
316,453 
320,366 
346,754 
326,572 
375,127 
2007 
236,999 
348,930 
309,116 
337,477 
338,638 
355,127 
332,601 
353,428 
Female 
farms, 2012 
38 
63 
53 
102 
67 
71 
68 
67 
2007 
34 
67 
65 
123 
62 
61 
96 
57 
acres, 2012 
6,956 
11,965 
6,581 
11,174 
6,665 
6,597 
5,694 
18,511 
Primary occupation: 
2007 
8,300 
4,586 
6,852 
17,374 
7,914 
5,879 
6,400 
1 1 ,643 
Farming 
2012 
332 
474 
415 
442 
431 
585 
443 
470 
2007 
307 
445 
449 
415 
491 
559 
535 
464 
Other 
2012 
201 
306 
322 
387 
330 
304 
376 
349 
Place of residence: 
2007 
190 
375 
351 
572 
391 
390 
408 
353 
On farm operated 
2012 
377 
563 
508 
513 
549 
558 
590 
573 
2007 
322 
492 
543 
594 
622 
638 
629 
548 
Not on farm operated 
2012 
156 
217 
229 
316 
212 
331 
229 
246 
2007 
175 
328 
257 
393 
260 
311 
314 
269 
-continued 
624 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
