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 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
448 
348 
356 
469 
440 
426 
424 
2007 
333 
307 
345 
426 
397 
452 
370 
Any 
2012 
476 
590 
626 
606 
418 
670 
402 
2007 
609 
618 
650 
748 
527 
762 
475 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
57 
57 
101 
70 
95 
106 
85 
2007 
78 
68 
70 
93 
130 
117 
103 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
32 
33 
67 
53 
32 
37 
22 
2007 
31 
34 
43 
43 
41 
40 
30 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
56 
107 
117 
66 
65 
72 
45 
2007 
108 
88 
88 
97 
74 
86 
60 
200 days or more 
2012 
331 
393 
341 
417 
226 
455 
250 
2007 
392 
428 
449 
515 
282 
519 
282 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
20 
32 
28 
28 
25 
39 
8 
2007 
5 
44 
23 
43 
12 
31 
17 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
25 
48 
28 
25 
66 
44 
57 
2007 
31 
42 
58 
39 
47 
43 
29 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
77 
126 
101 
138 
86 
119 
74 
2007 
88 
108 
111 
125 
93 
146 
78 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
802 
732 
825 
884 
681 
894 
687 
2007 
818 
731 
803 
967 
772 
994 
721 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
29.3 
24.6 
25.5 
24.8 
25.1 
25.5 
26.8 
2007 
26.8 
23.9 
24.0 
23.4 
25.2 
25.3 
27.2 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
13 
26 
18 
24 
17 
28 
3 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
17 
34 
25 
20 
60 
31 
52 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
62 
102 
70 
106 
73 
99 
59 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
832 
776 
869 
925 
708 
938 
712 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
31.5 
27.0 
27.6 
27.3 
27.3 
27.8 
29.2 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
12 
5 
8 
5 
7 
10 
3 
2007 
1 
13 
3 
17 
- 
14 
1 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
40 
77 
52 
97 
88 
75 
52 
2007 
40 
64 
91 
94 
68 
76 
57 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
58 
129 
136 
108 
87 
150 
86 
2007 
115 
90 
162 
186 
118 
160 
81 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
210 
158 
214 
296 
208 
243 
139 
2007 
253 
242 
221 
359 
278 
346 
222 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
145 
131 
136 
148 
127 
146 
139 
2007 
127 
161 
158 
135 
138 
159 
131 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
116 
171 
134 
145 
131 
139 
117 
2007 
134 
114 
112 
125 
74 
157 
85 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
148 
106 
130 
92 
72 
128 
80 
2007 
106 
72 
101 
96 
83 
105 
92 
70 years and over 
2012 
195 
161 
172 
184 
138 
205 
210 
2007 
166 
169 
147 
162 
165 
197 
176 
Average age 
2012 
59.2 
57.0 
56.6 
55.6 
55.2 
56.6 
59.2 
2007 
57.1 
56.0 
54.5 
53.2 
55.7 
55.3 
57.5 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
677 
672 
765 
781 
635 
786 
656 
2007 
662 
656 
688 
715 
666 
803 
545 
Dial-up service 
.farms, 2012 
106 
75 
100 
88 
26 
71 
38 
DSL service 
.farms, 2012 
231 
249 
362 
345 
204 
433 
300 
Cable modem service 
.farms, 2012 
119 
63 
79 
64 
123 
71 
92 
Fiber-optic service 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
.farms, 2012 
82 
53 
47 
42 
26 
54 
73 
or cell phone 
.farms, 2012 
145 
147 
134 
223 
118 
128 
93 
Satellite service 
.farms, 2012 
85 
140 
137 
110 
183 
100 
131 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
.farms, 2012 
9 
5 
5 
15 
22 
6 
16 
Other Internet service 
.farms, 2012 
13 
22 
7 
4 
12 
2 
10 
TYPE OF ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with over 50 percent ownership interest held 
by operator and/or persons related to operator by 
blood/marriage/adoption 
.farms, 2012 
905 
905 
949 
1,051 
817 
1,063 
731 
acres, 2012 
282,455 
294,819 
256,078 
325,270 
347,511 
341,674 
341,323 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms, 2012 
23 
34 
29 
26 
32 
35 
16 
acres, 2012 
6,374 
8,097 
3,754 
9,076 
13,370 
13,108 
9,721 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms, 2012 
784 
765 
881 
938 
682 
985 
651 
2007 
777 
694 
899 
1,040 
776 
1,056 
749 
acres, 2012 
201,259 
150,138 
220,770 
272,302 
262,883 
307,908 
287,043 
2007 
188,333 
154,411 
197,684 
286,111 
275,756 
291,186 
278,297 
Partnership 
.farms, 2012 
39 
34 
35 
53 
65 
46 
37 
2007 
51 
71 
42 
61 
59 
80 
39 
acres, 2012 
24,418 
17,251 
16,936 
23,146 
40,278 
18,749 
23,284 
2007 
19,775 
30,388 
16,959 
28,561 
33,534 
30,293 
33,723 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
.farms, 2012 
84 
110 
54 
56 
77 
43 
55 
2007 
100 
133 
46 
55 
67 
65 
41 
acres, 2012 
69,417 
134,143 
28,608 
38,859 
48,605 
32,397 
44,020 
2007 
72,548 
136,267 
26,965 
40,359 
46,474 
52,852 
44,910 
Other than family held 
.farms, 2012 
4 
9 
3 
6 
7 
7 
2 
2007 
4 
13 
2 
6 
6 
2 
4 
acres, 2012 
525 
7,020 
58 
2,753 
2,228 
2,173 
(D) 
2007 
575 
7,858 
(D) 
3,427 
2,752 
(D) 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
.farms, 2012 
13 
20 
9 
22 
27 
15 
81 
2007 
10 
14 
6 
12 
16 
11 
12 
acres, 2012 
1,146 
4,791 
5,128 
4,843 
6,855 
1,524 
(D) 
2007 
932 
3,124 
(D) 
1,858 
4,037 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Iowa 633 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
