Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Monroe 
Montgomery 
Muscatine 
O'Brien 
Osceola 
Page 
Palo Alto 
Plymouth 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
188 
247 
376 
391 
283 
366 
387 
602 
2007 
227 
227 
332 
414 
273 
280 
323 
553 
Any 
2012 
404 
252 
410 
493 
272 
373 
487 
729 
2007 
433 
331 
506 
573 
390 
508 
526 
889 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
35 
43 
47 
98 
63 
50 
59 
142 
2007 
59 
62 
95 
90 
116 
101 
116 
180 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
23 
30 
36 
32 
31 
26 
23 
69 
2007 
25 
31 
42 
72 
45 
19 
48 
85 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2012 
55 
30 
52 
47 
26 
34 
133 
91 
2007 
56 
40 
58 
69 
47 
52 
74 
130 
200 days or more 
2012 
291 
149 
275 
316 
152 
263 
272 
427 
2007 
293 
198 
311 
342 
182 
336 
288 
494 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
23 
14 
16 
12 
11 
31 
17 
35 
2007 
26 
12 
22 
19 
14 
35 
20 
47 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
33 
22 
29 
35 
30 
29 
18 
46 
2007 
53 
41 
36 
26 
13 
34 
21 
53 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
72 
61 
85 
82 
59 
75 
79 
137 
2007 
87 
72 
86 
76 
53 
95 
119 
103 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
464 
402 
656 
755 
455 
604 
760 
1,113 
2007 
494 
433 
694 
866 
583 
624 
689 
1,239 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
22.9 
25.7 
25.6 
27.1 
25.4 
26.7 
26.6 
26.2 
2007 
23.7 
25.8 
25.3 
27.7 
26.2 
25.4 
25.2 
26.0 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
12 
12 
15 
10 
9 
23 
16 
23 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
22 
12 
22 
31 
25 
22 
10 
34 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
67 
42 
79 
58 
53 
57 
66 
115 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
491 
433 
670 
785 
468 
637 
782 
1,159 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
25.3 
29.8 
27.6 
29.4 
27.5 
28.9 
29.1 
28.5 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
2 
2 
2 
3 
5 
5 
15 
11 
2007 
2 
7 
6 
2 
2 
4 
11 
16 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
40 
33 
32 
62 
45 
50 
42 
101 
2007 
30 
26 
31 
55 
43 
46 
54 
109 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
67 
48 
82 
111 
68 
61 
82 
192 
2007 
90 
66 
115 
121 
105 
86 
151 
166 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
119 
91 
187 
186 
141 
136 
230 
336 
2007 
151 
146 
212 
304 
198 
185 
218 
423 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
79 
83 
91 
174 
99 
106 
108 
179 
2007 
66 
76 
103 
153 
77 
102 
97 
244 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
63 
77 
101 
126 
69 
128 
89 
175 
2007 
79 
45 
93 
88 
56 
117 
80 
173 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
85 
45 
81 
76 
44 
94 
63 
156 
2007 
82 
62 
112 
94 
59 
77 
67 
118 
70 years and over 
2012 
137 
120 
210 
146 
84 
159 
245 
181 
2007 
160 
130 
166 
170 
123 
171 
171 
193 
Average age 
2012 
58.0 
58.5 
60.1 
56.2 
55.0 
59.0 
58.6 
54.9 
2007 
58.3 
57.6 
57.6 
55.6 
55.3 
58.0 
55.3 
54.8 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
399 
392 
589 
651 
424 
600 
632 
1,026 
2007 
353 
365 
520 
708 
430 
535 
568 
940 
Dial-up service 
farms, 2012 
22 
31 
95 
90 
44 
76 
43 
135 
DSL service 
farms, 2012 
112 
200 
159 
214 
159 
259 
295 
392 
Cable modem service 
farms, 2012 
49 
46 
64 
115 
55 
111 
104 
73 
Fiber-optic service 
farms, 2012 
9 
28 
16 
78 
8 
37 
68 
37 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
farms, 2012 
82 
30 
192 
81 
54 
45 
110 
285 
Satellite service 
farms, 2012 
134 
93 
110 
130 
105 
111 
83 
258 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
farms, 2012 
16 
- 
8 
20 
5 
10 
14 
7 
Other Internet service 
farms, 2012 
10 
11 
20 
11 
28 
9 
26 
13 
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 
581 
482 
754 
852 
529 
714 
841 
1,289 
acres, 2012 
185,869 
235,838 
205,134 
288,561 
229,006 
300,242 
337,081 
513,947 
Limited Liability Corporation 
farms, 2012 
20 
7 
18 
9 
18 
21 
15 
20 
acres, 2012 
10,273 
4,132 
7,757 
3,263 
6,210 
14,596 
4,986 
8,878 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
farms, 2012 
544 
420 
638 
719 
410 
639 
695 
1,147 
2007 
577 
466 
679 
814 
529 
675 
681 
1,211 
acres, 2012 
158,276 
182,302 
132,781 
214,011 
148,585 
243,176 
233,787 
417,353 
2007 
161,760 
166,645 
131,219 
244,493 
182,498 
204,230 
232,460 
399,691 
Partnership 
farms, 2012 
35 
21 
41 
36 
23 
45 
45 
73 
2007 
52 
42 
78 
50 
40 
66 
73 
154 
acres, 2012 
23,174 
15,682 
23,022 
17,912 
8,193 
21,561 
39,062 
50,316 
2007 
22,338 
18,600 
42,779 
22,335 
13,908 
27,672 
50,196 
80,564 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
farms, 2012 
6 
41 
88 
120 
108 
39 
114 
94 
2007 
7 
37 
60 
103 
75 
24 
77 
55 
acres, 2012 
8,848 
42,735 
53,528 
71,321 
75,209 
46,027 
84,357 
70,956 
2007 
6,601 
32,413 
42,523 
74,045 
49,438 
26,173 
68,003 
33,131 
Other than family held 
farms, 2012 
3 
1 
5 
3 
- 
3 
- 
9 
2007 
2 
- 
6 
5 
8 
- 
3 
12 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
1,774 
(□) 
- 
(D) 
- 
1,098 
2007 
(D) 
1,516 
1,879 
4,160 
(D) 
596 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
farms, 2012 
4 
16 
14 
6 
14 
13 
20 
8 
2007 
22 
13 
15 
15 
11 
23 
15 
10 
acres, 2012 
(D) 
(D) 
3,887 
(D) 
6,233 
(D) 
1,563 
2,094 
2007 
(D) 
2,805 
3,867 
3,022 
1,157 
13,053 
(D) 
3,266 
-continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Iowa 641 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
