Table 45. Selected Operation and Operator Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Pocahontas 
Polk 
Pottawattamie 
Poweshiek 
Ringgold 
Sac 
Scott 
Shelby 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
2012 
394 
367 
525 
364 
206 
392 
341 
348 
2007 
354 
300 
488 
357 
288 
337 
363 
397 
Any 
2012 
348 
406 
663 
488 
445 
522 
418 
521 
2007 
452 
438 
670 
581 
445 
465 
498 
474 
1 to 49 days 
2012 
80 
43 
148 
56 
51 
85 
55 
73 
2007 
99 
83 
124 
114 
74 
87 
75 
98 
50 to 99 days 
2012 
38 
23 
38 
28 
22 
35 
42 
28 
2007 
43 
29 
69 
63 
37 
42 
37 
37 
100 to 199 days 
2012 
28 
70 
89 
56 
66 
47 
41 
102 
2007 
82 
37 
73 
59 
41 
66 
52 
77 
200 days or more 
2012 
202 
270 
388 
348 
306 
355 
280 
318 
2007 
228 
289 
404 
345 
293 
270 
334 
262 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
2012 
10 
24 
29 
34 
14 
19 
31 
25 
2007 
14 
35 
39 
23 
21 
15 
25 
19 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
28 
38 
90 
26 
38 
33 
26 
24 
2007 
31 
25 
39 
46 
32 
25 
44 
38 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
50 
84 
116 
100 
92 
81 
97 
102 
2007 
63 
114 
157 
98 
114 
90 
98 
85 
10 years or more 
2012 
654 
627 
953 
692 
507 
781 
605 
718 
2007 
698 
564 
923 
771 
566 
672 
694 
729 
Average years on present farm 
2012 
30.5 
24.5 
25.6 
26.2 
23.2 
26.7 
24.9 
27.0 
2007 
28.3 
23.4 
25.4 
26.0 
24.1 
26.3 
24.6 
26.6 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
2012 
8 
20 
18 
25 
9 
15 
23 
22 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
3 or 4 years 
2012 
25 
28 
69 
20 
30 
29 
22 
15 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
5 to 9 years 
2012 
43 
76 
94 
91 
71 
72 
79 
90 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
1 0 years or more 
2012 
666 
649 
1,007 
716 
541 
798 
635 
742 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Average years on any farm 
2012 
32.6 
27.1 
28.2 
28.3 
26.1 
28.3 
27.4 
28.9 
2007 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
(NA) 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
2012 
11 
7 
9 
20 
8 
3 
. 
7 
2007 
11 
1 
2 
3 
8 
9 
6 
7 
25 to 34 years 
2012 
34 
27 
48 
41 
48 
56 
42 
63 
2007 
27 
27 
55 
56 
25 
54 
55 
43 
35 to 44 years 
2012 
62 
71 
125 
82 
81 
100 
83 
106 
2007 
90 
78 
109 
113 
90 
109 
115 
143 
45 to 54 years 
2012 
178 
169 
272 
178 
157 
247 
190 
217 
2007 
221 
212 
362 
243 
172 
235 
215 
238 
55 to 59 years 
2012 
85 
102 
176 
135 
86 
143 
113 
141 
2007 
150 
119 
152 
86 
92 
101 
152 
100 
60 to 64 years 
2012 
116 
133 
162 
93 
80 
116 
96 
103 
2007 
78 
103 
142 
96 
76 
107 
100 
115 
65 to 69 years 
2012 
103 
83 
160 
96 
59 
72 
94 
110 
2007 
79 
61 
125 
111 
81 
63 
101 
101 
70 years and over 
2012 
153 
181 
236 
207 
132 
177 
141 
122 
2007 
150 
137 
211 
230 
189 
124 
117 
124 
Average age 
2012 
58.7 
59.6 
58.0 
58.6 
56.2 
56.8 
57.4 
55.8 
2007 
57.2 
57.1 
56.8 
58.0 
59.3 
54.9 
55.3 
55.1 
INTERNET ACCESS (SEE TEXT) 
Internet access 
2012 
521 
586 
946 
604 
438 
650 
547 
666 
2007 
568 
526 
765 
534 
388 
542 
576 
594 
Dial-up service 
.farms, 2012 
23 
42 
85 
61 
50 
76 
40 
51 
DSL service 
.farms, 2012 
234 
222 
341 
343 
174 
282 
200 
386 
Cable modem service 
.farms, 2012 
76 
66 
114 
97 
71 
98 
105 
89 
Fiber-optic service 
.farms, 2012 
25 
28 
24 
29 
2 
52 
27 
68 
Mobile broadband plan for computer 
or cell phone 
.farms, 2012 
75 
143 
254 
87 
121 
74 
133 
79 
Satellite service 
.farms, 2012 
131 
100 
137 
58 
98 
140 
81 
86 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
.farms, 2012 
19 
32 
13 
8 
6 
11 
30 
2 
Other Internet service 
.farms, 2012 
13 
22 
111 
4 
1 
16 
16 
15 
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 
713 
737 
1,131 
831 
630 
873 
719 
848 
acres, 2012 
313,112 
189,697 
514,518 
322,423 
255,935 
334,863 
201,206 
362,304 
Limited Liability Corporation 
.farms, 2012 
15 
57 
60 
35 
12 
35 
39 
36 
acres, 2012 
3,939 
9,865 
22,178 
13,563 
9,451 
15,227 
10,262 
13,973 
OPERATION'S LEGAL STATUS FOR TAX 
PURPOSES (SEE TEXT) 
Family or individual 
.farms, 2012 
560 
618 
905 
714 
572 
766 
585 
764 
2007 
632 
589 
880 
768 
595 
637 
700 
748 
acres, 2012 
246,043 
127,152 
316,944 
230,541 
210,661 
264,323 
139,427 
306,323 
2007 
245,692 
146,036 
268,429 
216,614 
202,412 
270,073 
161,870 
291,511 
Partnership 
.farms, 2012 
36 
48 
61 
48 
41 
64 
63 
43 
2007 
64 
48 
91 
93 
74 
78 
44 
66 
acres, 2012 
16,064 
23,941 
50,646 
36,110 
33,695 
49,779 
18,031 
32,515 
2007 
38,109 
47,198 
63,083 
35,548 
36,837 
47,038 
18,551 
41,822 
Corporation: 
Family-held 
.farms, 2012 
126 
74 
189 
74 
18 
56 
86 
49 
2007 
95 
76 
160 
58 
34 
63 
97 
44 
acres, 2012 
67,463 
42,167 
155,285 
65,337 
16,462 
38,996 
61,202 
31,437 
2007 
72,928 
53,806 
147,085 
56,974 
18,747 
42,291 
63,943 
23,054 
Other than family held 
.farms, 2012 
- 
11 
8 
2 
7 
6 
3 
4 
2007 
- 
6 
7 
2 
9 
5 
1 
2 
acres, 2012 
- 
2,170 
3,289 
(D) 
1,877 
1,413 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
- 
655 
2,403 
(D) 
1,413 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust, 
institutional, etc 
.farms, 2012 
20 
22 
25 
14 
13 
22 
22 
9 
2007 
15 
19 
20 
17 
21 
19 
19 
11 
acres, 2012 
2,495 
2,105 
6,669 
(D) 
7,082 
2,521 
(D) 
(D) 
2007 
5,675 
1,732 
4,943 
(D) 
5,477 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
-continued 
642 Iowa 2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
