Table 46. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Geographic area 
Land in farms 
Harvested cropland 
Market 
value of 
agricultural 
products 
sold 
($1,000) 
Farms by economic class and primary occupation 
Farming 
Other than farming 
Farms 
Acres 
Farms 
Acres 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
Less than 
$2,500 
$2,500 to 
$9,999 
$10,000 or 
more 
State Total 
Iowa 
7,108 
868,909 
3,063 
473,983 
471 
500 
1,293 
1,670 
1,673 
1,501 
Counties 
Adair 
48 
8,140 
21 
4,004 
2,362 
4 
11 
9 
3 
9 
12 
Adams 
34 
5,546 
15 
1,276 
913 
- 
1 
6 
8 
9 
10 
Allamakee 
87 
9,468 
30 
1,819 
2,101 
- 
3 
14 
28 
31 
11 
Appanoose 
60 
9,418 
35 
2,787 
1,266 
6 
6 
9 
8 
12 
19 
Audubon 
43 
12,733 
15 
9,372 
8,751 
5 
4 
11 
7 
3 
13 
Benton 
116 
11,583 
42 
6,205 
7,498 
7 
3 
22 
41 
22 
21 
Black Hawk 
51 
2,730 
23 
1,342 
843 
7 
- 
5 
16 
17 
6 
Boone 
97 
5,805 
44 
2,223 
1,746 
13 
13 
16 
21 
20 
14 
Bremer 
65 
3,657 
30 
1,317 
1,054 
3 
4 
11 
15 
23 
9 
Buchanan 
59 
6,924 
35 
4,676 
3,970 
1 
5 
19 
13 
11 
10 
Buena Vista 
54 
4,972 
30 
3,658 
6,661 
4 
6 
8 
12 
14 
10 
Butler 
78 
6,992 
25 
3,728 
8,667 
1 
3 
6 
19 
32 
17 
Calhoun 
93 
7,197 
28 
3,347 
3,719 
2 
3 
11 
20 
37 
20 
Carroll 
58 
8,087 
26 
5,159 
3,366 
1 
4 
9 
14 
10 
20 
Cass 
43 
5,872 
14 
3,849 
2,661 
2 
2 
9 
11 
10 
9 
Cedar 
82 
17,888 
40 
13,798 
15,739 
1 
5 
18 
24 
12 
22 
Cerro Gordo 
60 
4,184 
20 
2,264 
2,400 
8 
3 
12 
15 
17 
5 
Cherokee 
37 
8,629 
25 
6,532 
8,849 
- 
1 
22 
4 
2 
8 
Chickasaw 
72 
8,735 
32 
5,137 
4,741 
5 
2 
14 
18 
20 
13 
Clarke 
60 
5,754 
27 
676 
290 
5 
5 
2 
12 
19 
17 
Clay 
44 
7,298 
21 
5,369 
9,744 
4 
2 
14 
10 
7 
7 
Clayton 
117 
16,611 
34 
5,284 
7,907 
4 
2 
30 
30 
16 
35 
Clinton 
75 
7,171 
34 
3,517 
4,150 
18 
11 
13 
10 
9 
14 
Crawford 
57 
7,338 
24 
4,483 
2,605 
7 
6 
13 
12 
15 
4 
Dallas 
107 
8,394 
53 
4,559 
6,120 
3 
11 
21 
40 
13 
19 
Davis 
61 
10,165 
34 
2,105 
1,035 
3 
4 
21 
7 
14 
12 
Decatur 
83 
12,449 
47 
4,155 
2,088 
6 
6 
23 
23 
13 
12 
Delaware 
105 
6,478 
38 
2,518 
2,922 
8 
3 
20 
28 
23 
23 
Des Moines 
75 
7,212 
33 
2,556 
2,691 
9 
7 
13 
16 
19 
11 
Dickinson 
40 
3,101 
13 
1,150 
943 
" 
2 
5 
12 
10 
11 
Dubuque 
76 
8,612 
40 
3,321 
3,101 
2 
7 
12 
11 
17 
27 
Emmet 
43 
4,926 
10 
3,457 
4,019 
2 
- 
7 
16 
8 
10 
Fayette 
107 
14,607 
32 
8,756 
9,768 
10 
11 
13 
33 
27 
13 
Floyd 
73 
6,148 
17 
2,768 
3,250 
4 
1 
4 
20 
26 
18 
Franklin 
57 
12,685 
28 
10,554 
9,412 
- 
2 
18 
14 
16 
7 
Fremont 
38 
6,956 
12 
5,476 
2,562 
- 
1 
7 
12 
14 
4 
Greene 
63 
11,965 
24 
9,555 
7,318 
5 
4 
12 
11 
20 
11 
Grundy 
53 
6,581 
16 
4,016 
4,981 
- 
3 
7 
29 
5 
9 
Guthrie 
102 
11,174 
37 
3,454 
2,900 
18 
4 
15 
20 
21 
24 
Hamilton 
67 
6,665 
18 
4,636 
10,635 
6 
3 
6 
21 
19 
12 
Hancock 
71 
6,597 
29 
3,786 
2,996 
2 
3 
10 
19 
22 
15 
Hardin 
68 
5,694 
28 
3,002 
2,875 
2 
2 
13 
21 
16 
14 
Harrison 
67 
18,511 
39 
12,729 
7,379 
2 
5 
17 
10 
18 
15 
Henry 
93 
12,804 
33 
1,892 
1,004 
2 
10 
16 
22 
28 
15 
Howard 
90 
7,758 
21 
2,792 
2,196 
6 
5 
16 
28 
23 
12 
Humboldt 
45 
4,865 
19 
3,100 
9,243 
1 
7 
7 
9 
9 
12 
Ida 
35 
2,605 
11 
1,103 
762 
1 
- 
3 
15 
11 
5 
Iowa 
91 
11,959 
36 
4,129 
3,156 
3 
5 
18 
26 
18 
21 
Jackson 
86 
12,172 
49 
4,613 
3,774 
2 
7 
18 
19 
15 
25 
Jasper 
72 
7,494 
29 
2,645 
1,914 
8 
8 
8 
15 
17 
16 
Jefferson 
76 
7,932 
29 
1,804 
948 
4 
4 
10 
16 
26 
16 
Johnson 
153 
12,809 
70 
4,821 
4,494 
10 
17 
18 
27 
44 
37 
Jones 
78 
6,934 
37 
2,970 
1,920 
10 
1 
13 
8 
24 
22 
Keokuk 
91 
14,363 
30 
5,477 
5,613 
5 
5 
15 
13 
32 
21 
Kossuth 
70 
16,347 
33 
12,879 
11,051 
2 
5 
21 
12 
15 
15 
Lee 
89 
14,550 
36 
6,297 
3,071 
4 
2 
12 
18 
34 
19 
Linn 
127 
14,312 
80 
9,441 
7,269 
15 
15 
37 
28 
14 
18 
Louisa 
71 
10,905 
29 
6,870 
6,896 
7 
4 
10 
18 
15 
17 
Lucas 
94 
14,906 
41 
4,403 
2,003 
8 
11 
9 
16 
29 
21 
Lyon 
33 
3,363 
26 
2,936 
10,351 
3 
12 
5 
2 
11 
Madison 
89 
10,007 
46 
3,126 
2,606 
7 
6 
10 
19 
23 
24 
Mahaska 
79 
9,091 
25 
3,117 
4,819 
2 
1 
12 
13 
30 
21 
Marion 
103 
10,097 
44 
2,740 
2,195 
5 
9 
14 
29 
21 
25 
Marshall 
80 
8,755 
42 
5,430 
9,699 
10 
7 
18 
13 
13 
19 
Mills 
53 
3,992 
23 
1,602 
1,105 
5 
3 
14 
13 
10 
8 
Mitchell 
52 
8,093 
29 
6,283 
7,958 
7 
8 
16 
7 
6 
8 
Monona 
27 
4,751 
20 
3,807 
2,849 
- 
2 
8 
4 
2 
11 
Monroe 
59 
9,149 
26 
1,327 
538 
3 
4 
7 
19 
12 
14 
Montgomery 
41 
7,338 
22 
4,378 
3,223 
- 
- 
17 
9 
5 
10 
Muscatine 
80 
6,736 
25 
2,476 
1,968 
11 
9 
15 
17 
20 
8 
O'Brien 
34 
4,258 
18 
3,046 
6,576 
_ 
_ 
12 
10 
3 
9 
Osceola 
34 
3,514 
10 
2,232 
22,695 
2 
4 
6 
8 
4 
10 
Page 
53 
9,485 
26 
4,490 
3,168 
2 
1 
10 
12 
13 
15 
Palo Alto 
82 
12,210 
20 
9,230 
11,412 
1 
3 
11 
29 
19 
19 
Plymouth 
56 
12,387 
38 
9,337 
10,430 
3 
6 
24 
6 
5 
12 
Pocahontas 
44 
4,050 
17 
1,957 
1,490 
4 
1 
5 
11 
9 
14 
Polk 
117 
5,385 
63 
2,513 
2,680 
15 
24 
14 
31 
13 
20 
Pottawattamie 
87 
8,608 
46 
5,385 
3,961 
7 
6 
10 
18 
31 
15 
Poweshiek 
65 
5,615 
17 
1,012 
5,921 
8 
10 
13 
14 
12 
8 
Ringgold 
66 
11,960 
25 
2,796 
2,559 
3 
2 
9 
8 
22 
22 
Sac 
58 
5,431 
30 
4,164 
5,197 
2 
_ 
7 
18 
11 
20 
Scott 
75 
6,659 
34 
3,874 
3,543 
5 
11 
15 
18 
16 
10 
Shelby 
50 
5,510 
26 
3,170 
3,455 
- 
5 
11 
13 
7 
14 
Sioux 
59 
5,592 
21 
4,292 
14,730 
- 
6 
13 
12 
14 
14 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Iowa 645 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
