Table 47. Women Operators: 2012 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms with a woman operator 
Farms with a woman principal operator 
Geographic area 
Farms 
Women 
operators 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
Farms 
Land in farms 
(acres) 
State Total 
Iowa 
31,370 
32,167 
9,102,738 
7,108 
868,909 
Counties 
Adair 
250 
261 
103,480 
48 
8,140 
Adams 
153 
158 
75,409 
34 
5,546 
Allamakee 
371 
380 
98,510 
87 
9,468 
Appanoose 
295 
302 
59,914 
60 
9,418 
Audubon 
205 
214 
105,741 
43 
12,733 
Benton 
450 
462 
144,108 
116 
11,583 
Black Hawk 
287 
291 
83,046 
51 
2,730 
Boone 
355 
374 
81,627 
97 
5,805 
Bremer 
373 
377 
86,088 
65 
3,657 
Buchanan 
418 
425 
121,742 
59 
6,924 
Buena Vista 
238 
249 
104,851 
54 
4,972 
Butler 
390 
397 
113,134 
78 
6,992 
Calhoun 
241 
243 
89,019 
93 
7,197 
Carroll 
296 
303 
81,638 
58 
8,087 
Cass 
221 
228 
61,540 
43 
5,872 
Cedar 
360 
373 
108,146 
82 
17,888 
Cerro Gordo 
280 
287 
100,924 
60 
4,184 
Cherokee 
202 
204 
89,695 
37 
8,629 
Chickasaw 
363 
368 
104,152 
72 
8,735 
Clarke 
260 
270 
45,831 
60 
5,754 
Clay 
252 
255 
114,219 
44 
7,298 
Clayton 
618 
634 
147,499 
117 
16,611 
Clinton 
404 
409 
115,268 
75 
7,171 
Crawford 
250 
255 
130,257 
57 
7,338 
Dallas 
425 
439 
63,475 
107 
8,394 
Davis 
363 
370 
85,457 
61 
10,165 
Decatur 
367 
389 
100,543 
83 
12,449 
Delaware 
590 
595 
133,816 
105 
6,478 
Des Moines 
199 
211 
36,371 
75 
7,212 
Dickinson 
146 
148 
42,320 
40 
3,101 
Dubuque 
510 
514 
89,454 
76 
8,612 
Emmet 
166 
171 
83,777 
43 
4,926 
Fayette 
443 
453 
135,689 
107 
14,607 
Floyd 
383 
394 
120,659 
73 
6,148 
Franklin 
274 
279 
113,543 
57 
12,685 
Fremont 
183 
187 
97,783 
38 
6,956 
Greene 
225 
231 
89,753 
63 
11,965 
Grundy 
251 
261 
104,459 
53 
6,581 
Guthrie 
307 
313 
95,580 
102 
11,174 
Hamilton 
218 
226 
77,835 
67 
6,665 
Hancock 
297 
305 
99,150 
71 
6,597 
Hardin 
256 
266 
82,117 
68 
5,694 
Harrison 
274 
283 
112,006 
67 
18,511 
Henry 
378 
389 
73,457 
93 
12,804 
Howard 
337 
347 
104,460 
90 
7,758 
Humboldt 
174 
177 
65,076 
45 
4,865 
Ida 
154 
159 
81,109 
35 
2,605 
Iowa 
369 
377 
95,147 
91 
11,959 
Jackson 
472 
478 
98,043 
86 
12,172 
Jasper 
395 
403 
139,690 
72 
7,494 
Jefferson 
309 
313 
65,523 
76 
7,932 
Johnson 
488 
503 
81,882 
153 
12,809 
Jones 
373 
379 
100,282 
78 
6,934 
Keokuk 
320 
324 
91,299 
91 
14,363 
Kossuth 
360 
367 
160,837 
70 
16,347 
Lee 
378 
390 
78,405 
89 
14,550 
Linn 
587 
601 
118,161 
127 
14,312 
Louisa 
219 
224 
56,972 
71 
10,905 
Lucas 
310 
320 
59,775 
94 
14,906 
Lyon 
370 
372 
119,581 
33 
3,363 
Madison 
368 
372 
63,175 
89 
10,007 
Mahaska 
336 
347 
78,412 
79 
9,091 
Marion 
418 
437 
65,588 
103 
10,097 
Marshall 
264 
271 
80,849 
80 
8,755 
Mills 
192 
197 
37,278 
53 
3,992 
Mitchell 
326 
329 
87,247 
52 
8,093 
Monona 
160 
163 
78,596 
27 
4,751 
Monroe 
232 
237 
43,717 
59 
9,149 
Montgomery 
151 
152 
65,475 
41 
7,338 
Muscatine 
274 
282 
57,384 
80 
6,736 
O'Brien 
292 
293 
101,068 
34 
4,258 
Osceola 
185 
186 
69,058 
34 
3,514 
Page 
240 
250 
79,215 
53 
9,485 
Palo Alto 
327 
338 
98,983 
82 
12,210 
Plymouth 
348 
352 
131,987 
56 
12,387 
Pocahontas 
208 
216 
87,632 
44 
4,050 
Polk 
333 
348 
57,537 
117 
5,385 
Pottawattamie .... 
408 
421 
152,544 
87 
8,608 
Poweshiek 
294 
299 
105,575 
65 
5,615 
Ringgold 
245 
254 
86,715 
66 
11,960 
Sac 
300 
305 
95,469 
58 
5,431 
Scott 
276 
285 
68,872 
75 
6,659 
Shelby 
270 
277 
99,929 
50 
5,510 
Sioux 
505 
520 
121,779 
59 
5,592 
Story 
347 
362 
69,007 
94 
12,777 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - County Data Iowa 647 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
