Regional Economics & Community Analysis Program

Number of farms

Table ID: AGR-3
Unit of measure: Farms
Vintage: 1940-2007 *

* Most recent values are displayed. All data years are available for download below.
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County IDArea Name199219971997adj20022007
19000Iowa96,54390,79296,70590,65592,856
19001Adair County891792837843766
19003Adams County643573608567610
19005Allamakee County1,0009581,0251,0831,032
19007Appanoose County827797862816731
19009Audubon County740649686638666
19011Benton County1,3251,2101,2861,1861,251
19013Black Hawk County1,1111,0021,061939942
19015Boone County923863920827925
19017Bremer County1,0589821,044956995
19019Buchanan County1,1931,1361,2031,0671,174
19021Buena Vista County972867904825924
19023Butler County1,1461,0851,1581,0761,214
19025Calhoun County899793829762845
19027Carroll County1,1971,1021,1511,045978
19029Cass County905804852764763
19031Cedar County1,0999651,0239711,036
19033Cerro Gordo County821822880795844
19035Cherokee County979890930837840
19037Chickasaw County1,0079269799511,037
19039Clarke County680678737726690
19041Clay County770668705691798
19043Clayton County1,6171,6381,7381,6011,655
19045Clinton County1,3621,2681,3551,2191,314
19047Crawford County1,2601,1071,169927855
19049Dallas County9449181,002938912
19051Davis County8928849641,007910
19053Decatur County648730803788738
19055Delaware County1,3671,2781,3181,2531,470
19057Des Moines County681650697674646
19059Dickinson County554512551492566
19061Dubuque County1,6531,5791,6691,4811,483
19063Emmet County557519556510532
19065Fayette County1,4161,2951,3691,3441,398
19067Floyd County882850908895991
19069Franklin County929856896825923
19071Fremont County596568607547497
19073Greene County851763802727820
19075Grundy County853754791724800
19077Guthrie County946847910885987
19079Hamilton County873790832797882
19081Hancock County939849895827949
19083Hardin County986857902829943
19085Harrison County919876938828817
19087Henry County795835899857880
19089Howard County881862915891877
19091Humboldt County677600630606632
19093Ida County729637673618633
19095Iowa County9779761,0491,0241,144
19097Jackson County1,3261,2801,3681,3361,214
19099Jasper County1,3091,2041,2751,2121,166
19101Jefferson County740765828808773
19103Johnson County1,2421,2611,3691,2611,293
19105Jones County1,1121,0291,1001,0241,117
19107Keokuk County9529681,0351,0931,163
19109Kossuth County1,5921,4041,4681,3401,395
19111Lee County872861932945883
19113Linn County1,5291,4801,6081,4451,413
19115Louisa County554593639601701
19117Lucas County630706771747699
19119Lyon County1,1941,1491,2011,0451,087
19121Madison County1,0269861,064990956
19123Mahaska County1,0751,0221,0831,0431,031
19125Marion County9969711,0591,051951
19127Marshall County949912979848928
19129Mills County563496535462511
19131Mitchell County825824871828893
19133Monona County822697740625649
19135Monroe County682691739714660
19137Montgomery County617577616583558
19139Muscatine County803783844816838
19141O'Brien County1,1479771,011993987
19143Osceola County737649677636663
19145Page County916845902873788
19147Palo Alto County841787831783849
19149Plymouth County1,6151,4901,5661,3391,442
19151Pocahontas County919778810730806
19153Polk County832800886764738
19155Pottawattamie County1,4411,3251,4161,2551,158
19157Poweshiek County9339341,005925938
19159Ringgold County676671728758733
19161Sac County967813847791802
19163Scott County913799845750861
19165Shelby County1,088921963868871
19167Sioux County1,9981,7521,8191,6731,664
19169Story County9909461,0049771,077
19171Tama County1,2941,1521,2271,1591,210
19173Taylor County741746807794779
19175Union County671671726698681
19177Van Buren County752807875870808
19179Wapello County757781863845744
19181Warren County1,2161,2141,3291,3381,189
19183Washington County1,0781,0611,1141,2001,257
19185Wayne County734729783788814
19187Webster County1,0599379889321,103
19189Winnebago County645607654631679
19191Winneshiek County1,4951,4501,5611,5011,418
19193Woodbury County1,2541,3061,4181,1481,149
19195Worth County642608649588683
19197Wright County812717759752771

Release Date: February 2009
Source: Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (1969-2007 data); ``Number of farms by County, years 1940 to 1997,'' originated by Chris Kahle, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Iowa Geological Survey, compiled February 2003 (1940-1964 data).
Notes:

A farm is defined as any place from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the census year. Beginning in 1997, operations receiving $1,000 or more in Federal government payments were counted as farms, even if they had no sales reported in the census year.

The 2002 Census introduced a procedural change in the method for counting farms. As a result, data for 2002 and beyond are not directly comparable with data collected in earlier census years. The values shown in ``1997adj'' reflect a backward revision of the 1997 values using the 2002 methodology, and are provided to allow comparison with newer values.

Due to significant changes in methodologies and definitions used in conducting the Census of Agriculture over time, all longitudinal changes should be interpreted with caution.