Table 60. Selected Farm Characteristics by Race of Principal Operator: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Operators reporting one race 
Characteristics 
All principal 
operators 
American Indian 
or 
Alaska Native 
Asian 
Black 
or 
African American 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
Farms 
number 
24,816 
25,349 
154 
223 
85 
76 
14 
8 
Land in farms 
acres 
11,760,109 
1 1 ,497,383 
385,002 
538,024 
71,076 
69,729 
6,613 
(D) 
FARMS BY SIZE 
1 to 9 acres 
4,861 
4,891 
39 
39 
7 
14 
5 
1 
1 0 to 49 acres 
7,031 
7,497 
47 
94 
6 
11 
3 
5 
50 to 1 79 acres 
5,103 
5,225 
36 
46 
20 
12 
3 
1 
1 80 to 499 acres 
3,575 
3,445 
20 
21 
15 
7 
2 
- 
500 acres or more 
4,246 
4,291 
12 
23 
37 
32 
1 
1 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Owned land in farms 
farms 
23,118 
23,796 
145 
193 
67 
66 
10 
8 
acres 
8,169,709 
8,037,536 
380,872 
526,425 
24,206 
22,147 
(D) 
(D) 
Rented or leased land in farms 
farms 
7,541 
7,025 
35 
76 
53 
46 
6 
acres 
3,590,400 
3,459,847 
4,130 
11,599 
46,870 
47,582 
(D) 
- 
TENURE 
Full owners 
farms 
17,275 
18,324 
119 
147 
32 
30 
8 
8 
acres 
5,327,970 
5,274,991 
377,774 
522,739 
4,050 
4,138 
(D) 
(D) 
Part owners 
farms 
5,843 
5,472 
26 
46 
35 
36 
2 
acres 
5,500,719 
5,388,009 
(D) 
(D) 
56,971 
44,501 
(D) 
- 
Tenants 
farms 
1,698 
1,553 
9 
30 
18 
10 
4 
- 
acres 
931,420 
834,383 
(D) 
(D) 
10,055 
21,090 
217 
- 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
Total 
farms 
24,816 
25,349 
154 
223 
85 
76 
14 
8 
$1,000 
7,901,235 
5,788,260 
9,716 
8,825 
96,974 
62,892 
1,589 
(D) 
Market value of agricultural 
products sold 
farms 
24,816 
25,349 
154 
223 
85 
76 
14 
8 
$1,000 
7,801,446 
5,688,765 
9,105 
8,147 
96,295 
61,979 
(D) 
(D) 
Crops, including nursery and 
greenhouse crops 
farms 
12,278 
10,688 
48 
62 
73 
50 
12 
4 
$1,000 
3,443,012 
2,324,789 
3,022 
(D) 
95,930 
(D) 
403 
(D) 
Livestock, poultry, and 
their products 
farms 
12,250 
12,627 
84 
113 
22 
19 
6 
6 
$1,000 
4,358,435 
3,363,976 
6,083 
(D) 
365 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
Government payments 
farms 
9,350 
9,214 
44 
49 
58 
40 
2 
2 
$1,000 
99,789 
99,494 
611 
678 
678 
913 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
Less than $1 ,000 
4,895 
6,018 
45 
87 
3 
15 
_ 
_ 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
2,702 
3,154 
10 
26 
- 
3 
1 
4 
$2,500 to $4,999 
2,813 
2,604 
24 
19 
7 
- 
- 
2 
$5,000 to $9,999 
2,707 
2,725 
22 
27 
- 
7 
2 
1 
$10,000 to $24,999 
2,908 
3,002 
17 
25 
16 
8 
2 
- 
$25,000 to $49,999 
1,964 
1,816 
11 
18 
2 
5 
7 
- 
$50,000 or more 
6,827 
6,030 
25 
21 
57 
38 
2 
1 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
CCC loans (see text) 
farms 
73 
252 
_ 
2 
2 
2 
_ 
_ 
$1,000 
4,896 
9,899 
- 
(D) 
(D) 
(D) 
- 
- 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, 
Farmable Wetlands, or Conservation 
Reserve Enhancement Programs payments 
farms 
2,597 
3,285 
18 
14 
- 
3 
1 
1 
$1,000 
26,082 
31,198 
514 
470 
- 
62 
(D) 
(D) 
Other Federal farm program payments 
farms 
8,422 
7,675 
37 
43 
58 
38 
2 
2 
$1,000 
73,706 
68,296 
97 
208 
678 
850 
(D) 
(D) 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
2,874 
2,186 
3 
5 
10 
7 
3 
- 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
758 
679 
- 
1 
23 
17 
- 
- 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
368 
358 
- 
2 
- 
2 
- 
- 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
production (1 1 14) 
504 
546 
6 
2 
- 
1 
4 
- 
Other crop farming (1119) 
7,579 
7,854 
42 
74 
35 
27 
4 
2 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Cotton farming (1 1192) 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming, and all other 
crop farming (1 1 1 93, 1 1 1 94, 1 1 1 99) 
7,579 
7,854 
42 
74 
35 
27 
4 
2 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
7,505 
7,712 
50 
80 
7 
12 
2 
3 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
150 
517 
1 
3 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
589 
677 
2 
2 
- 
- 
1 
1 
Flog and pig farming (1122) 
217 
250 
- 
5 
- 
- 
- 
- 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
345 
267 
6 
- 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
815 
835 
4 
15 
- 
1 
- 
- 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
production (1125, 1129) 
3,112 
3,468 
40 
34 
10 
8 
- 
2 
--continued 
48 Idaho 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
