Table 64. Summary by Size of Farm: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
140 to 179 
acres 
180 to 219 
acres 
220 to 259 
acres 
260 to 499 
acres 
500 to 999 
acres 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 
acres 
2,000 or more 
acres 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR 
CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
856 
581 
483 
1,703 
1,386 
1,022 
927 
Not on farm operated 
280 
194 
125 
489 
342 
286 
283 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
454 
325 
277 
1,109 
934 
842 
816 
Any 
682 
450 
331 
1,083 
794 
466 
394 
1 to 49 days 
110 
86 
62 
221 
182 
108 
94 
50 to 99 days 
61 
40 
25 
99 
64 
41 
47 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
110 
71 
60 
172 
120 
78 
47 
200 days or more 
401 
253 
184 
591 
428 
239 
206 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
43 
23 
29 
71 
38 
32 
27 
3 or 4 years 
41 
28 
27 
98 
51 
28 
33 
5 to 9 years 
186 
99 
80 
252 
176 
140 
94 
1 0 years or more 
866 
625 
472 
1,771 
1,463 
1,108 
1,056 
Average years on present farm 
23.3 
24.7 
24.5 
26.2 
27.4 
27.6 
28.9 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
33 
23 
16 
50 
15 
21 
12 
3 or 4 years 
20 
17 
19 
74 
36 
13 
21 
5 to 9 years 
136 
86 
55 
191 
121 
92 
72 
1 0 years or more 
947 
649 
518 
1,877 
1,556 
1,182 
1,105 
Average years operating any farm 
26.6 
26.5 
27.8 
28.8 
30.4 
30.8 
31.6 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
3 
- 
7 
9 
7 
5 
- 
25 to 34 years 
63 
57 
62 
169 
104 
92 
62 
35 to 44 years 
82 
70 
68 
202 
150 
131 
130 
45 to 49 years 
61 
37 
35 
151 
143 
96 
96 
50 to 54 years 
157 
137 
84 
277 
228 
224 
178 
55 to 59 years 
158 
120 
88 
360 
314 
204 
192 
60 to 64 years 
168 
116 
80 
350 
242 
185 
194 
65 to 69 years 
177 
91 
62 
229 
187 
122 
144 
70 years and over 
267 
147 
122 
445 
353 
249 
214 
Average age 
60.0 
57.8 
56.5 
58.0 
58.2 
57.5 
57.9 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
15 
21 
4 
44 
41 
25 
12 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
7 
3 
2 
15 
7 
1 
4 
Asian 
- 
3 
- 
12 
23 
11 
3 
Black or African American 
1 
- 
- 
2 
- 
- 
1 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
2 
4 
- 
1 
- 
- 
- 
White 
1,119 
762 
600 
2,151 
1,697 
1,293 
1,201 
More than one race reported 
7 
3 
6 
11 
1 
3 
1 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
148 
108 
65 
254 
193 
145 
109 
2 people 
639 
376 
295 
1,169 
894 
643 
622 
3 people 
107 
100 
75 
244 
219 
169 
173 
4 people 
130 
93 
70 
250 
155 
148 
135 
5 or more people 
112 
98 
103 
275 
267 
203 
171 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
714 
442 
316 
926 
588 
328 
246 
25 to 49 percent 
125 
90 
72 
246 
193 
156 
105 
50 to 74 percent 
135 
103 
87 
343 
356 
248 
216 
75 to 99 percent 
93 
66 
64 
334 
305 
257 
326 
1 00 percent 
69 
74 
69 
343 
286 
319 
317 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
32 
36 
32 
128 
119 
160 
204 
acres 
4,937 
7,107 
7,563 
47,412 
86,238 
214,836 
1,776,567 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
838 
584 
473 
1,684 
1,363 
1,081 
1,034 
Dial-up service 
71 
70 
16 
157 
113 
59 
65 
DSL service 
269 
197 
216 
628 
559 
425 
431 
Cable modem service 
107 
52 
46 
183 
122 
103 
98 
Fiber-optic service 
24 
17 
9 
62 
55 
67 
47 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
134 
86 
90 
325 
245 
170 
200 
Satellite service 
264 
181 
112 
464 
410 
350 
350 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
18 
24 
16 
30 
27 
19 
30 
Other Internet service 
39 
11 
24 
69 
33 
21 
21 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
900 
600 
494 
1,660 
1,224 
867 
632 
2 households 
167 
122 
94 
379 
337 
263 
309 
3 households 
40 
32 
10 
90 
112 
88 
158 
4 households 
17 
6 
6 
41 
35 
40 
64 
5 or more households 
12 
15 
4 
22 
20 
50 
47 
FARMS BY TYPE OF 
ORGANIZATION (SEE TEXT) 
Operation with 50 percent or more ownership 
interest held by operator and/or persons 
related by blood, marriage. 
or adoption farms 
1,092 
748 
591 
2,080 
1,607 
1,189 
1,068 
acres 
1 72,293 
147,904 
140,023 
746,289 
1,124,266 
1,618,888 
5,583,877 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data Idaho 71 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
