Tables. Land: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
All farms 
2012 
2007 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
Total 
Percent 
of total 
in 2012 
LAND USE 
LAND USE - Con. 
Farms 
.number 
24,816 
100.0 
25,349 
Total cropland - Con. 
Land in farms 
.... acres 
11,760,109 
100.0 
1 1 ,497,383 
Other cropland - Con. 
Total cropland 
....farms 
18,024 
72.6 
18,782 
Cropland in cultivated 
acres 
5,793,347 
49.3 
5,918,899 
summer fallow 
farms 
1,042 
4.2 
1,290 
Flarvested cropland 
....farms 
15,104 
60.9 
13,975 
acres 
215,238 
1.8 
195,934 
acres 
4,504,676 
38.3 
4,225,786 
Farms by acres harvested: 
Total woodland 
farms 
3,563 
14.4 
3,532 
1 to 49 acres 
7,705 
31.0 
7,051 
acres 
584,265 
5.0 
531,767 
1 to 9 acres 
3,292 
13.3 
2,771 
Woodland pastured 
farms 
1,847 
7.4 
1,919 
1 0 to 19 acres 
1,823 
7.3 
1,837 
acres 
277,003 
2.4 
341,499 
20 to 29 acres 
1,126 
4.5 
1,097 
Woodland not pastured 
farms 
2,167 
8.7 
2,078 
30 to 49 acres 
1,464 
5.9 
1,346 
acres 
307,262 
2.6 
190,268 
50 to 99 acres 
1,771 
7.1 
1,695 
Permanent pasture and rangeland. 
1 00 to 1 99 acres 
1,663 
6.7 
1,544 
other than cropland and woodland 
200 to 499 acres 
1,908 
7.7 
1,696 
pastured (see text) 
farms 
13,886 
56.0 
12,641 
500 to 999 acres 
954 
3.8 
894 
acres 
4,876,536 
41.5 
4,602,886 
1 ,000 to 1 ,999 acres 
622 
2.5 
626 
2,000 acres or more 
481 
1.9 
469 
Land in farmsteads, buildings. 
livestock facilities, ponds. 
Other pasture and grazing land that 
roads, wasteland, etc 
farms 
15,668 
63.1 
13,009 
could have been used for crops without 
acres 
505,961 
4.3 
443,831 
additional improvement (see text)... 
....farms 
1,920 
7.7 
5,676 
acres 
220,959 
1.9 
489,260 
CONSERVATION AND CROP 
INSURANCE 
Other cropland 
....farms 
5,268 
21.2 
5,676 
acres 
1,067,712 
9.1 
1 ,203,853 
Land enrolled in Conservation Reserve, 
Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands 
Cropland idle or used for 
or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
cover crops or soil-improvement 
Programs 
farms 
2,597 
(X) 
3,285 
but not harvested and not 
acres 
621,389 
(X) 
836,910 
pastured or grazed 
....farms 
3,977 
16.0 
4,105 
acres 
792,786 
6.7 
949,842 
Land enrolled in crop insurance 
Cropland on which all crops failed 
programs 
farms 
2,609 
(X) 
2,632 
or were abandoned 
....farms 
897 
3.6 
1,079 
acres 
2,287,247 
(X) 
2,003,472 
acres 
59,688 
0.5 
58,077 
16 Idaho 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
