Table 65. Summary by Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
All farms 
$1,000,000 or 
more 
$500,000 to 
$999,999 
$250,000 to 
$499,999 
$100,000 to 
$249,999 
$50,000 to 
$99,999 
PRINCIPAL OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS - Con. 
Place of residence: 
On farm operated 
20,556 
844 
715 
1,075 
1,472 
1,197 
Not on farm operated 
4,260 
322 
120 
185 
363 
321 
Days worked off farm: 
None 
9,473 
909 
619 
816 
930 
662 
Any 
15,343 
257 
216 
444 
905 
856 
1 to 49 days 
2,297 
56 
58 
127 
215 
136 
50 to 99 days 
1,123 
25 
21 
52 
88 
70 
1 00 to 1 99 days 
2,066 
13 
28 
60 
150 
151 
200 days or more 
9,857 
163 
109 
205 
452 
499 
Years on present farm: 
2 years or less 
921 
7 
19 
37 
62 
76 
3 or 4 years 
1,187 
17 
20 
52 
89 
74 
5 to 9 years 
3,995 
92 
86 
114 
261 
207 
1 0 years or more 
18,713 
1,050 
710 
1,057 
1,423 
1,161 
Average years on present farm 
21.7 
27.3 
26.8 
26.2 
24.9 
24.1 
Years operating any farm (see text): 
2 years or less 
623 
- 
10 
19 
44 
42 
3 or 4 years 
897 
9 
12 
32 
49 
52 
5 to 9 years 
3,279 
55 
57 
82 
181 
197 
1 0 years or more 
20,017 
1,102 
756 
1,127 
1,561 
1,227 
Average years operating any farm 
24.3 
30.4 
29.7 
28.8 
28.1 
27.1 
Age group: 
Under 25 years 
111 
- 
- 
3 
23 
9 
25 to 34 years 
1,436 
40 
72 
161 
223 
136 
35 to 44 years 
2,559 
146 
113 
130 
198 
154 
45 to 49 years 
2,089 
127 
75 
113 
131 
124 
50 to 54 years 
3,410 
221 
145 
193 
261 
227 
55 to 59 years 
4,019 
225 
141 
232 
284 
207 
60 to 64 years 
3,746 
180 
120 
184 
273 
191 
65 to 69 years 
2,793 
103 
73 
107 
202 
175 
70 years and over 
4,653 
124 
96 
137 
240 
295 
Average age 
57.6 
55.6 
54.5 
53.9 
54.4 
56.7 
Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino origin (see text) 
695 
19 
12 
36 
73 
46 
Race: 
American Indian or Alaska Native 
154 
3 
4 
2 
4 
10 
Asian 
85 
20 
15 
14 
3 
5 
Black or African American 
14 
1 
- 
- 
1 
- 
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 
18 
- 
1 
- 
3 
- 
White 
24,424 
1,142 
812 
1,243 
1,819 
1,496 
More than one race reported 
121 
- 
3 
1 
5 
7 
Farms by number of persons living in 
operator's household: 
1 person 
2,865 
65 
57 
82 
185 
163 
2 people 
12,785 
530 
393 
613 
893 
735 
3 people 
3,068 
171 
104 
180 
214 
210 
4 people 
2,796 
158 
110 
185 
222 
200 
5 or more people 
3,302 
242 
171 
200 
321 
210 
Percent of operator's total 
household income from farming: 
Less than 25 percent 
16,982 
131 
107 
194 
443 
587 
25 to 49 percent 
1,900 
92 
52 
129 
221 
255 
50 to 74 percent 
2,311 
157 
151 
259 
456 
334 
75 to 99 percent 
1,821 
298 
242 
348 
376 
230 
1 00 percent 
1,802 
488 
283 
330 
339 
112 
Operator is a hired manager farms 
1,036 
223 
117 
134 
134 
96 
acres 
2,159,058 
1 ,338,470 
296,503 
144,734 
108,202 
(D) 
Farms with- 
Internet access 
19,211 
1,092 
735 
1,078 
1,445 
1,171 
Dial-up service 
1,451 
45 
43 
90 
105 
101 
DSL service 
7,659 
457 
315 
456 
566 
451 
Cable modem service 
2,032 
107 
58 
78 
134 
112 
Fiber-optic service 
545 
48 
24 
67 
41 
53 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
or cell phone 
3,376 
236 
135 
202 
290 
205 
Satellite service 
5,323 
351 
235 
296 
409 
319 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
386 
51 
25 
15 
26 
20 
Other Internet service 
684 
40 
13 
30 
52 
36 
Farms by number of households sharing 
in net income of operation: 
1 household 
20,199 
554 
500 
875 
1,415 
1,212 
2 households 
3,310 
314 
190 
258 
304 
239 
3 households 
763 
173 
80 
86 
69 
41 
4 households 
307 
63 
37 
25 
27 
16 
5 or more households 
237 
62 
28 
16 
20 
10 
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 
23,913 
1,039 
750 
1,175 
1,758 
1,473 
acres 
10,046,693 
3,157,751 
1 ,237,743 
1,263,637 
1,335,470 
569,169 
Limited Liability Corporation farms 
1,861 
224 
120 
142 
189 
145 
acres 
1,601,748 
683,607 
227,270 
175,778 
162,595 
53,380 
See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued 
96 Idaho 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
